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Jānis Vilsons (10 January 1944 – 18 January 2018) was a Soviet former
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
player who competed for the
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in the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...
. In 1972 he was part of the Soviet team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches.


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* * * * 1944 births 2018 deaths Latvian male handball players Soviet male handball players Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics People from Alūksne Municipality Sportspeople from Vidzeme {{Latvia-handball-bio-stub