Kārlis Kepke ( – after 1951) was a Latvian

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. He competed in two events at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

for the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. Records show he survived the World Wars and was in the Rostweg displaced persons camp in

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, Hamburg, in 1951.''Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939–1947''

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* 1890 births Year of death missing Latvian male cyclists Russian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Riga Olympic cyclists for the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-cycling-bio-stub