Voldemārs Lūsis (born 7 December 1974 in

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) is a former

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, who competed in the

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. He is the son of Jānis Lūsis (1939–2020) and Elvīra Ozoliņa. Lūsis finished in eleventh place in 2001 World Championships. He competed at the

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and

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without reaching the final. During his career he was coached by Valentīna Eiduka.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*1998 - 79.60 *1999 - 81.48 *2000 - 83.08 *2001 - 81.86 *2002 - 81.58 *2003 - 84.19 *2004 - 82.76 *2005 - 80.53 *2006 - 83.68 *2007 - 80.58

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* 1974 births Living people Athletes from Riga Latvian male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Latvia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub