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  Mathematics in Latvia Through the Centuries, by Daina Taimina and Ingrida Henina
In 1924 Lusis graduated from the university and was invited to continue his research work in mathematics.
Janis Daube was born in 1910 near Krustpils, Latvia.
[Barzdins, 1964; 1965; Kolmogorov, 1967; Trakhtenbrot, 1973] Janis Barzdins is born in 1937, Latvia.
www.math.cornell.edu /~dtaimina/mathinlv.html   (16065 words)

  
 NDVAEV27-e   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Janis Lusis: First of all, I would like to reiterate once again our thanks to Canada for the assistance it has given our country, Latvia, in terms of training of personnel and military personnel, and also for the hard assistance in terms of the Partnership for Peace and so on.
Janis Straume (Interpretation): We have to admit that it certainly will not be an easy task by any means, because we have a lot of needs in other sectors, like in the social sector, educational sector, and elsewhere.
Janis Lusis: If I might add one point to that, as was indicated by our colleague here, we are not going for an offensive military system; we are going for a defensive military system.
www.parl.gc.ca /InfoComDoc/36/2/NDVA/Meetings/Evidence/ndvaev27-e.htm   (14317 words)

  
 APSE | Associated Press Sports Editors
The fathers of Poland shooter Jozef Zapedzki, a 43-year-old major in his country's army, and Soviet Union javelin thrower Janis Lusis, 33, were killed.
Lusis' father, Voldemars, was executed in his home country of Latvia by Russian soldiers.
In Munich 27 years later, Lusis said his anger toward the Russian military was repressed by his enthusiasm for athletics.
apse.dallasnews.com /contest/2002/writing/over250/over250.enterprise.second7b.html   (395 words)

  
 HVB Group / Growing with Europe / Interesting facts about Latvia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
"Jani" and "Ligovakars" are the oldest and most popular celebrations in Latvia.
Ligovakars, the Ligo evening, is celebrated on June 23 and Jani, Johannes day, on the day thereafter.
the javelin thrower, Janis Lusis was the only Latvian athlete to win gold, silver and bronze medals at the Olympic Games.
www.hvbgroup.de /-snm-0134963952-1107486692-0000013715-0000000112-1107497375-enm-cms/english/coremarket/marketdata/countryofthemonth/archive/nov/didyouknow/index.html?ldm=1104a   (380 words)

  
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: Janis Lusis, Latvian Ambassador to Italy, accredited as Latvia's Ambassador to ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: Janis Lusis, Latvian Ambassador to Italy, accredited as Latvia's Ambassador to Albania
Janis Lusis, Latvian Ambassador to Italy, accredited as Latvia's Ambassador to Albania
Mr Janis Lusis is the first Latvia's ambassador to Albania resident in Rome.
www.mfa.gov.lv /en/news/press-releases/2005/February/22-1   (227 words)

  
 Janis Lusis - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Janis Lusis - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Janis_Lusis   (173 words)

  
 List of famous Latvians
Rainis[?] (real name: Janis Pliek*ans, 1865-1929), the most distinguished Latvian writer of all time who is the author of a number of poetry collections.
Janis Lusis[?] (1939), the only athlete (javelin) in Latvia to have a complete Olympic medal set (gold, silver, bronze).
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_famous_Latvians.html   (158 words)

  
 R.Lusis wedding
According to the information received from his grandson Grant Lusis in News Zealand, R.Lūsis was born in Riga, supposedly, on the 3rd of July 1913.
This photograph was received from Lee-Ora Lusis jllusis###actrix.co.nz if you wish to contact her change three #'s to @.
L-R  Austra, Janis & Nikolajs.  I remember asking mum who they were and got her to write their names on the back of the photo.
www.roots-saknes.lv /Expo/RLusisWedding.htm   (536 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MORESPORTS - Building a club is an Olympic challenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Lusis moved into the lead in the second round with his 283-3, an Olympic record.
Lusis responded with a throw so bad that he intentionally fouled it so that it wouldn't be measured.
Journalist Mel Watman asked Lusis if he was worried going into that final attempt.
espn.go.com /moresports/columns/hollobaugh_jeff/149111.html   (2664 words)

  
 Voldemars Lusis - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Voldemars Lusis - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 The Latvian Olympians Club
Olympians: Ingrida Barkane, Ingrida Amantova, Inese Jaunzeme, Janis Lanka.
Inese Jaunzeme is planting her own red leaved bird cherry.
She's being assisted by a head of rural municipality Janis Bardulis.
www.pedas.lv /loc_gallery_olive.htm   (158 words)

  
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To spend evenings discussing technique with the likes of Janis Lusis, Uwe Hohn, Jorma Kinnunen and others was an indescribable experience.
The rest of the day the two of us, along with Janus Lusis, wandered the field any watched, seeing some very talented young throwers and exciting competitions; the U 11 girls had the top 3 over 135' and the winner went from 8th to 1st on a last throw of over 140'.
The rough set-up of the School is a series of 12-14 stations or areas of instruction that are each about an hour long; general and specific conditioning, technique drills, flexibility, weight training, medicine balls, runup work, throwing technique and video review are all covered.
www.intrex.net /KlubKeihas/articles/article7/Fun_in_finland.htm   (2911 words)

  
 MAALEHT - 3.06.1999 - Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Mõni päev tagasi 60aastaseks saanud olümpiavõitjast eksmaailmarekordimees Lusis oli nüüdki kohal.
Kuid nii nagu ei võitnud alati Järvinen, Nikkanen ja Lusis, ei võitnud seekord ka Zelezny.
Lisaks puhus väga ebasobiva nurga alt vastutuul,” arvustas tulemusi vanameister Janis Lusis.
www.maaleht.ee /LEHT/1999/06/01/sport.html   (598 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The effect is equally aggressive with the jump or takeoff of the left leg and the swing or crossover of the right.
Janis Lusis told me years ago that javelin technique was "long jumping with a stick in your hand," which gives a good idea of the importance of rhythm and where the effort should be in this phase of the throwing technique.
Upon landing from the crossover the right foot should be under the center of gravity of the body so there is no slowing down of forward motion (Fig.
www.intrex.net /KlubKeihas/articles/artice1/article1.htm   (2955 words)

  
 IAAF - The Sport - Javelin Throw
Matti Järvinen (FIN): Son of the 1906 Olympic Greek-style discus champion, he raised the world record from 71.01 to 77.23m during the thirties and struck Olympic gold in1932.
Janis Lusis (URS): The Latvian won four European titles between 1962 and 1971, gained a complete set of Olympic medals (gold in 1968) and set two world records.
Ján Zelezny (CZE): The current world record holder, also an Olympic and world title winner, was so dominant in 1995 that he was responsible for 21 of the 22 throws that year over 89m.
www2.iaaf.org /TheSport/sport/jt/MenLandmarks.html   (177 words)

  
 ESPN.com: OLY - Prefontaine event another classic
On hand will be a number of U.S. Olympians, including Tom Pukstys, Bill Schmidt, Duncan Atwood and Tony Hall.
Former world record holder and Olympic champion Janis Lusis will also be present.
Jeff Hollobaugh, former managing editor of Track and Field News, is a regular contributor to ESPN.com.
espn.go.com /oly/columns/jeff_hollobaugh/1387767.html   (1164 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Athletics | European Athletics | Best of British
Four years later Backley defended his title and in 1998, he again took the top step of the podium with a championship record throw of 89.72 metres.
Another victory would see Backley match the great Janis Lusis' haul of four javelin golds, and in the process become Great Britain's most successful athlete at the championships.
Jackson, who has been at the forefront of British athletics throughout the nineties, has a perfect European record.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/athletics/specials/european_athletics/2091018.stm   (880 words)

  
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As well as guiding his son Kimmo to the 1991 World title, Jorma Kinnunen’s coaching reputation attracts many former international stars to the Carnival each year.
Olympic champions and world record breakers such as Janis Lusis (LAT), Tom Petranoff (USA), Uwe Hohn (GDR) and Miklos Nemeth (HUN) are regular visitors and all come to coach at the school.
Leo Pusa, one of the co-founders of the Carnival but who is better known as coach to two Finnish Olympic javelin champions, Tapio Korjus (1988) and reigning women’s champion Heli Rantanen (1996), is another inspirational force behind the meet.
www.nurmi.clara.net /Pihtipudas.txt   (1409 words)

  
 Sporting Heroes - Photographs and pictures of sporting heroes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Klaus Wolfermann (FRG) 05 May 73 Leverkusen 93.80m.
Janis Lusis (URS) 06 Jul 72 Stockholm 92.70m.
Janis Lusis (URS) 23 Jul 68 Saarijarvi 91.72m.
www.sportingheroes.net /athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/worldrecords/jvln_m.htm   (419 words)

  
 SCEN103 -- Reverse Internet Challenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Fourth entry: Past results: Javelin in the Track and Field portion of the almanac of the ESPN site for the 1996 Summer Olympics
Answer: Janis Lusis (mens) and Yelena Gorchakova (womens) of the Soviet Union
Confirmed by searching for Lusis and Gorchakova, found on numerous lists.
www.physics.udel.edu /wwwusers/watson/scen103/99s/reverse8.html   (105 words)

  
 Rivalry that stirs Drechsler's desire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
She was the first woman to jump beyond 25ft and has cleared 7m more than 400 times.
, in Budapest last summer - where she equalled the record set by the Soviets, Janis Lusis (men's javelin) and Nadezhda Chizhova (women's shot) in the Sixties and Seventies - came when she was 33, after surgery on both Achilles tendons.
The records, like Drechsler herself, go on and on.
www.dailytelegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/08/21/soriva21.html   (693 words)

  
 1972   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Juli - Janis Lusis, Russland, warf im Speerwurf der Herren 93,8 m
August - Janis Lusis, Russland erreichte im Speerwerfen der Herren 93,80 m
August - Ludmila Bragina, Russland, lief die 3.000 Meter der Damen in 08:53,0 min
enzyklopadie.cc /1972   (3014 words)

  
 PROC. LATVIAN ACAD. SCI., B, 1998, 6
Latvian University of Agriculture, Scientific Centre Skriveri, Aizkraukle District, Skriveri, LV-5126 LATVIA
CITATION FREQUENCY OF THE LATVIAN GENETICIST JANIS LUSIS
CONFERENCE IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR JANIS LUSIS (1897-1981)
www.lza.lv /VESTIS/Vestb986.htm   (325 words)

  
 Latvia's roads to be upgraded with loan from EBRD  [EBRD - Press Release]
Latvia's roads to be upgraded with loan from EBRD
Latvia's roads will be better maintained as a result of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), signed today in London by Guy de Selliers, Deputy Vice President of the Bank, and Janis Lusis, Ambassador of Latvia to the United Kingdom.
At the signing ceremony for the US$ 10.4 million (ECU 9.29 million equivalent) loan, Mr de Selliers said: "The EBRD is pleased to provide Latvia with urgently needed funds to reduce its maintenance backlog and arrest the cycle of road deterioration.
www.ebrd.com /new/pressrel/1994/104dec14.htm   (311 words)

  
 SI.com - OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD MEDAL WINNERS (Men's javelin)
MUNICH 1972: Gold - Klaus Wolfermann, West Germany Silver - Janis Lusis, Soviet Union Bronze - Willia Schmidt, United States
MEXICO CITY 1968: Gold - Janis Lusis, Soviet Union Silver - Jorma Kinnuen, Finland Bronze - Gergely Kulcsar, Hungary
TOKYO 1964: Gold - Pauli Nevala, Finland Silver - Gergely Kulcsar, Hungary Bronze - Janis Lusis, Soviet Union
www.cnn.com /cnnsi/olympics/2004/news/mtfjavelin   (433 words)

  
 Sport | Jackson has one last hurdle after making four-gold history
First triumph for Hansen sets tone for Welsh world record holder
If the Commonwealth Games gave a reminder to Colin Jackson of his own mortality, Saturday saw him reascend to the pantheon of athletics deities and join Steve Backley and Latvia's Janis Lusis as the only men to have won four consecutive European titles.
Losing out in Manchester after clattering the first barrier was agonising for an athlete who has raised the art of hurdling to new standards of technical perfection.
sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4479876-108365,00.html   (1162 words)

  
 Olympische Spiele 1972 - Namen, Zahlen, Fakten
Inwieweit da - ähnlich wie im Speerwerfen, wo Klaus Wolfermann mit dem kaum messbaren Vorsprung von zwei Zentimetern Gold vor dem Sowjetrussen Janis
Lusis gewann - der Heimvorteil eine Rolle spielte, soll offen bleiben.
Das IOC erkennt kein offizielles Klassement nach Nationen an, die Ergebnis-Tabellen dienen lediglich zur Information.
www.detlev-mahnert.de /ol72-chronik.html   (2103 words)

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