Dzintars Lācis

Dzintars Lācis
	Stanislav Moskvin, Mikhail Kolyushev, Dzintars Latsis and Viktor Bykov at the 1967 World Championships
Personal information
Born	18 May 1940; Jelgava, Latvia
Died	17 November 1992 (aged 52); Riga, Latvia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cycling
Club	Dynamo
Medal record
Representing the Soviet Union
World Track Championships

Dzintars Lācis (18 May 1940 – 17 November 1992), also known as Dzintars Latsis (Russian: Дзинтарс Лацис), was a Latvian cyclist. He had competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team pursuit and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively.^[1] He had been part of the Soviet team that won the team pursuit at the 1967 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.^[2]^[3] Between 1961 and 1969 he won seven Soviet titles in various track (mostly pursuit) events.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dzintars Lācis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
^ "Dzintars Latsis". CyclingArchives.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893". BikeCult.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ Динамо. Энциклопедия [Dynamo. Encyclopedia] (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп [OLMA Media Group]. 2003. p. 68. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
^ "Dzintars Lācis". Olimpiade.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.