Edvin Ozolin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Edvin Ozolin

Soviet-Latvian sprinter

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1939

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Edvin Ozolin

  • Edvin Sigizmundovich Ozolin (Russian: ????? ????????????? ??????, born 12 February 1939) is a retired Soviet runner and athletics coach.
  • He competed in various sprint events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4×100 m relay.
  • He won four medals in the relay at the European championships in 1958 and 1966 and at the Summer Universiade in 1961 and 1965.
  • Individually he won 200 m at the 1963 and 1965 Universiade.Ozolin was born in Leningrad.
  • He took up athletics in 1955 and soon became the best Soviet sprinter of the 1960s, winning 16 national titles: in the 100 m (1959–1963), 200 m (1960–1961 and 1963), 4×100 m relay (1957, 1961, 1965–1966, and 1968) and 200 m hurdles (1963 and 1967).
  • Later he had a long career as a coach.
  • In 1984–1992 he headed the Soviet sprinting and hurdling team and in 1992–2003 the Malaysian track and field team.
  • He wrote several textbooks on sprint running.

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