Haralds Silovs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Haralds Silovs

Latvian speed skater

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1986

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Profession: speed skater, short track speed skater

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Haralds Silovs (born 7 April 1986) is a Latvian long track and former short track speed skater, who became the 2008 European champion in short track.
During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he gained worldwide media attention after competing in the 1500 m short track and 5000 m long track speed skating events in the same day, 13 February.
He is the first athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics to compete in both short track and long track events at the same Games, and the only athlete to compete in two different disciplines on the same day.