Valērijs Žolnerovičs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Valērijs Žolnerovičs

Latvian steeple chaser and long distance runner

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1985

Place of Birth: Ventspils, Latvia

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Valerijs Žolnerovics (born April 19, 1985 in Ventspils) is a Latvian Olympic athlete.
He is the current holder of the Latvian record both in marathon and half marathon. Trained by Dainis Lodinš, Žolnerovics finished the 3000m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with a time of 8:37.65 (32nd overall).
In 2010 he won the half marathon distance of Riga Marathon, finishing after 1:05:40 and beating the event record, set by Pavel Loskutov in 2008, by 12 seconds.
At the 2011 Lisbon Half Marathon Žolnerovics broke the Latvian record in half marathon, finishing after 1:04:43. At the 2013 Frankfurt Marathon Žolnerovics broke the Latvian record in marathon for the second time, finishing after 2:14:33.