Artūrs Motmillers
Latvian long-distance runner
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| Full name | Artūrs Otomārs Motmillers |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Born | (1900-10-01)1 October 1900 Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
| Died | 18 August 1980(1980-08-18) (aged 79) Riga, Latvian SSR |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Long-distance running |
| Event | Marathon |
Artūrs Otomārs Motmillers (1 October 1900 – 18 August 1980) was a Latvian long-distance runner.[1] He competed at the 1924, 1928 and the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]
Motmillers was the winner of the 12th Košice Peace Marathon in 1935, the 1937 Quer durch Berlin race and an eight-time Latvian champion in various lengths. He also broke the national record 13 times, with his marathon time set in 1933 (2.41:38,2) remaining unbeaten for 19 years.
During World War II he gave refuge to seven persecuted Jews. After the war he was deported to the Russian SFSR by the Soviet regime, but later returned to Latvia. He died in 1980.[3]
References
- ^ "Artūrs Motmillers". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Artūrs Motmillers Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Personālijas" [Famous Latvian Sportspeople]. www.latvijassports.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links
- Artūrs Motmillers at Olympedia
- Arturs Otomārs Motmillers at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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Košice Peace Marathon – men's winners
- 1924: Karol Halla (TCH)
- 1925: Pál Király (HUN)
- 1926: Paul Hempel (GER)
- 1927–28: József Galambos (HUN)
- 1929: Paul Hempel (GER)
- 1930: István Zelenka (HUN)
- 1931: Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG)
- 1932–33: József Galambos (HUN)
- 1934: Josef Šulc (TCH)
- 1935: Artūrs Motmillers (LAT)
- 1936: György Balaban (AUT)
- 1937: Désiré Leriche (FRA)
- 1939: József Kiss (HUN)
- 1941: József Gyimesi (HUN)
- 1942: József Kiss (HUN)
- 1943: Géza Kiss (HUN)
- 1944: Rezső Kövári (HUN)
- 1945: Antonín Špiroch (TCH)
- 1946: Mikko Hietanen (FIN)
- 1947: Charles Heirendt (LUX)
- 1948: Gösta Leandersson (SWE)
- 1949: Martti Urpalainen (FIN)
- 1950: Gösta Leandersson (SWE)
- 1951: Jaroslav Śtrupp (TCH)
- 1952: Erkki Puolakka (FIN)
- 1953: Walter Bednář (TCH)
- 1954: Erkki Puolakka (FIN)
- 1955: Evert Nyberg (SWE)
- 1956: Thomas Hilt Nilsson (SWE)
- 1957: Ivan Filin (URS)
- 1958: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
- 1959: Sergei Popov (URS)
- 1960: Samuel Hardicker (GBR)
- 1961: Abebe Bikila (ETH)
- 1962: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
- 1963: Buddy Edelen (USA)
- 1964: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
- 1965: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)
- 1966: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
- 1967: Nedo Farčić (YUG)
- 1968: Václav Chudomel (TCH)
- 1969: Demissie Wolde (ETH)
- 1970: Mikhail Gorelov (URS)
- 1971: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
- 1972: John Farrington (AUS)
- 1973: Vladimir Moyseyev (URS)
- 1974: Keith Angus (GBR)
- 1975: Choe Chang-sop (PRK)
- 1976: Takeshi So (JPN)
- 1977–78: Go Chun Son (PRK)
- 1979: Jouni Kortelainen (FIN)
- 1980: Alexey Lyagushev (URS)
- 1981: Hans-Joachim Truppel (GDR)
- 1982: György Sinkó (HUN)
- 1983: František Višnický (TCH)
- 1984: Ri Dong Myong (PRK)
- 1985: Valentin Starikov (URS)
- 1986: František Višnický (TCH)
- 1987: Jörg Peter (GDR)
- 1988: Michael Heilmann (GDR)
- 1989: Karel David (TCH)
- 1990: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)
- 1991: Vlastimil Bukovjan (TCH)
- 1992–93: Wiesław Pałczyński (POL)
- 1994: Petr Pipa (SVK)
- 1995–96: Marnix Goegebeur (BEL)
- 1997: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR)
- 1998: Andrzej Krzyścin (POL)
- 1999: Róbert Štefko (SVK)
- 2000: Ernest Kipyego (KEN)
- 2001–02: David Kariuki (KEN)
- 2003: Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS)
- 2004: Adam Dobrzyński (POL)
- 2005: David Maiyo (KEN)
- 2006: Edwin Kipchom (KEN)
- 2007: William Biama (KEN)
- 2008: Dejene Yirdaw (ETH)
- 2009: Jacob Kipkorir Chesire (KEN)
- 2010: Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN)
- 2011: Elijah Kemboi (KEN)
- 2012: Lawrence Kimaiyo (KEN)
- 2013: Patrick Korir (KEN)
- 2014: Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN)
- 2015: Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei (KEN)
- 2016: David Kemboi Kiyeng (KEN)
- 2017: Reuben Kerio (KEN)
- 2018: Raymond Choge (KEN)
- 2019: Hillary Kipsambu (KEN)
- 2020: Marek Hladík (SVK)
- 2021: Reuben Kerio (KEN)
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