Ēriks Rags (born 1 June 1975) is a

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

er. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London. He has competed at three

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between

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. He was born in

Ventspils Ventspils () is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and ...

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*1997 - 75.06 *1998 - 80.56 *1999 - 83.78 *2000 - 83.61 *2001 - 86.47 *2002 - 86.44 *2003 - 86.32 *2004 - 85.83 *2005 - 82.35 *2006 - 85.99 *2007 - 83.35 *2008 - 85.05 *2009 - 82.23 *2010 - 82.05 *2011 - 80.87 *2012 - 76.49

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* * * * 1975 births Living people Latvian male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Latvia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Ventspils FISU World University Games gold medalists for Latvia Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub