Aigars Fadejevs (born December 27, 1975) is a former

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

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, competing in 20 km,

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and marathon running, and a rehabilitologist for sprinters. Fadejevs competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in the 20 km walk and in the

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, winning the

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in 50 km, 2004 Olympics, 50 km 11th, 20 km 9th. He also won a gold medal in the European U23 Championships in 1997, a silver medal in the 1998 European Championships at the 20 km distance, and finished 4th in 50 km at the World Championships in Edmonton in 2001. Fadejevs quit race walking 2004 and competed as a marathon runner, He almost qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He currently works as a sports therapist. His personal records are 1:19:36 in the 20 km walk and 3:43:18 in the 50 km walk, and 2:18:19 in the marathon. He also holds the unofficial

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of 58:23 in the rare 15 km walk distance.

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* 1975 births Living people People from Valka Olympic athletes of Latvia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Latvia Latvian male racewalkers European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Latvian male marathon runners Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Latvian people of Russian descent {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub