Andrejs Apsītis (7 February 1888 – 2 September 1945) was a Latvian

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. He competed for the

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at the

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and for

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at the

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. At the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm, he finished the 320 kilometers race for

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, earning 60th place with a time of 12.18:20,6. At the 1924 Olympic games in Paris, Apsitis with other Latvian cyclists team shared 7th to 10th place in the 4000 meters

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. He participated at the

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, where he withdrew from the race. He won multiple times in the Latvian championship and in

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(USSR) sport games. Apsītis participated in competitions with

G. Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory Gustavs Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory (Latvian language, Latvian: ''Gustavs Ērenpreis velosipēdu fabrika'') was a manufacturer of bicycles and bicycle parts in Riga, Latvia. The factory was founded in 1927 and continued in private operation until ...

manufactured sports

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s.G. Ērenpreis bicycle factory catalogue 1931. Ernst Plates A/S, Rīga. Page 4.

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* * 1888 births 1945 deaths People from Ogre Municipality Sportspeople from Vidzeme People from Riga county Male cyclists from the Russian Empire Latvian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Latvia Olympic cyclists for the Russian Empire Cyclists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Latvia-cycling-bio-stub