Kārlis Paegle (4 October 1911 – 23 December 1997) was a Latvian sportsman. He was active in

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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and

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. In ice hockey he was a defenceman who played for Rīgas RFK, HK ASK Rīga,

Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga () is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It most recently was a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LBTU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of a D ...

, and Rīgas Sporta klubs. Paegle also played for the Latvia national team at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

and three

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. In football he made one appearance for the Latvia national team in 1931 against Finland. In table tennis he took part in the team competition at the

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and

1931 World Table Tennis Championships The 5th World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest from February 10 to February 15, 1931. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships Wo ...

. In tennis he was ranked as one of the top three players in Latvia.

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* * 1911 births 1997 deaths Footballers from Riga Ice hockey people from Riga People from Riga county Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Latvian ice hockey defencemen Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Latvia-icehockey-bio-stub