Personal information | |
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Full name | Jānis Valentīns Andriksons |
Nationality | Latvian |
Born | Vecpiebalga, Kreis Wenden, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire | 17 March 1912
Died | 22 September 1967 Noranda, Quebec, Canada | (aged 55)
Sport | |
Sport | Speed skating |
Jānis Valentīns Andriksons (17 March 1912 – 22 September 1967) was a Latvian speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1936 Winter Olympics. [1]
After World War II, he moved to West Germany and then to Canada, where from 1948 he worked in gold and copper mining. He died in Quebec in 1967. [2]