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Patriks Gailums

Patriks Gailums (born 10 May 1998) is a Latvian javelin thrower. He was the silver medalist at the 2022 European Throwing Cup, and he is a four-time medalist at the Latvian Athletics Championships.

Patriks Gailums
Gailums resting at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born10 May 1998 (25 years, 354 days old)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Javelin throw
Shot put
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
  • JT: 84.05m (2023)
  • JT (700g): 77.15m NYR (2015)
  • SP: 15.34m (2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Latvia
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Utrecht Javelin throw
Updated on 26 December 2023.

Career edit

2013–2018 edit

In July 2013, Gailums won bronze in the javelin throw at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Utrecht with a throw of 65.73 meters.[2] Two years later, he finished in 11th place at the World U18 Championships in Cali with a throw of 66.75 meters.[3] In July 2016, Gailums set a new personal best of 74.02 meters in the qualifiers at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz.[4] However, in the final, he did not reach the same level and finished in 11th place with a throw of 66.84 meters.[5]

In July 2017, Gailums set a new personal best with a throw of 81.91 meters at a competition in Valmiera, which also became a new world junior best for the year.[6] Later that month at the European Junior Championships in Grosseto, he finished in fourth place with a throw of 73.43 meters.[7][8] In July 2018, Gailums took bronze at the Latvian championships in Riga with a throw of 75.57 meters.[9] The following month, he finished 14th overall in the qualifiers at the European Championships in Berlin with a throw of 78.10 meters, which was not enough for a place in the final.[10]

2019–2022 edit

In July 2019, Gailums finished in fourth place at the European U23 Championships in Gävle with a throw of 79.81 meters.[11][12] Later that month, he took his second consecutive bronze at the Latvian championships in Ogre with a throw of 77.47 meters.[1] In June 2021, Gailums took his third bronze at the Latvian championships in Jelgava with a throw of 77.81 meters.[13] In March 2022, he won silver at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria with a throw of 79.49 meters.[14]

In May 2022, Gailums improved his personal best twice. First, he improved it by 66 centimeters to 82.57 meters at a competition in Ogre[15] and then by over another meter to 83.65 meters at a competition in Kalamata, Greece.[16] The following month, Gailums won silver at the Latvian championships in Valmiera, only beaten by Rolands Štrobinders.[17] In July 2022, he competed at the World Championships in Eugene, but did not advance from the qualifiers in the javelin throw.[18] The following month, Gailums competed at the European Championships in Munich, where he finished in sixth place in the javelin throw.[19]

2023 edit

In June 2023, Gailums improved his personal best by 40 centimeters to 84.05 meters at a competition in Bergamo.[20] In August 2023, he competed at the World Championships in Budapest, but did not advance from the qualifiers, finishing in 21st place overall.[21]

Statistics edit

Personal bests edit

Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date Ref
Javelin throw 83.05 m   Italian Athletics Clubs Championships Bergamo, Italy 10 June 2023 [1]
Javelin throw (700 g) 77.15 m NU18R   Jānis Lūsis Cup Jelgava, Latvia 14 June 2015 [1]
Shot put 15.34 m sh   Valmiera Open Valmiera, Latvia 21 January 2023 [1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Patriks Gailums at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ "Results – European Youth Summer Olympic Festival 2013". timetronics.be. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Results – Youth World Championships 2015 – Boys' Javelin Throw – Final" (PDF). iaaf.org. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Patriks Gailums reaches the final, Sindija Bukša - in the semifinals" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Results – Junior World Championships 2016 – Men's Javelin Throw – Final" (PDF). iaaf.org. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Patriks Gailums - 81.91 m; Oļegs Kozjakovs in the World U18 Championship decathlon after the first day - 2nd place" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Aceti adds to Italian medal haul with 400m gold". european-athletics.com. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Painfully! Javelin thrower Gailums loses bronze in the final throw series at the European U-20 Championships" (in Latvian). sports.tv3.lv. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Latvian Athletics Championships" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Results – European Championships 2018 – Men's Javelin Throw – Qualifiers" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Maksims Sinčukovs – fifth best in Europe" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  12. ^ "European U23 Championships | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  13. ^ "Anete Kociņa and Gatis Čakšs show the highest results on the first day of the Latvian championships" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Latvian javelin thrower Gailums wins second place in the European Cup throwing disciplines" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Gailums improves personal record in javelin throwing, Ivanova wins silver in junior World Weightlifting Championships" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Javelin thrower Gailums improves personal record" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  17. ^ "First day of the 101st Latvian Championship" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Javelin throwers Gailums and Strobinders fail to enter the WC final". archysport.com. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Javelin thrower Gailums achieves the highest result of Latvian track and field athletes at the European Championship with 6th place". archysport.com. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Javelin thrower Patriks Gailums improves personal record in competition in Italy" (in Latvian). jauns.lv. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  21. ^ "All Latvian javelin throwers remain without a place in the World Championship final" (in Latvian). delfi.lv. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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