What is Jānis Lūsis?
[[File:Janis Lusis 2011-03-23.jpg|right|200px]] '''Jānis Lūsis''' (19 May 1939 &ndash; 29 April 2020) was a Latvian [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]]. He competed in [[javelin throw]]. In 2014 he was added into [[IAAF Hall of Fame]]. He competed in four Summer Olympics for the [[USSR at the Summer Olympics|USSR team]], winning bronze in [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Olympics]], gold in [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympics]] and silver in [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympics]].<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite web|title=Jānis Lūsis|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/janis-lusis-1.html|website=sports-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=1 June 2015|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174506/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/janis-lusis-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Jelgava]], Latvia. Lūsis died on 29 April 2020 in [[Ogre, Latvia|Ogre]], Latvia of [[cancer]], aged 80.<ref>[https://www.delfi.lv/sports/news/other_kinds/atlethics/miris-legendarais-latvijas-skepmetejs-janis-lusis.d?id=52100455 Miris leģendārais Latvijas šķēpmetējs Jānis Lūsis] {{in lang|lv}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lusis, Janis}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Latvian sportspeople]] [[Category:Javelin throwers]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]] {{sports-bio-stub}}