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| Born | (1956-05-12)12 May 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 June 2018(2018-06-05) (aged 62) | ||||||||||||||
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Jānis Bojārs (12 May 1956 – 5 June 2018) was a Latvian male shot putter, best known for winning the silver medal for the Soviet Union in the men's shot put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best (21.74 m) on 14 July 1984 at a meet in Riga.
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- 1956 births
- 2018 deaths
- Latvian male shot putters
- Soviet male shot putters
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
- People from Kuldīga Municipality
- Soviet Athletics Championships winners
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- Soviet athletics biography stubs