Artūrs Motmillers

Artūrs Motmillers
Personal information
Full nameArtūrs Otomārs Motmillers
NationalityLatvian
Born(1900-10-01)1 October 1900
Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Died18 August 1980(1980-08-18) (aged 79)
Riga, Latvian SSR
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon

Artūrs Otomārs Motmillers (1 October 1900 – 18 August 1980) was a Latvian long-distance runner.[1] He competed at the 1924, 1928 and the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]

Motmillers was the winner of the 12th Košice Peace Marathon in 1935, the 1937 Quer durch Berlin race and an eight-time Latvian champion in various lengths. He also broke the national record 13 times, with his marathon time set in 1933 (2.41:38,2) remaining unbeaten for 19 years.

During World War II he gave refuge to seven persecuted Jews. After the war he was deported to the Russian SFSR by the Soviet regime, but later returned to Latvia. He died in 1980.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Artūrs Motmillers". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Artūrs Motmillers Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Personālijas" [Famous Latvian Sportspeople]. www.latvijassports.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.


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