Julia Chmizowska

Julia Chmizowska
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born(1902-08-19)19 August 1902
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
Event(s)sprint, javalin throw, shot put

Julija Khmizovska-Volfa also written as Julia Chmizowska or Chnisowska or Hmizovska (born 19 August 1902) was a Latvian track and field athlete specialized in the sprint events (200 metres, 250 metres) and competed in the pentathlon. She was active during 1920s, the early era of women's athletics.[1]

Career

Khmizovska was one of the four athletes who represented Latvia at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg.[2] Via the heats of the 250 metres event she qualified for the final, finishing fifth with a time of 36.4 seconds.[3]

Khmizovska alco competed at other international events, including at the International Pentathlon competition at the AZS stadium in Warsaw in September 1927. In the discus throw she finished fifth with a score of 25.59 metres.[4] In the javelin throw she threw 27.6 metres.[1]

In 1928 she was the best Latvian athlete in the 400 metres (1:05.6) and high jump (1.41 metres) and among the best athletes in other disciplines.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Julija Khmizovska-Volfa". brinkster.net – via uurl.kbr.be.
  2. ↑ "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg | Les participantes". La Dernière Heure (in French). 29 August 1926. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 29 August 1926. p. 4.
  4. ↑ 90 lat polskiej lekkoatletyki 1919 - 2009 (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Polish Athletics Association. 2009. p. 13. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Läti paremad kergejõustikus". Eesti Spordileht (in Estonian). 7 December 1928 – via digar.ee.

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