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Ainārs Kovals (born 21 November 1981 in Riga, Latvia) is a male Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.64 metres, achieved at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished second.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th
Universiade İzmir, Turkey 1st
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 85.95 m = PB
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 5th
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 3rd
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 2nd 86.64 m = PB
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 1st
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 7th 80.07 m

References

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Javelin Throw

 1959: Hermann Salomon (FRG) •  1961: Gergely Kulcsár (HUN) •  1963: Jānis Lūsis (URS) •  1965: Rolf Herings (FRG) •  1967: Dave Travis (GBR) •  1970: Miklós Németh (HUN) •  1973: Jānis Zirnis (URS) •  1975: Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) •  1977: Vasiliy Yershov (URS) •  1979: Helmut Schreiber (FRG) •  1981 – 1983: Dainis Kūla (URS) •  1985: Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM) •  1987: Marek Kaleta (URS) •  1989 – 1991: Steve Backley (GBR) •  1993: Louis Fouché (RSA) •  1995: Zhang Lianbiao (CHN) •  1997: Marius Corbett (RSA) •  1999 – 2001: Ēriks Rags (LAT) •  2003: Igor Janik (POL) •  2005: Ainārs Kovals (LAT) •  2007: Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) •  2009: Ainārs Kovals (LAT)

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