Jānis Lūsis

Jānis Lūsis was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was born on 19 May 1939 and died on 29 April 2020. The javelin throw is one of the throwing events of athletics, in which the competitor runs up and hurls a spear-shaped implement as far as possible. The source lead used for this entry states only his nationality, his lifespan and his event, so this description does not go further than that; his results, medals and records are left for later depth work from fuller sources, and no achievement is claimed here without a cited statement. He is recorded as a Latvian athlete in the discipline of javelin within athletics.