About Edvin Ozolin
Born 1939. Edvin Ozolin is a Russian and Latvian athletics competitor.
Edvin Sigizmundovich Ozolin (, born 12 February 1939) is a retired Soviet runner and athletics coach. He competed in various sprint events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in the relay. He won four medals in the relay at the European championships in 1958 and 1966 and at the Summer Universiade in 1961 and 1965. Individually he won 200 m at the 1963 and 1965 Universiade.
Ozolin was born in Leningrad. He took up athletics in 1955 and soon became the best Soviet sprinter of the 1960s, winning 16 national titles: in the 100 m (1959β1963), 200 m (1960β1961 and 1963), relay (1957, 1961, 1965β1966, and 1968) and 200 m hurdles (1963 and 1967). Later he had a long career as a coach. In 1984β1992 he headed the Soviet sprinting and hurdling team and in 1992β2003 the Malaysian track and field team. He wrote several textbooks on sprint running.
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Who is Edvin Ozolin?
Soviet-Latvian sprinter
When was Edvin Ozolin born?
Edvin Ozolin was born on 12 February 1939 in Saint Petersburg.
What is Edvin Ozolin's occupation?
Edvin Ozolin is an athletics competitor.
What nationality is Edvin Ozolin?
Edvin Ozolin is Russian and Latvian.
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