Arvīds Immermanis Explained

Arvīds Immermanis
Birth Date:9 September 1912
Birth Place:Riga, Russian Empire (Now Latvia)
Death Place:Siberia, Russia

Arvīds Immermanis (9 September 1912  - July 1947) was a Latvian cyclist.[1] He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]

He competed and finished in first place in four Latvian Cycling championships; 1934 sprint race, 1935 and 1937 team road race and track cycling.[3] Immermanis won three first places in the Latvian National Cycling competition, Vienības brauciens (Unity Ride in Latvia), from 1936 until 1938.[4] Immermanis worked at the G. Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory.[5]

He died in a Soviet prison camp in 1947.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arvīds Immermanis . Olympedia . 4 September 2020.
  2. Arvīds Immermanis . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/im/arvids-immermanis-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 11 July 2014.
  3. ARVĪDS IMMERMANIS - Latvian Olympic. http://olimpiade.lv/lv/latvijas-olimpiesi/arvids-immermanis-231?ref=%3Fq%3Dimmermanis (Accessed 4 February 2015)
  4. Liepiņš Edvīns, Seregins Jānis (2009), From Leutner to Erenpreis. 100 years of bicycle manufacturing in Latvia. Publisher Latvijas Industriālā mantojuma fonds, .
  5. ARVĪDS IMMERMANIS - Latvian Olympic. http://olimpiade.lv/lv/latvijas-olimpiesi/arvids-immermanis-231?ref=%3Fq%3Dimmermanis (Accessed 6 February 2015)
  6. Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 July 2014.