Isakas Anolikas Explained
Isakas Anolikas (1903–1943) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish cyclist.[1] Anolikas was part of the Makabi sport club, established in 1920. He represented Lithuania at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Both times he did not finish the individual time trial over 188 km due to technical malfunctions.[2] Anolikas was Lithuanian champion: in 1925 and 1926 he won individual 10 km race, in 1926 he won gold in team 70 km race. He was killed during the Holocaust: as a Jew, he was shot at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas.[3] [4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Isakas Anolikas . Olympedia . 11 October 2021.
- Web site: Isakas Anolikas . Sports Reference . 2008-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209090811/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/isakas-anolikas-1.html . 9 December 2009 .
- Web site: Lietuvos žydų talento įvairovė: sportas. Litvakai prieškario Lietuvos sporte ir tarptautinėse olimpiadose . 2003 . Steponas . Gečas . Arvydas Jakštas . The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania . 2008-08-22 . lt . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212142255/http://www.komisija.lt/Files/www.komisija.lt/File/2003%20Litvakai%20ir%20ju%20pasaulis/Stepono%20Geco%20pranesimas-lt.doc . 12 February 2012 . dead .
- Web site: 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 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.
