Latvian Academy of Sport Education explained

Latvian Academy of Sport Education
Established:	1921
City:	Riga
Country:	Latvia
Native Name:	Latvijas Sporta pedagoģijas akadēmija
Rector:	Juris Grants
Website:	http://www.lspa.lv
Address:	Brīvības gatve 333

The Latvian Academy of Sport Education (Latvian: Latvijas Sporta pedagoģijas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education specialising in sport science, located in Riga, Latvia.

Organization

Departments

The Academy has 5 theoretical and 6 practical departments:^[1]

• Theoretical departments

• Department of Anatomy

• Department of Informatics

• Department of Sports Medecine

• Department of Theory

• Department of Management
• Practical departments

• Department of Swimming

• Department of Skiing

• Department of Sport Games

• Department of Heavy Athletics

• Department of Track and Field Athletics

• Department of Gymnastics

Rectors

• Mārtiņš Krūze (1921–1922)
• Jēkabs Dille (1922–1925)
• Voldemārs Cekuls (1925–1940)
• Ivans Lazurka (1945-1946)
• Jevgeņijs Sretenskis (1946–1951)
• Nikolajs Neļga (1951–1958)
• Aleksis Ailis (1958–1960)
• Jurijs Berdičevskis (1960, 1962)
• Andrejs Eļhivs (1960–1962)
• Vladimirs Maksimovs (1962–1982)
• Ilgvars Forands (1982–1988)
• Uldis Grāvītis (1988–2008)
• Jānis Žīdens (2008–2019)
• Juris Grants (2019–present)

Notable alumni

• Ingrīda Amantova
• Raimonds Bergmanis, former Minister of Defence of Latvia, the first flag bearer for Latvia in 56 years at 1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
• Deniss Čerkovskis
• Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende, former Minister for Culture of Latvia
• Ivans Klementjevs
• Inta Kļimoviča-Drēviņa
• Rihards Kozlovskis, former Minister of the Interior of Latvia
• Armands Krauliņš
• Ivo Lakučs
• Lāsma Liepa
• Modris Liepiņš
• Staņislavs Lugailo
• Jeļena Rubļevska
• Arsens Miskarovs
• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
• Jeļena Prokopčuka, winner of the New York City Marathon (2005, 2006)
• Andrejs Rastorgujevs
• Jānis Šmēdiņš
• Žoržs Tikmers
• Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa
• Edvīns Zāģeris

Notes and References

1. http://www.lspa.lv/eng/images/structure/LASE_structure_2015.pdf Latvian Academy of Sport Education: Structure