Haralds Silovs
Haralds Silovs at the World Allround Championships 2013 in Hamar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | HaraldsSilovs.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World championship wins | 2008 Overall (European Short Track Speed Skating Championships) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 500 m: 0:36.323 (2013) 1000 m: 1:07.472 (2013) 1500 m: 2:11.345 (2008) 3000 m: 4:42.344 : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Haralds Silovs (born 7 April 1986) is a Latvian long track and former short track speed skater, who became the 2008 and 2011 European champion in short track. He has participated in three Winter Olympics. In 2018, he finished fourth at speed skating 1500 metres event.
During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he gained worldwide media attention after competing in the 1500 m short track, and 5000 m long track speed skating events in the same day, 13 February. He is the first athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics to compete in both short track and long track events at the same Games and the only athlete to compete in two different disciplines on the same day.