Juris Tone

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Juris Tone
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Juris Tone (born 26 May 1961 in Riga) is a Latvian-Soviet bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. [1] [2] [3]

He is also the current recordman holder for Latvia in 4 × 100 m in Athletics (Moscow, 39.32, 1983, Spartakiads with Genadijs Murašovs, Ronalds Razmuss, Āris Āboliņš).

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juris Tone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. "Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964". Sports123.com.
  3. "Juris Tone". databaseOlympics.com. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.