Juris Luzins

Juris Luzins
Personal information

Born	(1947-06-22) June 22, 1947 Virginia, U.S.^[1]
Alma mater	University of Florida^[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m, mile
Club	U.S. Marines^[2] Florida Track Club^[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m – 1:45.2 (1971) Mile – 3:58.2 (1972)^[3]

Juris Luzins (born June 22, 1947)^[4] is a retired American middle-distance runner. He won the national 800 m title in 1971^[2] and placed second in 1969.^[3] He missed the 1972 Olympics due to an injury, and later raced professionally.^[1]

Luzins married in 1973, divorced in 1975, and remarried later. In December 1976 he earned a master's degree in architecture from the University of Florida and later worked as an architect in Gainesville, Florida.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Juris Luzins Interview. urbanoasis.org
1 2 USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Men's 800 m. usatf.org
1 2 Juris Luzins. trackfield.brinkster.net
↑ Juris Luzins. all-athletics.com

US National Championship winners in the men's 800-meter run

1876–2016	1876: Harold Lambe 1877: Romulus Colgate 1878: Edward Merritt 1879–80: Lon Myers 1881: Walter Smith 1882: William Goodwin 1883: Tom Murphy 1884: Lon Myers 1885: Herbert Mitchell 1886: Charles Smith 1887–88: George Tracey 1888: Wm. Moffatt 1889: R.A. Ward 1890: Harry Dadmun 1891: Walter Dohm 1892–93: Theodore Turner 1894–96: Charles Kilpatrick 1897: John Cregan 1898: Thomas Burke 1899: Herbert Manvel 1900: Alex Grant 1901: Howard Hayes 1902: John Wright 1903–04: Howard Valentine 1905: James Lightbody 1906–08: Mel Sheppard 1909: Clar. Edmundsen 1910: Harry Gissing 1911–12: Mel Sheppard 1913–14: Homer Baker 1915: Leroy Campbell 1916: Don Scott 1917: Mike Devaney 1918: Tom Campbell 1919: Joie Ray 1920: Earl Eby 1921–22: Alan Helffrich 1923: Ray Watson 1924: Edward Kirby 1925: Alan Helffrich 1926: Alva Martin 1927: Ray Watson 1928: Lloyd Hahn 1929: Phil Edwards 1930–32: Eddie Genung 1933: Glenn Cunningham 1934: Ben Eastman 1935: Elroy Robinson 1936: Charles Beetham 1937: John Woodruff 1938: Howard Borck 1939–41: Charles Beetham 1942: John Borican 1943: Bill Hulse 1944–45: Bob Kelley 1946: John Fulton 1947: Reggie Pearman 1948: Herb Barten 1949–51: Mal Whitfield 1952: Reggie Pearman 1953–54: Mal Whitfield 1955–56: Arnie Sowell 1957–58: Tom Courtney 1959: Tom Murphy 1960: Jim Cerveny 1961: Jim Dupree 1962: Jerry Siebert 1963: Bill Crothers (CAN) * Jim Dupree 1964: Jerry Siebert 1965: Morgan Groth 1966: Tom Farrell 1967–68: Wade Bell 1969: Byron Dyce (JAM) * Juris Luzins 1970: Ken Swenson 1971: Juris Luzins 1972: Dave Wottle 1973–74: Rick Wohlhuter 1975: Mark Enyeart 1976: James Robinson 1977: Mark Belger 1978–82: James Robinson 1983: Dave Patrick 1984: James Robinson 1985–87: Johnny Gray 1988: Mark Everett 1989: Johnny Gray 1990–91: Mark Everett 1992: Johnny Gray 1993–94: Mark Everett 1995: Brandon Rock 1996: Johnny Gray 1997–98: Mark Everett 1999: Khadevis Robinson 2000: Mark Everett 2001–03: David Krummenacker 2004: Jonathan Johnson 2005–07: Khadevis Robinson 2008–12: Nick Symmonds 2013–14: Duane Solomon 2015: Nick Symmonds 2016: Clayton Murphy

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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