APINIS Aigars

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Discus Throw - F52	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	20.83
1	Men's Shot Put F52/53	2012	London, GBR	10.23
1	Men's Discus Throw F33/34/52	2008	Beijing, CHN	20.47
1	Discus Throw - F52	2004	Athens, GRE	18.98
2	Men's Discus Throw F51/52/53	2012	London, GBR	21.00
2	Men's Shot Put F33/34/52	2008	Beijing, CHN	10.02
3	Discus Throw - F52	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	15.12
3	Men's Shot Put F52	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	7.15
4	Men's Shot Put F52	2004	Athens, GRE	8.21
DNS	Discus Throw - F53	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	DNS
World Championships
1	Discus Throw - F52	2019	Dubai, UAE	21.05
1	Discus Throw - F52	2015	Doha, QAT	21.44
1	Men's Shot Put F52/53	2013	Lyon, FRA	10.23
1	Men's Discus Throw F51/52/53	2011	Christchurch, NZL	20.88
1	Men's Shot Put F52/53	2011	Christchurch, NZL	10.03
1	Discus Throw - F52	2006	Assen, NED	19.44
1	Discus Throw - F52	2002	Lille, FRA	15.80
2	Discus Throw - F52	2017	London, GBR	21.95
3	Men's Discus Throw F51/52/53	2013	Lyon, FRA	21.06
3	Men's Shot Put F52	2006	Assen, NED	8.69
4	Men's Shot Put F52	2002	Lille, FRA	7.38
European Championships
2	Discus Throw - F52	2018	Berlin, GER	19.71

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Aldis Supulnieks, LAT

2000 for Latvia, Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia (Athlete, 14 Dec 2010)

He took up Para athletics in 1998, specialising in shot put and discus. (Historical Dictionary of Latvia, 2017; Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)

He was initially encouraged to get involved in sport by his mother. Later he met coach Aldis Supulnieks, who encouraged him to try athletics. Several years later he began training seriously. (la.lv, 04 Feb 2020; iena.lv, 09 Nov 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (apollo.lv, 29 Oct 2020)

He trains three or four times per week. He includes swimming and weights sessions in his routine. (apollo.lv, 29 Oct 2020; la.lv, 04 Feb 2020)

He and Para archer Ieva Melle were named as flag bearers for Latvia for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (lsm.lv, 09 Aug 2021)

In 2012 the Latvian Government Organisation of Sport named him the Latvian Male Athlete of the Year for winning a gold and a silver medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (sportacentrs.com, 28 Dec 2012)

In 2012 he was named the Best Paralympic Athlete of Riga in Latvia. (bjssridzene.lv, 19 Dec 2012)

In 2006 he was named the Athlete of the Year in Ogre, Latvia, and was awarded the Latvian Paralympic Committee's Sport Laureate. (aigarsapinis.lv, 17 Sep 2008)