Liepinš Modris

Personal information

Date of birth   03-08-1966
Birthplace   Tukums (LV)
Nationality   Latvia

Modris Liepins from Tukums (LV): holder of the Baltic record "100 km Race walk M/W" in a great time well under the 9-hour barrier: 8 h 48' 28" at an amazing 11,354 km/h pace   
&
In top 10 at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games & the 1999 Seville World Championships

Merits

My 2nd place on the prestigious Belgian world ranking 100 km Race walk M/W

 

Top 10 best world performances 100 km Race walk M/W
 

Rank Name Distance Time Speed Year Location
1 Ginko Viktor 100 km 8 h 38' 07" 11.580 km/h 2003 Scanzorosciate (I)
2 Liepins Modris 100 km 8 h 48' 28" 11.354 km/h 2001 Scanzorosciate (I)
3 Moulinet Bertrand 100 km 8 h 50' 21" 11.313 km/h 2013 Saint-Thibault (F)
4 Rodionov Alexeï 100 km 8 h 54' 35" 11.224 km/h 1998 Scanzorosciate (I)
5 Kieffer Pascal 100 km 8 h 55' 12" 11.211 km/h 1992 Besançon (F)
6 Popovich Vitaliy 100 km 8 h 55' 40" 11.201 km/h 1999 Scanzorosciate (I)
7 Lelièvre Gérard 100 km 8 h 58' 12" 11.148 km/h 1984 Laval (F)
8 Czukor Zoltán 100 km 8 h 58' 47" 11.136 km/h 2002 Scanzorosciate (I)
9 Reichel Sten 100 km 9 h 01' 29" 11.081 km/h 2000 Scanzorosciate (I)
10 Tichý Peter 100 km 9 h 02' 00" 11.070 km/h 2002 Scanzorosciate (I)


URL World ranking 100 km Race walk M/W: https://www.belgianwalkingassociation.com/en/world-ranking-100-km-race-walk-men-and-women

Barriers Race walking

Modris Liepins is an exceptional athlete from Latvia, one of the three Baltic states, who has broken barriers in race walking.

barrier_1: Race walk 50 km/ 4 h

8 performances under 4 hours over 50 km

barrier_2: Race walk 100 km/ 9 h

2 performances under 9 hours over 100 km

International Race walking competitions

Olympic Games 

3 participations ► best result: 2000 Sydney (AUS)   50 km   3 h 48' 36"   9th place

World Championships

3 participations ►best result: 1999 Seville (E)   50 km   3 h 57'' 11"   10th place

IAAF World Race walking Cup 

4 participations ► best result: 2002 Turin (I)   50 km   3 h 53' 49"   10th place 

European Athletics Championships 

2 participations ► best rsult: 2002 Munich (D)   50 km   3 h 52' 36"   9th place

best memories

My top three memories in my career that are indelible in my mind are in descending order:

♦ Setting an absolute world performance in the 100 km Race walk at Scanzorosciate (I) in 2001: 
                                       100 km   8 h 48' 28"   11,354 km/h   

♦ My exceptional performance at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney (AUS):  
                                  50 km   3 h 48' 36"   9th place   

♦ In top 10 at the World Championships in Seville, Spain: 
                   50 km   3 h 57' 11"   12,648 km/h 

Personal bests

♦   5 km track         19' 10"   xx,xxx km/h   1997   Ventspils (LV)
  
♦ 10 km road          41' 15"   14,545 km/h   2005   Druskininkai (LT)           
♦ 10 km track         39' 23"   15,235 km/h   1998   Valmiera (LV)

♦ 20 km road    1 h 22' 04"   14,622 km/h   1997   Podebrady (CZ)  
       
♦ 50 km road    3 h 48' 27"   13,132 km/h  1990   Ogre (LV or USA?)  

♦ 100 km road   8 h 48' 28"   11,354 km/h   2001   Scanzorosciate (I)      

Palmares

Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
10 km route 10.000 00 h 41' 15" 14.545 2005 Druskininkai (LT) -
suite du palmarès ...
 
Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
10 km piste 10.000 00 h 39' 23" 15.235 1998 Valmiera (LV) 1st place / Winner of the race
suite du palmarès ...
 
Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
20 km route 20.000 01 h 22' 04" 14.622 1997 Poděbrady (CZ) IAAF World Race walking Cup ► 38th place
20 km route 20.000 01 h 23' 45" 14.328 2001 Dudince (SK) EAA European Race walking Cup ► 16th place
20 km route 20.000 01 h 26' 24" 13.889 1997 Athens (GR) World Championships ► 24th place
20 km route 20.000 01 h 27' 14" 13.756 1994 Helsinki (FIN) European Athletics Championchips ► 20th place
20 km route 20.000 01 h 28' 39" 13.536 2003 Cheboksary (RUS) EAA European Race walking Cup ► 31st place
suite du palmarès ...
 
Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
50 km route 50.000 03 h 48' 27" 13.132 1990 Ogre (LV) 2nd place
50 km route 50.000 03 h 48' 30" 13.129 1999 Mézidon-Canon (F) IAAF World Race walking Cup ► 15th place
50 km route 50.000 03 h 48' 36" 13.123 2000 Sydney (AUS) Olympic Games Sydney 2000 ► 9th place
50 km route 50.000 03 h 52' 36" 12.898 2002 Munich (D) European Athletics Championchips ► 9th place
50 km route 50.000 03 h 53' 49" 12.831 2002 Turin (I) IAAF World Race walking Cup ► 10th place
50 km route 50.000 03 h 54' 52" 12.773 2004 Naumburg (D) IAAF World Race walking Cup ► 10th place
50 km route 50.000 03 h 56' 22" 12.692 1989 St. Petersburg (RUS) 11th place
50 km route 50.000 03 h 57' 11" 12.648 1999 Seville (E) World Championships ► 10th place
50 km route 50.000 04 h 01' 12" 12.438 1996 Atlanta (USA) Olympic Games Atlanta 1996 ► 23rd place
50 km route 50.000 04 h 01' 54" 12.402 2005 Helsinki (FIN) World Championships ► 17th place
50 km route 50.000 04 h 04' 26" 12.273 2004 Athens (GR) Olympic Games Athens 2004 ► 25th place
50 km route 50.000 04 h 10' 35" 11.972 1993 Stuttgart (D) World Championships ► 25th place
suite du palmarès ...
 
Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
100 km route 100.000 08 h 48' 28" 11.354 2001 Scanzorosciate (I) International Race walking competition ► xth place
100 km route 100.000 08 h 59' 14" 11.127 2000 Scanzorosciate (I) International Race walking competition ► xth place
100 km route 100.000 09 h 02' 50" 11.053 1999 Scanzorosciate (I) International Race walking competition ► xth place
suite du palmarès ...
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