Dmitrijs Jurkevičs
# Dmitrijs Jurkevičs

Dmitrijs Jurkevičs (born 7 January 1987 in Daugavpils) is a Latvian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He holds the Latvian record in 1500 metres.

He competed over 1500 metres at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships and came sixth in the final. He was a semi-finalist in the 800 metres and the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He set an 800 m best of 1:46.44 minutes in Sollentuna in 2008 and improved his 1500 m best to 3:39.69 minutes the following year. In his senior world debut, he was eliminated in the 800 m heats at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He began to focus on running the 1500 m from 2010 onwards, and he represented Latvia in that event at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He achieved a Latvian record over 1500 m in Prague in June 2011 and bettered that mark by over a second and a half to 3:37.35 minutes at the Sollentuna Grand Prix a few weeks later. He represented Latvia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 m.

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 5th | 800 m | 1:51.19 |
| 2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 15th (sf) | 800 m | 1:49.56 |
| 2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | – | 800 m | DNF |
| 2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 1:48.59 |
| 2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 4th | 800 m | 1:47.24 |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 16th (h) | 800 m | 1:46.90 |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 24th (h) | 1500 m | 3:45.21 |
| 2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 6th | 1500 m | 3:49.35 |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 30th (h) | 1500 m | 3:42.69 |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 1500 m | 3:47.36 |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 25th (h) | 1500 m | 3:41.40 |
| 2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 5th | 1500 m | 3:39.79 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 30th (h) | 800 m | 1:50.12 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 23rd (h) | 1500 m | 3:45.92 |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 8th (h) | 1500 m | 3:42.84 |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 23rd (h) | 1500 m | 3:43.44 |

## Personal bests

| Event | Record | Venue | Year |
| - | - | - | - |
| 800 metres | 1:46.44 | Sollentuna, Sweden | 2008 |
| 1000 metres | 2:18.95 | Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | 2009 |
| 1500 metres | 3:37.35 | Sollentuna, Sweden | 28 June 2011 |
