Vsevolods Zeļonijs [SEP] residence
Vsevolods Zeļonijs
Vsevolods Zeļonijs (born February 24, 1973 in Riga) is a Latvian judoka, who competed in the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics winning bronze medal in 2000 in the lightweight (– 73 kg) category.
Zeļonijs also won the bronze medal in the 1997 World Championships, and several silver and bronze medals in European Championships. He is a four-time Olympian.
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- sports-reference
Igors Vihrovs in men's floor exercises, and judoka and bronze medalist Vsevolods Zeļonijs. Pistol shooter and former Olympic champion Afanasijs Kuzmins, the oldest of the team, at age 57, became the first Latvian athlete to compete in seven Olympic games (including three of his appearances under the Soviet Union). Meanwhile, javelin thrower and Latvia's top Olympic medal contender Vadims Vasiļevskis was appointed by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Latvia left Athens with a total of four Olympic silver medals