Isakas Anolikas
Personal information
Born1903
Šiauliai, Lithuania
Died1943 (aged 39–40)
Kaunas, Lithuania

Isakas Anolikas (1903–1943) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish cyclist.[1] Anolikas was part of the Makabi sport club, established in 1920. He represented Lithuania at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Both times he did not finish the individual time trial over 188 km due to technical malfunctions.[2] Anolikas was Lithuanian champion: in 1925 and 1926 he won individual 10 km race, in 1926 he won gold in team 70 km race.[3] He was killed during the Holocaust: as a Jew, he was shot at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Isakas Anolikas". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Isakas Anolikas". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 9 December 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  3. 1 2 Gečas, Steponas; Arvydas Jakštas (2003). "Lietuvos žydų talento įvairovė: sportas. Litvakai prieškario Lietuvos sporte ir tarptautinėse olimpiadose" (in Lithuanian). The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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