Patriks Gailums
Gailums resting at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born10 May 1998 (25 years, 247 days old)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Javelin throw
Shot put
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
  • JT: 84.05m (2023)
  • JT (700g): 77.15m NYR (2015)
  • SP: 15.34m (2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Latvia
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place2013 UtrechtJavelin throw
Updated on 26 December 2023.

Patriks Gailums (born 10 May 1998) is a Latvian javelin thrower. He was the silver medalist at the 2022 European Throwing Cup, and he is a four-time medalist at the Latvian Athletics Championships.

Career

2013–2018

In July 2013, Gailums won bronze in the javelin throw at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Utrecht with a throw of 65.73 meters.[2] Two years later, he finished in 11th place at the World U18 Championships in Cali with a throw of 66.75 meters.[3] In July 2016, Gailums set a new personal best of 74.02 meters in the qualifiers at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz.[4] However, in the final, he did not reach the same level and finished in 11th place with a throw of 66.84 meters.[5]

In July 2017, Gailums set a new personal best with a throw of 81.91 meters at a competition in Valmiera, which also became a new world junior best for the year.[6] Later that month at the European Junior Championships in Grosseto, he finished in fourth place with a throw of 73.43 meters.[7][8] In July 2018, Gailums took bronze at the Latvian championships in Riga with a throw of 75.57 meters.[9] The following month, he finished 14th overall in the qualifiers at the European Championships in Berlin with a throw of 78.10 meters, which was not enough for a place in the final.[10]

2019–2022

In July 2019, Gailums finished in fourth place at the European U23 Championships in Gävle with a throw of 79.81 meters.[11][12] Later that month, he took his second consecutive bronze at the Latvian championships in Ogre with a throw of 77.47 meters.[1] In June 2021, Gailums took his third bronze at the Latvian championships in Jelgava with a throw of 77.81 meters.[13] In March 2022, he won silver at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria with a throw of 79.49 meters.[14]

In May 2022, Gailums improved his personal best twice. First, he improved it by 66 centimeters to 82.57 meters at a competition in Ogre[15] and then by over another meter to 83.65 meters at a competition in Kalamata, Greece.[16] The following month, Gailums won silver at the Latvian championships in Valmiera, only beaten by Rolands Štrobinders.[17] In July 2022, he competed at the World Championships in Eugene, but did not advance from the qualifiers in the javelin throw.[18] The following month, Gailums competed at the European Championships in Munich, where he finished in sixth place in the javelin throw.[19]

2023

In June 2023, Gailums improved his personal best by 40 centimeters to 84.05 meters at a competition in Bergamo.[20] In August 2023, he competed at the World Championships in Budapest, but did not advance from the qualifiers, finishing in 21st place overall.[21]

Statistics

Personal bests

EventMarkPlaceCompetitionVenueDateRef
Javelin throw83.05 m1st place, gold medalist(s)Italian Athletics Clubs ChampionshipsBergamo, Italy10 June 2023[1]
Javelin throw (700 g)77.15 m NU18R1st place, gold medalist(s)Jānis Lūsis CupJelgava, Latvia14 June 2015[1]
Shot put15.34 m sh2nd place, silver medalist(s)Valmiera OpenValmiera, Latvia21 January 2023[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Patriks Gailums at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ↑ "Results – European Youth Summer Olympic Festival 2013". timetronics.be. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Results – Youth World Championships 2015 – Boys' Javelin Throw – Final" (PDF). iaaf.org. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Patriks Gailums reaches the final, Sindija Bukša - in the semifinals" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Results – Junior World Championships 2016 – Men's Javelin Throw – Final" (PDF). iaaf.org. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Patriks Gailums - 81.91 m; Oļegs Kozjakovs in the World U18 Championship decathlon after the first day - 2nd place" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Aceti adds to Italian medal haul with 400m gold". european-athletics.com. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Painfully! Javelin thrower Gailums loses bronze in the final throw series at the European U-20 Championships" (in Latvian). sports.tv3.lv. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Latvian Athletics Championships" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Results – European Championships 2018 – Men's Javelin Throw – Qualifiers" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Maksims Sinčukovs – fifth best in Europe" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Bukša with the season's best result wins the European Championships" (in Latvian). la.lv. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Anete Kociņa and Gatis Čakšs show the highest results on the first day of the Latvian championships" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Latvian javelin thrower Gailums wins second place in the European Cup throwing disciplines" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  15. ↑ "Gailums improves personal record in javelin throwing, Ivanova wins silver in junior World Weightlifting Championships" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Javelin thrower Gailums improves personal record" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  17. ↑ "First day of the 101st Latvian Championship" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  18. ↑ "Javelin throwers Gailums and Strobinders fail to enter the WC final". archysport.com. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "Javelin thrower Gailums achieves the highest result of Latvian track and field athletes at the European Championship with 6th place". archysport.com. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  20. ↑ "Javelin thrower Patriks Gailums improves personal record in competition in Italy" (in Latvian). jauns.lv. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "All Latvian javelin throwers remain without a place in the World Championship final" (in Latvian). delfi.lv. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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