Haralds Silovs

Haralds Silovs

Haralds Silovs at the World Allround Championships 2013 in Hamar
Personal information
Born	(1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 38) Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Website	HaraldsSilovs.com
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Speed skating Short track speed skating
World championship wins	2008 Overall (European Short Track Speed Skating Championships)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 0:36.323 (2013) 1000 m: 1:07.472 (2013) 1500 m: 2:11.345 (2008) 3000 m: 4:42.344 :[1]
Medal record Men's short track speed skating Representing  Latvia European Championships 2008 Ventspils Overall 2008 Ventspils 1500 m 2009 Torino 1500 m 2011 Heerenveen 1000 m 2011 Heerenveen Overall 2008 Ventspils 1000 m 2009 Torino Overall 2011 Heerenveen 500 m 2011 Heerenveen 1500 m

Haralds Silovs (born 7 April 1986) is a Latvian long track and former short track speed skater, who became the 2008 and 2011 European champion in short track. He has participated in three Winter Olympics. In 2018, he finished fourth at speed skating 1500 metres event.

During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he gained worldwide media attention after competing in the 1500 m short track, and 5000 m long track speed skating events in the same day, 13 February. He is the first athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics to compete in both short track and long track events at the same Games and the only athlete to compete in two different disciplines on the same day.^{[citation needed]}