Aigars Fadejevs

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Aigars Fadejevs
Personal information
BornAigars Fadejevs
27 December 1975
Died17 December 2024(2024-12-17) (aged 48)
Sport
CountryFile:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)
20 km walk
50 km walk
Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)20 km walk: 1:19:36
50 km walk: 3:43:18
Marathon: 2:18:19
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 50 km walk
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Budapest 20 km walk
European Race Walking Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Dudince 20 km walk

Aigars Fadejevs (27 December 1975 – 17 December 2024) was a Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk, and marathon running, and a physiotherapist for sprinters and other athletes. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 50 km race walk, and was named the Latvian Sportsperson of the Year in 2000.

Biography

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Aigars Fadejevs was born 27 December 1975 in Valka, Latvia.[1] He was a champion junior race walker, winning the European U23 Championships in 1997.[1]

Fadejevs competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in the 20 km walk and in the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 50 km, 2004 Olympics, 50 km 11th, 20 km 9th. He also won a gold medal in the European U23 Championships in 1997, a silver medal in the 1998 European Championships at the 20 km distance, and finished 4th in 50 km at the World Championships in Edmonton in 2001.[2]

Fadejevs holds the unofficial world record of 58:23 in the rare 15 km walk distance.

Fadejevs quit race walking in 2004 and competed as a marathon runner. He almost qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[3] He worked as a sports therapist, working with Latvian Olympians and international athletes from other disciplines including Kobe Bryant.[4][5]

In 2017, he revealed in an interview that he had experienced depression and fell into alcoholism at the end of his career, but was working to overcome these challenges.[6]

Fadejevs died suddenly on 17 December 2024, at the age of 48 of unknown causes.[7][8]

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal — 10,000m DQ
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th 20 km 1:26.06
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 6th 20 km 1:20:47
1997 European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 1st 20 km 1:19:58
1998 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 3rd 20 km 1:20:44
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 20 km 1:21:25
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 6th 20 km 1:20:18
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 14th 20 km 1:22:43
2nd 50 km 3:43:40
2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 8th 20 km 1:20:51
World Championships Edmonton, Canada — 20 km DNF
2008 Valmiera Marathon Valmiera, Latvia 1st Marathon 2:19:57

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Sources

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