Graduate of Riga Polytechnic Institute, Athletics Statistician Andris Staģis

2020
Ērika Lanka, Alīda Zigmunde

The article summarizes the achievements of Andris Staģis, a graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Riga Polytechnic Institute (RPI; 1968), in the profession of an engineer, as well as reveals his contribution to the history and statistics of Latvian sports, achievements in athletics and their promotion. This is the first study on the activities and life of engineer, officer of the Order of the Three Stars, Latvian champion in athletics and the author of sports history books, and journalist A. Staģis. The aim of the research is to reveal the contribution of A. Staģis and the significance of his personality to Latvia using his and the authors’ personal archives, documents of the State Archives of Latvia, and the collection of the National Library of Latvia.

Keywords
Andris Staģis, athletics statistics, Riga Polytechnic Institute
DOI
10.7250/HESIHE.2020.007
Hyperlink
https://hesihe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/HESIHE.2020.007

Lanka, Ē., Zigmunde, A. Graduate of Riga Polytechnic Institute, Athletics Statistician Andris Staģis. History of Engineering Sciences and Institutions of Higher Education / Inženierzinātņu un augstskolu vēsture, 2020, Vol. 4, pp.122-140. ISSN 2592-8651. e-ISSN 2592-8643. Available from: doi:10.7250/HESIHE.2020.007

Publication language
English (en)