Valērijs Žolnerovičs (born April 19, 1985 in Ventspils) is a Latvian Olympic athlete. He is the current holder of the Latvian record both in marathon and half marathon.
Trained by Dainis Lodiņš, Žolnerovičs finished the 3000m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with a time of 8:37.65 (32nd overall). In 2010 he won the half marathon distance of Riga Marathon, finishing after 1:05:40 and beating the event record, set by Pavel Loskutov in 2008, by 12 seconds. At the 2011 Lisbon Half Marathon Žolnerovičs broke the Latvian record in half marathon, finishing after 1:04:43.
At the 2013 Frankfurt Marathon Žolnerovičs broke the Latvian record in marathon for the second time, finishing after 2:14:33.
Achievements Representing 2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy17th (h)3000m steeplechase8:59.582005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany10th3000m steeplechase8:52.342007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary10th3000m steeplechase9:08.392008Latvian Championships Valmiera, Latvia 1st 3000 m8:14.82Summer Olympics Beijing, China 32nd 3000 m steeplechase8:37.652010Riga MarathonRiga, Latvia 1st Half marathon1:05.402011Kuldīga Half MarathonKuldīga, Latvia 1st Half marathon1:06.172012Riga MarathonRiga, Latvia 1st Half marathon1:06.042014European Athletics ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland 12th Marathon2:15.56
References
External links ESPN profile Valērijs Žolnerovičs at lat-athletics.lv