Dmitrijs Jurkevičs (born 7 January 1987 in Daugavpils) is a Latvian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He holds the Latvian record in 1500 metres.
He competed over 1500 metres at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships and came sixth in the final. He was a semi-finalist in the 800 metres and the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He set an 800 m best of 1:46.44 minutes in Sollentuna in 2008 and improved his 1500 m best to 3:39.69 minutes the following year. In his senior world debut, he was eliminated in the 800 m heats at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He began to focus on running the 1500 m from 2010 onwards, and he represented Latvia in that event at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.Jurkevics Dmitrijs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-30. He achieved a Latvian record over 1500 m in Prague in June 2011 and bettered that mark by over a second and a half to 3:37.35 minutes at the Sollentuna Grand Prix a few weeks later.Julin, Lennart (2011-06-28). Kaki’s meet record tops performances in Sollentuna. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-30. He represented Latvia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 m.
Achievements 2005European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania5th800 m1:51.192006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China15th (sf)800 m1:49.562007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary –800 mDNFUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand12th (sf)800 m1:48.592009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania4th800 m1:47.24World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany16th (h)800 m1:46.902010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain24th (h)1500 m3:45.212011UniversiadeShenzhen, China6th1500 m3:49.35World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea30th (h)1500 m3:42.692012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland7th1500 m3:47.36Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom25th (h)1500 m3:41.402013UniversiadeKazan, Russia5th1500 m3:39.792014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland30th (h)800 m1:50.1223rd (h)1500 m3:45.922015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic8th (h)1500 m3:42.842016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands23rd (h)1500 m3:43.44
Personal bests EventRecordVenueYear800 metres1:46.44Sollentuna, Sweden20081000 metres2:18.95Königs Wusterhausen, Germany20091500 metres3:37.35Sollentuna, Sweden28 June 2011
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