Open AccessGraduate of Riga Polytechnic Institute, Athletics Statistician Andris Staģis
Author(s) -
Ērika Lanka,
Alīda Zigmunde
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
history of engineering sciences and of institutions of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2592-8651
pISSN - 2592-8643
DOI - 10.7250/hesihe.2020.007
Subject(s) - latvian , champion , promotion (chess) , officer , statistician , library science , political science , management , engineering , law , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , politics , statistics , mathematics , economics
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.