Latvian Academy of Sport Education

Latvian Academy of Sport Education

Latvijas Sporta pedagoģijas akadēmija
Established	1921
Rector	Juris Grants
Address	Brīvības gatve 333 , Riga , Latvia
Website	http://www.lspa.lv

The Latvian Academy of Sport Education (Latvian: Latvijas Sporta pedagoģijas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education specialising in sport science, located in Riga, Latvia.

Organization[]

Departments[]

The Academy has 5 theoretical and 6 practical departments:^[1]

• Theoretical departments

• Department of Anatomy
• Department of Infomatics
• Department of Sports Medecine
• Department of Theory
• Department of Management

• Practical departments

• Department of Swimming
• Department of Skiing
• Department of Sport Games
• Department of Heavy Athletics
• Department of Track and Field Athletics
• Department of Gymnastics

Rectors[]

• (1921–1922)
• (1922–1925)
• (1925–1940)
• (1945-1946)
• (1946–1951)
• (1951–1958)
• (1958–1960)
• (1960, 1962)
• (1960–1962)
• (1962–1982)
• (1982–1988)
• Uldis Grāvītis (1988–2008)
• Jānis Žīdens (2008–2019)
• Juris Grants (2019-present)

Notable alumni[]

• Ingrīda Amantova
• Raimonds Bergmanis, former Minister of Defence of Latvia, the first flag bearer for Latvia in 56 years at 1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
• Deniss Čerkovskis
• Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende, former Minister for Culture of Latvia
• Ivans Klementjevs
• Inta Kļimoviča-Drēviņa
• Rihards Kozlovskis, former Minister of the Interior of Latvia
• Armands Krauliņš
• Ivo Lakučs
• Lāsma Liepa
• Modris Liepiņš
• Staņislavs Lugailo
• Jeļena Rubļevska
• Arsens Miskarovs
• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
• Jeļena Prokopčuka, winner of the New York City Marathon (2005, 2006)
• Andrejs Rastorgujevs
• Jānis Šmēdiņš
• Žoržs Tikmers
• Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa
• Edvīns Zāģeris

External links[]

• Official site

References[]

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