Alberts Ozoliņš

Alberts Ozoliņš (10 May 1896 – 28 February 1985[1]) was a Latvian weightlifter who competed for Latvia at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris at age 27.

Born in Krustpils parish, Latvia, Ozoliņš was a silver medalist in the men's middleweight division at the 1922 World Weightlifting Championships in Tallinn, Estonia and a bronze medalist at the 1923 World Weightlifting Championships in Vienna, Austria. Ozoliņš was a men's middleweight class wrestler and placed at number 25 at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He died in Jūrmala in 1985.[2]

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