Latvijas Sporta pedagoģijas akadēmija  | |
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| Established | 1921 | 
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| Rector | Juris Grants | 
| Address | Brīvības gatve 333 , ,  | 
| 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 Informatics
 - 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
- Mārtiņš Krūze (1921–1922)
 - Jēkabs Dille (1922–1925)
 - Voldemārs Cekuls (1925–1940)
 - Ivans Lazurka (1945-1946)
 - Jevgeņijs Sretenskis (1946–1951)
 - Nikolajs Neļga (1951–1958)
 - Aleksis Ailis (1958–1960)
 - Jurijs Berdičevskis (1960, 1962)
 - Andrejs Eļhivs (1960–1962)
 - Vladimirs Maksimovs (1962–1982)
 - Ilgvars Forands (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
 
References
External links
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