Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Inese Jaunzeme was a Latvian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. Born in P avi as, she trained with the Dynamo club in Riga. Jaunzeme was third in the javelin at the USSR Championships in 1956, earning herself a place on the Olympic team for the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. She set an Olympic record in the first round of the event and went on to improve her mark twice more, ending up with a winning throw of 53.86 metres. This made her the first Olympic gold medallist to come from Latvia. She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1957 in recognition of her achievement. She began training to be a doctor while still competing in the javelin and was the silver medallist at the 1957 World University Games, as well as winning at the championships organised by the International Union of Students