Elvīra Ozoliņa

Olympic medal record
Women’s Athletics
Gold	1960 Rome	Javelin Throw

Elvīra Anatolyevna Ozoliņa (Эльвира Анатольевна Озолина) (born October 8, 1939 in Leningrad) is a Latvian (and former Soviet) athlete who competed in javelin throw. She won the gold medal for the USSR team in the 1960 Olympics and was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour that year.

Ozoliņa trained at VSS Burevestnik in Leningrad. She is married to Jānis Lūsis, 1968 Olympic champion in men's javelin throw. Their son, Voldemārs Lūsis, is also a javelin thrower who competed in 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Olympic champions in women's javelin throw
1932: Babe Didrikson \| 1936: Tilly Fleischer \| 1948: Herma Bauma \| 1952: Dana Zátopková \| 1956: Inese Jaunzeme \| 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa \| 1964: Mihaela Peneş \| 1968: Angéla Németh \| 1972: Ruth Fuchs \| 1976: Ruth Fuchs \| 1980: María Colón \| 1984: Tessa Sanderson \| 1988: Petra Felke \| 1992: Silke Renk \| 1996: Heli Rantanen \| 2000: Trine Hattestad \| 2004: Osleidys Menéndez