Jānis Andriksons

{{Short description|Latvian speed skater (1912–1967)}}

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{{Infobox speed skater

| name = Jānis Andriksons

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| full_name = Jānis Valentīns Andriksons

| nationality = Latvian

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|3|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vecpiebalga, Kreis Wenden, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|9|22|1912|3|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Noranda, Quebec, Canada

| sport = Speed skating

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Jānis Valentīns Andriksons (17 March 1912 – 22 September 1967) was a Latvian speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1936 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/janis-andriksons-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202204903/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/janis-andriksons-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 December 2016 |title=Jānis Andriksons |access-date=23 October 2019}}

After World War II, he moved to West Germany and then to Canada, where from 1948 he worked in gold and copper mining. He died in Quebec in 1967.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://enciklopedija.lv/skirklis/59929-J%C4%81nis-Andriksons |title=Jānis Andriksons |encyclopedia=Nacionālā Enciklopēdija |language=lv |date=7 December 2021}}