Ronalds Arājs

{{Short description|Latvian sprinter}}

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| birth_place = Tukums, Latvia{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/ronalds-arajs-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110210/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/ronalds-arajs-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Ronalds Arājs|work=SR/Olympics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=27 July 2012}}

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Ronalds Arājs (born 29 November 1987 in Tukums) is a Latvian athlete. Arājs is the current Latvian record holder in the 100 metres sprint, having a personal best of 10.18 seconds.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnet.lv/sports/vieglatletika/383465-arajs_par_01_sekundi_labo_latvijas_rekordu_100_metru_sprinta|title=Arājs par 0,1 sekundi labo Latvijas rekordu 100 metru sprintā|date=3 July 2011|publisher=Tvnet.lv|language=Latvian|accessdate=2 January 2012}} His personal record in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds.

Arājs represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed fifth in his first round heat in a time of 21.22 seconds, which was not fast enough to qualify for the second round.{{cite web|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/244226.shtml|title=Athlete Biography|accessdate=2 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318035738/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/244226.shtml|archivedate=18 March 2009}}

He has expressed his intentions of converting towards bobsleigh after the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}