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Māris Poikāns
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing the   Soviet Union
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1985–86 Two-man
Gold medal – first place 1989–90 Combined
Silver medal – second place 1989–90 Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1989–90 Two-man
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Igls Two-man

Māris Poikāns (born 11 December 1962, Vidriži) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989–90. He also won a bronze medal alongside brakeman Andrei Gorochov in the two-man race at the European Championship in 1990. [1]

Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988.

References

  1. ^ "Sports Shorts". AP News Archive. 24 January 1990. Retrieved 28 January 2014.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Māris Poikāns
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing the   Soviet Union
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1985–86 Two-man
Gold medal – first place 1989–90 Combined
Silver medal – second place 1989–90 Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1989–90 Two-man
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Igls Two-man

Māris Poikāns (born 11 December 1962, Vidriži) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989–90. He also won a bronze medal alongside brakeman Andrei Gorochov in the two-man race at the European Championship in 1990. [1]

Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988.

References

  1. ^ "Sports Shorts". AP News Archive. 24 January 1990. Retrieved 28 January 2014.



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