Māris Poikāns
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Bobsleigh | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union
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| World Cup | ||
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1985–86 | Two-man |
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1989–90 | Combined |
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1989–90 | Four-man |
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1989–90 | Two-man |
| European Championships | ||
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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[edit]
- 1984 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1988 bobsleigh four-man results
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007
- List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- ^ "Sports Shorts". AP News Archive. 24 January 1990. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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- 1962 births
- Living people
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- Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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- People from Limbaži Municipality
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