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Māris Poikāns

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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

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