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Kristaps MAURINS

Latvia

Gender: Male
Nationality: Latvia

Birthday: 5 May 1991
Age: 23

Height: 1.92 m (6' 4'')
Weight: 92 kg / 203 lbs

Place of Birth: Latvia, CESIS
Place of Residence: -

Luge

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Athlete competitions and results

8 February, 18:30 Men's Singles Run 1
Kristaps MAURINS
Time: 53.144 (+0.974)
Rank: 23

8 February, 20:40 Men's Singles Run 2
Kristaps MAURINS
Time: 1:46.067 (+1.918)
Rank: 21

9 February, 18:30 Men's Singles Run 3
Kristaps MAURINS
Time: 2:38.585 (+2.823)
Rank: 22

9 February, 20:30 Men's Singles Run 4
Kristaps MAURINS
Time: 3:31.215 (+3.689)
Rank: 21

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
26	Singles	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	DNQ
29	Singles	2012	Altenberg, GER	DNQ

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Singles
2013/2014	19
2012/2013	29
2011/2012	29
2010/2011	43

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	Singles	Relay
2013/2014	1 x 9th	1 x 4th
2012/2013	1 x 17th	-
2011/2012	1 x 20th	-
2010/2011	1 x 30th	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
4	Team Relay	2013/2014	Winterberg, GER	2:27.286
6	Team Relay	2013/2014	Whistler, BC, CAN	2:05.193
9	Singles	2013/2014	Winterberg, GER	53.170
11	Singles	2013/2014	Oberhof, GER	1:28.065
12	Singles	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	1:38.937
19	Singles	2013/2014	Altenberg, GER	1:50.350
20	Singles	2013/2014	Sigulda, LAT	1:37.037
20	Singles	2013/2014	Whistler, BC, CAN	1:37.857
31	Singles	2013/2014	Igls, AUT	1:43.141
39	Singles	2013/2014	Park City, UT, USA	DNQ
European Championships
6	Team Relay	2012	Paramonovo, RUS	2:35.583
Junior World Championships
5	Team Relay	2011	Oberhof, GER	2:22.712

Legend
DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

Hobbies: Spending time with friends, sports in general. (NOC Media Guide, 2014; kamanas.lv, 08 Dec 2013)
Education: Sports Science - Latvian Academy of Sport Education [LSPA], Riga, LAT
Club Name: LKSF Riga, Latvia
Debut: 2009 for Latvia (Athlete, 11 Feb 2014)

Occupation: Student
Languages Spoken: English, Latvian, Russian
Coach: Kaspars Dumpis (LAT) from 2013 (Athlete, 11 Feb 2014)

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He took up luge in 2001 in Sigulda, Latvia. (Athlete, 11 Feb 2014)

Reason for taking up this sport
His friends practised luge and he thought it would be an interesting sport to try. (Athlete, 11 Feb 2014)

Hero
Italian luge slider Armin Zoggeler. (Athlete, 11 Feb 2014)

Most influential person in career
His parents. (Athlete, 11 Feb 2014)

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