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    XXII Olympic Winter Games
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    Kristaps ZVEJNIEKS

    Latvia
    • Gender: Male
    • Nationality: Latvia
    • Birthday: 15 February 1992
    • Age: 22
    • Height: 1.84 m (6' 0'')
    • Weight: 80 kg / 176 lbs
    • Place of Birth: Latvia, RIGA
    • Place of Residence: -
    • Olympic Scholarship participant
    Alpine Skiing
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    Athlete competitions and results

    • 19 February, 11:00 Men's Giant Slalom Run 1
    • Kristaps ZVEJNIEKS
      Time: 1:27.80 (+6.72)
    • Rank: 47
    • 19 February, 14:30 Men's Giant Slalom Run 2
    • Kristaps ZVEJNIEKS
      Time: 1:29.50 (+6.31)
    • Rank: 46
    • 22 February, 16:45 Men's Slalom Run 1
    • Kristaps ZVEJNIEKS
      DNF

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Olympic Winter Games
    37Slalom2010Vancouver, BC, CAN1:51.29
    62Giant Slalom2010Vancouver, BC, CAN2:58.62
    World Championships
    36Slalom2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER1:56.12
    38Giant Slalom2013Schladming, AUT2:40.94
    54Giant Slalom2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERDNQ
    Slalom2013Schladming, AUTDNF

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    SeasonSLGS
    2013/20143 x DNF-
    2012/20133 x DNQ1 x DNF
    2011/20121 x DSQ-

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Ten best World Cup performances in current season
    Slalom2013/2014Schladming, AUTDNF
    Slalom2013/2014Kitzbuhel, AUTDNF
    Slalom2013/2014Adelboden, SUIDNF
    Slalom2013/2014Levi, FINDNQ
    Junior World Championships
    8Combined2013Quebec, QC, CAN


    Legend
    ALL-Overall, DH-Downhill, SL-Slalom, GS-Giant Slalom, SG-Super-G, SC-Super Combined, K-Combined, CE-City Event, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Hobbies: Golf, technology, listening to music, watching movies. (LinkedIn profile, 2014; zvejnieks.lv, 15 Mar 2013)
    • Education: Sports Management - Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Riga, LAT
    • Coach: Peter Prodinger [personal], AUT; Jana Zvejniece [personal], LAT; Dinars Dorss [national], LAT (leta.lv, 20 Jan 2014; studentusports.lv, 27 Dec 2013; sporto.lv, 19 Nov 2013)
    • Other Sports: He has won both the world championship and overall World Cup titles in inline alpine slalom. He has also competed in the Ski and Golf World Championships. (zvejnieks.lv, 15 Mar 2013)
    • Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
    • Occupation: Athlete, Coach, Student
    • Languages Spoken: English, German, Latvian, Russian
    • Sporting Relatives: His younger brothers Miks and Davis have competed in alpine skiing at international level. (zvejnieks.lv, 15 Mar 2013)
    • Injuries: In July 2008 he crashed and broke his fibula and tibia [leg] during a training run in Molltaler Gletscher, Austria. He came back from injury too early and broke the same leg in February 2009. After several operations he returned to action in October 2009, in Molltaler Gletscher, Austria, the same venue where he sustained his original injury. (zvejnieks.lv, 15 Mar 2013)

    Additional Information

    Start of sporting career
    He took up skiing at age three and began racing at age eight. (zvejnieks.lv, 15 Mar 2013)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    His mother encouraged him to begin skiing. (infoski.lv, 29 Dec 2012)

    Most influential person in career
    His family. (olimpiade.lv, 2010)

    General
    COACH
    He has coached skiing at SK Virsotne in Latvia. (LinkedIn profile, 2014)

    Social Media
    Hear more from the athlete via their website, Twitter, Facebook, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.

    Alpine Skiing

    Men's Slalom
    • FIS World Standings Points: 12.41
    • FIS World Standings Rank: 109
    Men's Giant Slalom
    • FIS World Standings Points: 23.66
    • FIS World Standings Rank: 321
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