Athletes

Sport: Country:

All athletes

0
0
0
Total: 0

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

Support athlete:

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

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
37	Slalom	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	1:51.29
62	Giant Slalom	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	2:58.62
World Championships
36	Slalom	2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	1:56.12
38	Giant Slalom	2013	Schladming, AUT	2:40.94
54	Giant Slalom	2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	DNQ
	Slalom	2013	Schladming, AUT	DNF

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

Season	SL	GS
2013/2014	3 x DNF	-
2012/2013	3 x DNQ	1 x DNF
2011/2012	1 x DSQ	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
	Slalom	2013/2014	Schladming, AUT	DNF
	Slalom	2013/2014	Kitzbuhel, AUT	DNF
	Slalom	2013/2014	Adelboden, SUI	DNF
	Slalom	2013/2014	Levi, FIN	DNQ
Junior World Championships
8	Combined	2013	Quebec, 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.