Maris Poikans
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Maris Poikāns is a Latvia
n 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.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary
in 1988
.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989-90.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
in 1988
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...
.