Edgars Piksons
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| Full name | Edgars Piksons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1983 Cēsis, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 10 January 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 (2006, 2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 7 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 14 (2000/01–2013/14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edgars Piksons (born 17 July 1983) is a former Latvian biathlete.[1] He represented Latvia at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.[1] At Biathlon World Championships 2011 he got 8th place in the sprint.
In November 2014, the news broke that Piksons had tested positive for the banned substance 19-Norandrosterone after a practice competition in Priekuļi on 22 September. He waived the right to have a B-sample tested. Piksons denied having knowingly taken any banned substances, but announced his retirement from professional sports.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b IBU Profile
- ^ "Latvian biathlete Piksons fails doping test". The Baltic Course. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
External links[edit]
- Edgars Piksons at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Edgars Piksons at IBU BiathlonResults.com
- Edgars Piksons at Olympedia
- Edgars Piksons at Olympics.com
- Edgars Piksons at Olympic.org (archived)
- Edgars Piksons at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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- Latvian male biathletes
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- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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- Doping cases in biathlon
- Latvian sportspeople in doping cases
- European biathlon biography stubs
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