Einārs Veikša

Einārs Veikša (born 10 January 1961 in Tukums), also known as Eynars Veyksha (Russian: Эйнарс Вейкша), is a Latvian-Soviet luger who competed in the early 1980s. He is best known for finishing third in the men's doubles overall Luge World Cup in 1981-2.

Veyksha also finished seventh in the men's doubles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Einārs Veikša". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

External links[edit]

1984 luge men's doubles results (todor66.com)
List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 February 2008)
Einārs Veikša at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
Einārs Veikša at Olympedia
Einar Veykcha at Olympics.com

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Einārs Veikša". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

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