Māris Štrombergs

Māris Štrombergs

Personal information
Nickname	Štrombis(Shtrombis), The "Machine"
Born	March 10, 1987 (1987-03-10) Latvia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Team information
Current team	Tālava, Latvian Olympic Team, Free Agent Bicycles World Team & Rockst★r
Discipline	Bicycle Motocross (BMX Racing)
Professional team(s)
One, Kenda, Free Agent Bicycles
Medal record Competitor for Latvia Men's BMX Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Men's BMX World Championships Gold 2008 Taiyuan Men's BMX Gold 2010 Pietermaritzburg Men's BMX Silver 2011 Copenhagen Men's BMX European Championships Gold 2008 Men's BMX Bronze 2007 Men's BMX
Infobox last updated on February 06, 2009

Māris Štrombergs (born March 10, 1987 in Valmiera, Latvia) is a Latvian professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships.

He is currently trained by Ivo Lakučs. His first trainer was Raimonds Ciesnieks.

Māris Štrombergs completed the Olympic 2008 BMX in about 36 seconds.

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are district, state/provincial/department, regional, national, and international titles in italics. Only sanctioning bodies that existed during the racer's career(s) are listed. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win national titles. Series and one-off championships are also listed in block.

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Amateur/Junior Men

• "2001 The European youth challenge (European Challenge) Champion"
• "2005 European Junior Champion."

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• None

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• 1996 (Worlds Challenge Class), World Champion of nine years in boys' group.

Professional/Elite Men

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• "2009 Elite Men ("AA") Pro Nat.#1"
• "2010 Elite Men ("AA") Grand National Champion Nat.#1 Pro"

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• "2009 Vice-champion"

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

• None (defunct)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

• None (defunct. FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence).

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• "2008 Elite Men Gold Medal World Champion"
• "2010 Elite Men Gold Medal World Champion"
• "2011 Elite Men Silver Medal World Champion"

External links

• Latvian ELITE BMX website Personal Blogs, Gallery,video, results and more
• Official Maris Strombergs web page
• Video of 2008 UCI BMX World Championships Final

Awards
Preceded by Viktors Ščerbatihs	Latvian Men's Sportspersonality of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Jānis Miņins