Māris Štrombergs
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| Nickname | Štrombis (Shtrombis), The "Machine" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 10, 1987 Valmiera, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Tālava, Latvian Olympic Team, Free Agent Bicycles World Team & Rockst★r | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Bicycle Motocross (BMX Racing) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| – | Kenda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Free Agent Bicycles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Māris Štrombergs (born March 10, 1987 in Valmiera) 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.[1] In 2012 he prolonged his Olympic title by winning the gold medal in the London Olympics.[2]
He is currently trained by Ivo Lakučs. His first trainer was Raimonds Ciesnieks. Māris Štrombergs completed the Olympic 2008 BMX in about 36 seconds. Māris completed the Olympic 2012 BMX course in 37,576 seconds. Upon returning from the 2012 Olympics he was greeted by thousands of fans in hometown Valmiera.
Career bicycle motocross titles
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"
References
- ^ "Strombergs keeps his head to win BMX gold". August 22, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
- ^ "London Olympics: Strombergs defends men's BMX title". Retrieved August 10, 2012.
External links
- Official web page
- Latvian Cycling Federation - BMX
- Video of 2008 World Championships Final
- Latvian elite BMX website
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Valmiera
- BMX riders
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Latvian male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Latvia
- Olympic gold medalists for Latvia
- UCI BMX World Champions (elite men)
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Latvian cycling biography stubs
- Latvian sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs