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Daumants Dreiškens (born 28 March 1984) is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman, who has competed since 2003.

Daumants Dreiškens

Dreiškens at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1984-03-28) 28 March 1984 (age 38) Gulbene, Latvian SSR
Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Four-man 2014 Sochi Two-man World Championships 2016 Igls Four-man 2015 Winterberg Two-man 2009 Lake Placid Four-man 2015 Winterberg Four-man

He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2016 in Igls, Austria with pilot Oskars Melbārdis, Arvis Vilkaste and Jānis Strenga. It was the first ever World Championships gold medal in bobsled for Latvia.

He also won a silver medal in the two-man event at FIBT World Championships 2015 in Winterberg, Germany and two bronze medals in the four-man events at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York with pilot Jānis Miņins, Oskars Melbārdis and Intars Dambis, and at the FIBT World Championships 2015.

Dreiškens also competed in three Winter Olympics, earning a silver medal in the four-man event at Sochi in 2014. He finished 5th in the two-man event at Sochi in 2014 and 6th in the two-man event at Turin in 2006 .

He became the four-man European Champion in 2008 and 2015 and finished 3rd in the four-man event in 2016 Bobsleigh European Championship. He also finished 2nd in the two-man event in 2015 Bobsleigh European Championship.

At the 2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup season Dreiškens as Oskars Melbārdis brakeman has 15 (from 16) podium finishes in two-man and four-man events, including seven first places. In his career, he has more than 40 podium finishes at Bobsleigh World Cup.

Dreiškens started his career mostly competing with pilot Jānis Miņins. After Miņins retirement he competed with pilot Edgars Maskalāns and later with Oskars Melbārdis.

Prior to his bobsleigh career, Dreiškens was a basketball player for BK Gulbenes Buki in Latvian Basketball League.

References

• Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2012)

External links

• Daumants Dreiškens at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
• Daumants Dreiškens at Olympics.com
• Daumants Dreiškens at Olympic.org (archived)
• Daumants Dreiškens at Olympedia
• Daumants Dreiškens at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (archived) (in Latvian)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Sandis Ozoliņš	Flagbearer for  Latvia 2018 Pyeongchang	Succeeded by Incumbent

На других языках

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- [en] Daumants Dreiškens

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[fr] Daumants Dreiškens

Daumants Dreiškens est un bobeur letton né le 28 mars 1984 à Gulbene. Il a remporté avec Oskars Melbārdis, Jānis Strenga et Arvis Vilkaste la médaille d'argent de l'épreuve du bob à quatre aux Jeux olympiques de 2014, à Sotchi, en Russie. Le 22 avril 2014, il est fait officier de l'Ordre des Trois Étoiles de Lettonie[1].

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[it] Daumants Dreiškens

Daumants Dreiškens (Gulbene, 28 marzo 1984) è un bobbista lettone, campione olimpico nel bob a quattro e medaglia di bronzo nel bob a due a Soči 2014, nonché campione mondiale a Igls 2016 nel bob a quattro.

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[ru] Дрейшкенс, Даумант

Даумант Дрейшкенс (латыш. Daumants Dreiškens, 28 марта 1984, Гулбене) — латвийский бобслеист, выступающий за сборную Латвии с 2003 года. Участник трёх зимних Олимпийских игр, чемпион Олимпийских игр 2014 года, чемпион мира, чемпион Европы, обладатель 2 бронзовых и серебряной медалей чемпионата мира, неоднократный победитель и призёр национальных первенств, различных этапов Кубка мира и Европы.

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