Jānis Ķipurs (sometimes shown as Yanis Kipurs or Janis Kipurs, born 3 January 1958 in Kurmene, Kurmene parish) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won two medals with a gold in the two-man event and a bronze in the four-man event.[1]
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Men's Bobsleigh | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1988 Calgary | Two-man |
![]() | 1988 Calgary | Four-man |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Two-man |
World Cup Championships | ||
![]() | 1987–88 | Two-man |
![]() | 1987–88 | Combined |
Ķipurs also won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1989 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
He won the two-man Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1987–88.
Because of his successes, the ice rink in his hometown of Sigulda (now part of Latvia) was named in his honor.
World Cup champions in two-man bobsleigh | |
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