- Māris Poikāns
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Medal record Men's Bobsleigh Competitor for the 
Soviet UnionWorld Cup Championships Gold 1985-86 Two-man Gold 1989-90 Combined Silver 1989-90 Four-man Bronze 1989-90 Two-man Maris Poikāns (born 11 November 1962) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989-90.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988.
References
- 1984 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1988 bobsleigh four-man results
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007
- List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
1984–85: West Germany (Anton Fischer) · 1985–86: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser) · 1986–87: United States (Matt Roy) · 1987–88: Austria (Ingo Appelt) · 1988–89: Switzerland (Gustav Weder) · 1989–90: Soviet Union (Maris Poikans) · 1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder) · 1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) · 1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer) · 1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1996–97: Italy (Günther Huber) · 1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner) · 2000–01: Germany (André Lange) · 2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2002–03: Germany (André Lange) · 2003–04: Germany (André Lange) · 2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 2006–07: United States (Steve Holcomb) · 2007–08: Germany (André Lange) · 2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov) · 2009–10: United States (Steve Holcomb) · 2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)
1984–85 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer) · 1985–86 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Maris Poikans) · 1986–87 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer) · 1987–88 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Janis Kipurs) · 1988–89 (unofficial): Switzerland (Gustav Weder) · 1989–90 (unofficial): West Germany (Christian Schebitz) · 1990–91: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) · 1991–92: Italy (Günther Huber) · 1992–93: Italy (Günther Huber) · 1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1996–97: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1999–2000: Switzerland (Christian Reich) · 2000–01: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2002–03: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 2003–04: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 2006–07: United States (Steve Holcomb) · 2007–08: Germany (André Lange) · 2008–09: Switzerland (Beat Hefti) · 2009–10: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg) · 2010–11: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- Latvian bobsledders
- Soviet bobsledders
- Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bobsledders of the Soviet Union
- Bobsleigh biography stubs
- Latvian sportspeople stubs
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