- Jānis Miņins
Jānis Miņins (born
15 August 1980 ,Kuldīga ) is aLatvia nbobsled der who has competed since 1999. In the 2004–05 season his best placing was a sixth place in the 4-man bob inCortina d'Ampezzo andWinterberg , both times withJuris Latiss ,Ainars Podnieks andJānis Ozols . For the 2005–06 season he changed his team mates, retaining Ozols but bringing inMārcis Rullis andIntars Dīcmanis to the four-man bob. However, his team fell to a best place of 10th, and he has had his best placing in the World Cup this season at the World Cup in Igls, with a fourth place together withDaumants Dreiškens . He placed first at the Latvian selection event for the Olympic Games inSigulda , and has been selected to compete at the2006 Winter Olympics where he finished sixth in the two-man event and tenth in the four-man event.Miņins' best finish at the
FIBT World Championships was seventh on three occasions (Two-man: 2007, 2008; Four-man: 2008).He has also won 2008 FIBT European Championship in four-man event at
Cesana .Miņins' best Bobsleigh World Cup championship finish was third in the four-man event in 2007-08.
References
* [http://www.apollo.lv/portal/olympics/sportists/15 Apollo.lv profile] lv icon
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100311&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-4.html List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
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