Mārtiņš Bots

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Mārtiņš Bots
Bots in 2020
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 26)
Sigulda, Latvia
Sport
SportLuge
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingTeam relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 AlternbergSprint
Silver medal – second place2025 WhistlerDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 OberhofTeam relay
Bronze medal – third place2024 AltenbergTeam relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 St. MoritzTeam relay
Gold medal – first place2023 SiguldaTeam relay
Silver medal – second place2023 SiguldaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2024 IglsDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2021 SiguldaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2022 St. MoritzDoubles

Mārtiņš Bots (born 12 May 1999) is a Latvian luger. He represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Bots represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the doubles event where he finished in fourth place with a time of 1:57.419 and won a bronze medal in the team relay.[1][2]

Bots competed at the 2022 FIL European Luge Championships, winning the gold in the team relay and a bronze in the doubles event.[3]

At the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships, he won a gold in the doubles sprint event and a bronze in the team relay.[4][5]

Personal life

On 5 July 2024, he married luger Elīna Ieva Vītola, who has also represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mārtiņš Bots". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Mārtiņš Bots". fil-luge.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Two Bots / Plum wins European bronze, Shichi does not hold the lead in the overall standings". baltics.news. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Martins Bots and Roberts Plume lead Latvia to dream start at Luge World Championships". eurosport.com. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Germany triumphs in the Team Relay at the end of the World Championships". fil-luge.org. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Turpmāk Boti". instagram.com. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.