Māris Poikāns

Māris Poikāns
Medal record

Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for the Soviet Union
World Cup
	1985–86	Two-man
	1989–90	Combined
	1989–90	Four-man
	1989–90	Two-man
European Championships
	1990 Igls	Two-man

Māris Poikāns (born 11 November 1962, Vidriži) 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. He also won a bronze medal alongside brakeman Andrei Gorochov in the two-man race at the European Championship in 1990.^[1]

Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988.

References

↑ "Sports Shorts". AP News Archive. 24 January 1990. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

World Cup champions in bobsleigh men's combined

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 (Steven Holcomb)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2009–10: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)
2011–12: Germany (Maximilian Arndt)
2012–13: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)
2013–14: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2014–15: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)

World Cup champions in two-man bobsleigh

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 (Steven Holcomb)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Switzerland (Beat Hefti)
2009–10: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg)
2010–11: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2011–12: Switzerland (Beat Hefti)
2012–13: Canada (Lyndon Rush)
2013–14: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2014–15: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)

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