Arvis Vilkaste (born 8 April 1989) is a Latvian

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

, brakeman who has competed since 2010. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the

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(with pilot

Oskars Melbārdis Oskars Melbārdis (born 16 February 1988) is a former Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He is the most successful bobsledder in the history of his country, having won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. He also earned the first- ...

Daumants Dreiškens Daumants Dreiškens (born 28 March 1984) is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman, who has competed since 2003. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2016 in Igls, Austria with pilot Oskars Melbārdis, Arvis Vilka ...

and

Jānis Strenga Janis Strenga (born 5 February 1986) is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman who has competed since 2008. Career He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2016 in Igls, Austria (with pilot Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants ...

). It was the first ever World Championships gold medal in bobsled for Latvia. He also won a bronze medal in the four-man event at

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as well as 2012 World Junior Championship title in the four-man event. Vilkaste competed in

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at Sochi and won a silver medal in the four-man event. He became the four-man European Champion in 2015 and finished 3rd in the four-man event in 2016

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. At the

2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup The 2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 12 December 2014 in Lake Placid, United States and ended on 15 February 2015 in Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru- ...

season Vilkaste as Oskars Melbārdis brakeman has 8 from 8 podium finishes in four-man events, including five first places. Before becoming a bobsledder, Vilkaste was a sprinter, winning a gold medal at the 4x100 relay at the 2008 Latvian Athletics Championships.

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* * * * * 1989 births Living people Latvian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Latvia Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic gold medalists for Latvia Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Balvi Municipality {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub