Dainis Dukurs (born 24 January 1954)
is a Latvian retired bobsledder, manager of
Sigulda bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
The Sigulda bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is located in Sigulda, Latvia, built in 1986. Currently, the track manager is Dainis Dukurs, former bobsleigh brakeman and the father of skeleton racers Martins and Tomass Dukurs.
History
Sledding ...
, member of
Sigulda municipal council and
skeleton coach.
He was born in
Alūksne
Alūksne ()) is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in northeastern Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of Alūksne municipality. Alūksne is the highest elevated Latvian city, located in East Vidzeme Upland at 217 ...
. Dukurs was 1985 Latvian champion in
bobsleigh
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 ...
with Jānis Skrastiņš. In 1984 he started to make bobsleigh equipment. Dukurs is coach for his sons
Martins and
Tomass.
References
1954 births
Living people
Latvian sports coaches
Latvian male bobsledders
People from Alūksne
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