Edgars Maskalāns (born 13 April 1982) is a
Latvia
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bobsled
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der who has competed from 2006 to 2012.
His best
World Cup
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finish was first place in the four-man event at
St. Moritz, Switzerland in January 2011. He also finished 2nd in the four-man event at
Cesana
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, Italy in February 2011 and 3rd in the four-man event at St. Moritz at January 2012.
Maskalāns' best finish at the
FIBT World Championships
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was 6th in the four-man event at
Lake Placid, United States in
2012
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.
He finished eighth in the two-man event and tenth in the four-man event at the
2010 Winter Olympics
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in
Vancouver
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1982 births
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Latvian male bobsledders
Living people
Olympic bobsledders of Latvia
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