Kristers Aparjods (born 24 February 1998) is a Latvian
luger. He started competing in luge in 2006.
Career
He took the gold medal in the
singles event
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in the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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in
Lillehammer, Norway, where he was also selected as the flag bearer for the Latvians in the opening ceremony. He was also part of the Latvian team which won the team relay at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Lillehammer, and went on to take a silver in the singles at the 2016 Junior World Championships in
Winterberg, Germany, and a gold in the singles on home ice at the 2017 Junior Worlds at
Sigulda
Sigulda (; german: Segewold, pl, Zygwold, russian: Сигулда) is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, from the capital city Riga.
Overview
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. He competed at the
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
, finishing 11th in the
men's singles event and sixth as part of the Latvian team in the
team relay.
Personal life
He is the son of luger
Aiva Aparjode and the brother of luger
Kendija Aparjode.
References
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1998 births
Living people
Latvian male lugers
Olympic lugers for Latvia
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Latvia
Olympic medalists in luge
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Latvia
People from Sigulda
Lugers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
21st-century Latvian people
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