Maija Tīruma (born 28 November 1983) is a former Latvian

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r who competed from 2000 to 2013. She won two bronze medals in the mixed team relay event at the FIL World Luge Championships (

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). Tīruma also won a gold medal in the mixed team relay event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana,

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and finished seventh in the women's singles event at those same championships. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of ninth in the women's singles event at

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. Since 2013, she is the head coach of the Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Club of la Plagne in

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. Her younger sister Elīza Cauce is also an Olympic luger.

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2002 luge women's singles results

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* * * * 1983 births Living people Latvian female lugers Olympic lugers for Latvia Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Riga {{Latvia-luge-bio-stub