Zintis Ekmanis (born 17 May 1958) is a former

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

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der who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in four

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, he won the bronze medal in the two-man event at

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. Ekmanis also won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1985 FIBT World Championships in

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. During the

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of 1986-7, he finished third in the two-man event.

References

1988 bobsleigh two-man results
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History of bobsleigh in Latvia featuring Ekmanis
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* * * 1958 births Living people Latvian male bobsledders Russian male bobsledders Soviet male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for the Soviet Union Olympic bobsledders for Latvia Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub