Māris Bružiks (born 25 August 1962 in

Pļaviņas Pļaviņas (; german: Stockmannshof) is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in Latvia. The town is located on the Daugava river. The population in 2020 was 2,974. Latvian law defines the town of Pļaviņas as belonging partly to the Vidzeme region an ...

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) is a retired

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er who represented the

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, and later, following its dissolution,

. He first won the

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in 1986, setting a championship record (CR) with 17.54 metres. The record still stands, having been equalled by

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in 2002. Outdoor Bružiks reached 17.56 metres, in September 1988. He was

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-based former model Ines Misan's first husband.

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1962 births Living people People from Pļaviņas Soviet male triple jumpers Latvian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Latvia European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub