Matīss Burģis
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Matīss Burģis (born 31 August 1989) is a
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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table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player. He represented Latvia at
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, reaching the second round. Burģis was the first Latvian table tennis player who competed at Olympics. He was born in
Priekule, Latvia Priekule (; german: Preekuln) is a town in South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, l ...
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* 1989 births Living people Latvian table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of Latvia Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Latvia People from Priekule Municipality {{Europe-tabletennis-bio-stub