Kristaps is a
Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the German name
Christoph
Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher.
Notable people with the given name Christoph
* Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician
* Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist
* Christoph Dientzen ...
and may refer to:
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Kristaps Blanks
Kristaps Blanks (born 30 January 1986) is a Latvian football coach and former player who played as striker. He is a first-team coach at Riga FC
Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian Association football, football ...
(born 1986), Latvian football striker
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Kristaps Dārgais
Kristaps Dārgais (born 9 August 1990 in Ogre, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball player and a professional dunker. He is currently playing for BK Ogre at both forward positions.
He has been a professional dunker and part of dunker pr ...
(born 1990), Latvian basketball player
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Kristaps Grebis
Kristaps Grebis (born 13 December 1980) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Born in Liepāja, Grebis started his professional career in 2000 with Liepājas Metalurgs. Making seven appearances and sc ...
(born 1980), Latvian footballer
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Kristaps Gulbis
Kristaps Gulbis (born 26 July 1967) is a Latvian sculptor and artist known for numerous contemporary art projects in more than 25 countries. His works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art in Hokaido, Japan, and a ...
(born 1967), Latvian sculptor and artist
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Kristaps Helmanis
Kristaps Helmanis (, ; 3 June 1848 – 2 March 1892) was a Latvian vaccinologist and microbiologist. He discovered tuberculin simultaneously with Robert Koch and mallein together with Oto Kalniņš (1891).
Biography
Helmanis was born on 3 J ...
(1848 – 1892), Latvian vaccinologist and microbiologist
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Kristaps Janičenoks
Kristaps Janičenoks (born 14 March 1983) is a retired Latvian professional basketball player who last played for VEF Rīga. He also played for the Latvian national basketball team.
Playing career
Janičenoks first gained attention as a high-sco ...
(born 1983), Latvian basketball player
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Kristaps Ķilps
Kristaps is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the German name Christoph and may refer to:
* Kristaps Blanks (born 1986), Latvian football striker
* Kristaps Dārgais (born 1990), Latvian basketball player
* Kristaps Grebis (born ...
(born 2001), Latvian basketball player
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Kristaps Lībietis
Kristaps Lībietis (born in Alūksne on ) is a retired Latvian biathlete.
He competed in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics for Latvia. His best performance is 19th, in 2010 as part of the Latvian relay team. His best individual performance is 5 ...
(born 1982), Latvian biathlete and Olympic competitor
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Kristaps Mauriņš
Kristaps Mauriņš (born 5 May 1991 in Cēsis) is a Latvian luger. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an internati ...
(born 1991), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor
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Kristaps Porziņģis
Kristaps Porziņģis (; born 2 August 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "The Unicorn" for his ability to make plays and shoot 3-pointers as a Center ...
(born 1995), Latvian basketball player
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Kristaps Sotnieks
Kristaps Sotnieks (born January 29, 1987) is a Latvian professional ice-hockey defenseman. He currently plays for Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
In his first season in senior hockey in 2004/05 Sotnieks mostly ...
(born 1987), Latvian ice-hockey player
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Kristaps Valters
Kristaps Valters (born September 18, 1981) is a Latvian former professional basketball player. After retiring he became a coach, and is currently working as a head coach for Valmiera/ORDO.
Playing career
Valters first played professionally in ...
(born 1981), Latvian basketball guard
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Kristaps Veksa
Kristaps Veksa (born 30 January 1994) is a Latvian male BMX rider, representing his nation at international competitions.
He started to race BMX at 1999.
In 2023 Kristaps became a BMX World Challenge Champion (Men 25-29 years old)
At the mom ...
(born 1994), Latvian BMX rider
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Kristaps Zaļupe
Kristaps Zaļupe (born 12 July 1976) is a Latvian canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he finished seventh in the Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres, K-2 10 ...
(born 1976), Latvian sprint canoer and Olympic competitor
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Kristaps Zīle
Kristaps Roberts Zīle (born 24 December 1997) is a Latvian professional ice hockey defenceman for Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH).
Playing career
Zīle started his junior career in Latvia and joined Dinamo Riga youth club ...
(born 1997), Latvian ice hockey player
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Kristaps Zommers
Kristaps Zommers (born 7 January 1997) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Riga FC.
Club career
As a youth player, Zommers joined the youth academy of Aarhus Gymnastikforening in Denmark.
He started his career ...
(born 1997), Latvian footballer
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Kristaps Zvejnieks
Kristaps Zvejnieks (born 15 February 1992 in Riga) is an Alpine ski racer and inline Alpine slalom racer from Latvia. He competed for Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He competed in slalom and giant slalom and his best result was a 37th ...
(born 1992), Latvian skier and Olympic competitor
See also
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Lielais Kristaps
''Lielais Kristaps'' is the highest award given in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''.
Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, 1994 to 1995, 1997 and 1999 ...
, "Big Christopher", Latvian film award
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