Kristers Aparjods (born 24 February 1998) is a Latvian

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r. He started competing in luge in 2006.

Career

He took the gold medal in the singles event in the

2016 Winter Youth Olympics The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics ( no, Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; nn, Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February an ...

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, Norway, where he was also selected as the flag bearer for the Latvians in the opening ceremony. He was also part of the Latvian team which won the team relay at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Lillehammer, and went on to take a silver in the singles at the 2016 Junior World Championships in

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, Germany, and a gold in the singles on home ice at the 2017 Junior Worlds at Sigulda. He competed at the

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, finishing 11th in the men's singles event and sixth as part of the Latvian team in the team relay.

Personal life

He is the son of luger Aiva Aparjode and the brother of luger Kendija Aparjode.

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* * 1998 births Living people Latvian male lugers Olympic lugers for Latvia Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Latvia Olympic medalists in luge Youth Olympic gold medalists for Latvia People from Sigulda Lugers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics 21st-century Latvian people {{Latvia-wintersport-bio-stub