Miķelis Ežmalis (born 12 August 1990 in

Limbaži Limbaži (, , , ) is a town in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, with a population of 6,888. Limbaži is located 90 km northeast of the capital Riga. During the Middle Ages, as part of Livonia, Limbaži was a fortified town with stone wa ...

) is a

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who competed in the late 2000s. He participated in the

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, and was the youngest member of the Latvian team at 17. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.

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1990 births Living people People from Limbaži Sportspeople from Vidzeme Latvian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Latvia Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Latvia {{Latvia-canoe-bio-stub