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Jānis Ķipurs

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Jānis Ķipurs (sometimes shown as Yanis Kipurs or Janis Kipurs, born 3 January 1958 in Kurmene, Kurmene parish) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won two medals with a gold in the two-man event and a bronze in the four-man event. Ķipurs also won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1989 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He won the two-man Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1987–88. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Ķipurs is the 2,310th most popular athlete (down from 2,205th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Latvian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jānis Ķipurs ranks 2,310 out of 6,025. Before him are Anfisa Reztsova, McDonald Bailey, Kim Min-seok, Janusz Pyciak-Peciak, Kakhi Kakhiashvili, and Jean Gachet. After him are Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Katrin Dörre-Heinig, Maria Fricioiu, Ron Brown, and Gabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Jānis Ķipurs ranks 553. Before him are Michael Landau, Xavier Becerra, Pedro Uralde, Drew Carey, Lisa Fischer, and Benjamin Zephaniah. After him are Andris Šķēle, Frank Gambale, Lav Diaz, Maurice LaMarche, Eva Korpela, and Bart Conner.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Ķipurs ranks 204 out of 323. Before him are Nikolai Ekk (1902), Ivans Klementjevs (1960), Einars Repše (1961), Vera Zozulya (1956), Alvis Hermanis (1965), and Guntars Krasts (1957). After him are Andris Šķēle (1958), Vitālijs Astafjevs (1971), Jānis Timma (1992), Inta Kļimoviča (1951), Renārs Kaupers (1974), and Ainars Bagatskis (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Jānis Ķipurs ranks 13. Before him are Ursula Donath (1931), Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Silovs (1950), George Gulack (1905), Aigars Fadejevs (1975), and Vera Zozulya (1956). After him are Inta Kļimoviča (1951), Ilmārs Bricis (1970), Andrejs Rastorgujevs (1988), Alexander Yegorov (null), Ineta Radēviča (1981), and Viktors Ščerbatihs (1974).

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