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Mārtiņš Rubenis

1978 - Today

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Mārtiņš Rubenis (born 26 September 1978) is a retired Latvian luger who competed between 1998 and 2014. He won the bronze medal at the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, becoming the first Latvian (i.e. representing Republic of Latvia, as opposed to the Soviet Union) to win a medal at the Winter Olympics and the only one fr He won his second bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the Team Relay event. In total he competed in five Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Mārtiņš Rubenis is the 4,238th most popular athlete (down from 4,024th in 2024), the 270th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 268th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Latvian Athlete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Mārtiņš Rubenis ranks 865. Before him are Mauricio Sabillón, Ian Brennan, Pablo Chinchilla, José Antonio Hermida, Costi Ioniță, and Karen O. After him are Julien Simon-Chautemps, Toni Kallio, Júlio Sérgio, Soha Ali Khan, Ulugbek Bakayev, and Jean-Michel Lucenay.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mārtiņš Rubenis ranks 270 out of 323. Before him are Andris Šics (1985), Aminata Savadogo (1993), Juris Laizāns (1979), Alexander Shabalov (1967), Viktoria Modesta (1987), and Dainis Krištopāns (1990). After him are Ainārs Kovals (1981), Alexander Petersson (1980), Herberts Vasiļjevs (1976), Toms Skujiņš (1991), Dāvis Bertāns (1992), and Gints Zilbalodis (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Mārtiņš Rubenis ranks 24. Before him are Viktors Ščerbatihs (1974), Jeļena Prokopčuka (1976), Baiba Bendika (1991), Vsevolods Zeļonijs (1973), Marina Trandenkova (1967), and Andris Šics (1985). After him are Ainārs Kovals (1981), Vadims Vasiļevskis (1982), Juris Šics (1983), Oskars Melbārdis (1988), Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (1992), and Jeļena Rubļevska (1976).

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