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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Mārtiņš Rubenis is the 3,920th most popular athlete (up from 4,068th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 269th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Latvian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mārtiņš Rubenis ranks 3,920 out of 6,025Before him are Arnd Peiffer, Jan Řehula, José Théodore, Lyubov Bruletova, Jason Rogers, and Brendan Christian. After him are Alyson Annan, Diana Bacosi, Hidayet Heydarov, Tatjana Hüfner, Andrius Gudžius, and Galina Kukleva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Mārtiņš Rubenis ranks 816Before him are Aleksey Frosin, Mauricio Sabillón, Ian Brennan, Pablo Chinchilla, José Antonio Hermida, 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 266 out of 323Before 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), Toms Skujiņš (1991), Dāvis Bertāns (1992), Edgars Masaļskis (1980), and Imants Bleidelis (1975).

Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Mārtiņš Rubenis ranks 25Before 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 Tomass Dukurs (1981).