Jānis Ķipurs

Jānis Ķipurs

Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1988 Calgary	Two-man
	1988 Calgary	Four-man
World Championships
	1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
World Cup Championships
	1987–88	Two-man
	1987–88	Combined

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.^[1]

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.

Because of his successes, the ice rink in his hometown of Sigulda (now part of Latvia) was named in his honor.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jānis Ķipurs Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

External links

• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964^{[dead link‍]}
• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007
• List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985