Mārtiņš Rubenis

Mārtiņš Rubenis
Medal record

Martins Rubenis (right) together with Jan Becker (left), an Australian swimmer in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics at the start of the Human Rights Torch Relay in 9 August 2007.
Men's Luge
Competitor for  Latvia
Olympic Games
Bronze 2006 Turin Men's singles
World Championships
Silver 2003 Sigulda Men's singles
Silver 2003 Sigulda Mixed team
Bronze 2004 Nagano Men's singles
European Championships
Gold 2008 Cesana Mixed team
Gold 2010 Sigulda Mixed team
Bronze 2006 Winterberg Mixed team

Mārtiņš Rubenis (born 26 September 1978 in Riga) is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. 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) to win a medal at the Winter Olympics and the only one from Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Rubenis also won the gold medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships, as well as the silver and bronze medals at the 2003 and 2004 World Championships respectively. He also won three medals in the mized team event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a golds in 2008 and 2010, and a bronze in 2006.

Martins is a member of djs group Värka Kru since year 1997. His DJ alias is DJ mr10, DJ Betons, DJ Fotu.

Achievements

  • 1998 - 1st place in World Junior championship
  • 2000- 14th place in World Junior championship
  • 2000 - 11th place in World championship
  • 2000 - 18th place Overall World Cup
  • 2001 - 29th place in World championship
  • 2001 - 25th place Overall World Cup
  • 2002 - 15th place in European championship
  • 2002 - 34th place Overall World Cup
  • 2003 - 2nd place in World championship - team competition
  • 2003 - 2nd place in World championship
  • 2003 - 18th place Overall World Cup
  • 2004 - 3rd place in World championship
  • 2004 - 13th place Overall World Cup
  • 2004 - 12th place Overall Challenge Cup
  • 2005 - 11th place in World championship
  • 2005 - 11th place Overall World Cup
  • 2005 - 9th place Overall Challenge Cup
  • 2006 - 3rd place in European championship - team competition
  • 2006 - 7th place in European championship

Olympic game results

References

Awards
Preceded by
Viktors Ščerbatihs
Latvian Men's Sportspersonality of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Viktors Ščerbatihs