Mārtiņš Bots

Mārtiņš Bots
Bots in 2020
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999
Sigulda, Latvia
Sport
SportLuge
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing Latvia
Olympic Games
2022 Beijing Team relay
World Championships
2024 Alternberg Sprint
2025 Whistler Doubles
2023 Oberhof Team relay
2024 Altenberg Team relay
European Championships
2022 St. Moritz Team relay
2023 Sigulda Team relay
2023 Sigulda Doubles
2024 Igls Doubles
2021 Sigulda Doubles
2022 St. Moritz Doubles

Mārtiņš Bots (born 12 May 1999) is a Latvian luger. He represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Bots represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the doubles event where he finished in fourth place with a time of 1:57.419 and won a bronze medal in the team relay.[1][2]

Bots competed at the 2022 FIL European Luge Championships, winning the gold in the team relay and a bronze in the doubles event.[3]

At the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships, he won a gold in the doubles sprint event and a bronze in the team relay.[4][5]

Personal life

On 5 July 2024, he married luger Elīna Ieva Vītola, who has also represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Mārtiņš Bots". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Mārtiņš Bots". fil-luge.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Two Bots / Plum wins European bronze, Shichi does not hold the lead in the overall standings". baltics.news. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Martins Bots and Roberts Plume lead Latvia to dream start at Luge World Championships". eurosport.com. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Germany triumphs in the Team Relay at the end of the World Championships". fil-luge.org. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Turpmāk Boti". instagram.com. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.