| Artis Rasmanis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Rasmanis in 2014 as a deputy of Saeima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1971 Cēsis, Latvian SSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artis Rasmanis (born 1971[1]) is a retired Latvian sidecarcross passenger and five times World Champion.
Rasmanis was part of the most successful partnership in sidecarcross world championship history, winning five titles with his driver Kristers Serģis. He retired from international sidecar competition after their fifth title in 2002. He is however still active in the motor sport, racing quad bikes now, finishing 12th in the FIM European championship in 2007.[2]
He now works as a manager at SIA "Rasmanis & Dankers". He originally graduated as an agricultural machinery mechanic from Priekuļi agricultural technical school in Cēsis District in 1990.
In 2014, Rasmanis was elected as a deputy of the Saeima from the Union of Greens and Farmers.
- ^ Artis Rasmanis (in Latvian)
- ^ "Europe – Quad-FIM (in French)". premiermotocross.com. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-16.