Martins Dukurs

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Martins Dukurs

Dukurs in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	(1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 40) Rīga, Latvian SSR[1]
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Skeleton
Turned pro	1998
Medal record Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Men 2014 Sochi Men World Championships 2011 Königssee Men 2012 Lake Placid Men 2015 Winterberg Men 2016 Igls Men 2017 Königssee Men 2019 Whistler Men 2013 St. Moritz Men European Championships 2010 Igls Men 2011 Winterberg Men 2012 Altenberg Men 2013 Igls Men 2014 Königssee Men 2015 La Plagne Men 2016 St. Moritz Men 2017 Winterberg Men 2018 Igls Men 2019 Igls Men 2020 Sigulda Men 2022 St. Moritz Men 2021 Winterberg Men

Martins Dukurs (born 31 March 1984) is a former Latvian skeleton racer, currently a coach, who has competed since 1998. He is a six-time world champion in men's skeleton,^[2] a double Olympic silver winner (at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014), and the athlete with the most World Cup titles with a total of 11, having won eight consecutive titles between 2010 and 2017, plus another three consecutive titles between 2020 and 2022.