Martins Dukurs

Martins Dukurs
Country	Latvia
Sport	Skeleton
Olympic Games	Torino 2006 Vancouver 2010 Sochi 2014 Pyeongchang 2018 Beijing 2022
Olympic medals
Gold
Silver
Bronze
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2
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Personal information
Full name	Martins Dukurs
Nickname	Superman
Date of birth	31 March 1984
Birthplace	Riga, Latvia
Height	178 cm (5' 10")

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Martins Dukurs is a skeleton rider who has competed for Latvia. He competed at the 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympic Games. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, he was in contention to win his third consecutive silver medal. He lost this position by having the fifth time in the last run, finishing the tournament in fourth place. He was chosen to be the flag bearer of Latvia during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics. After winning silver medals in two consecutive Olympic Games, he is considered to be an inspiration and idol of a lot of skeleton racers.

He is the younger brother of Tomass Dukurs.

Olympic Results

Year	Event	Result
2006	Men's Skeleton	7th
2010	Men's Skeleton
2014	Men's Skeleton
2018	Men's Skeleton	4th
2022	Men's Skeleton	7th

2006

Discipline	Round	Time
Skeleton	Run 1	58.79
	Run 2	58.60

2010

Discipline	Round	Time
Skeleton	Run 1	52.32
	Run 2	52.59
	Run 3	52.28
	Run 4	52.61

2014

Discipline	Round	Time
Skeleton	Run 1	56.18
	Run 2	56.37
	Run 3	56.26
	Run 4	56.29

2018

Discipline	Round	Time
Skeleton	Run 1	50.85
	Run 2	50.38
	Run 3	50.32
	Run 4	50.76

2022

Discipline	Round	Time
Skeleton	Run 1	1:00.62
	Run 2	1:00.62
	Run 3	1:00.40
	Run 4	1:01.12