Artis Rasmanis

Artis Rasmanis (born 1971) is a retired Latvian sidecarcross passenger and five times World Champion.

Artis Rasmanis
Rasmanis in 2014 as a deputy of Saeima
Nationality Latvia
Born28 July 1971
Cēsis, Latvian SSR
Bike numbern/a
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years1992–2002
Championships(5) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
2002 championship position1st
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
170 68 113 2,624

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.

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.

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