Jānis Ķipurs
Jānis Ķipurs (sometimes shown as Yanis Kipurs or Janis Kipurs, born 3 January 1958 in Kurmene, Kurmene parish) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won two medals with a gold in the two-man event and a bronze in the four-man event.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Bobsleigh | ||
| Representing the Soviet Union | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1988 Calgary | Two-man | |
| 1988 Calgary | Four-man | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Two-man | |
| World Cup Championships | ||
| 1987–88 | Two-man | |
| 1987–88 | Combined | |
Ķipurs also won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1989 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
He won the two-man Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1987–88.
Because of his successes, the ice rink in his hometown of Sigulda (now part of Latvia) was named in his honor.
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