Māris Štrombergs

Māris Štrombergs

Štrombergs (left) during the 2012 Olympic Games
Personal information
Nickname	Štrombis (Shtrombis), The "Machine"
Born	(1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 (age 37) Valmiera, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Team information
Current team	Tālava, Latvian Olympic Team, Free Agent Bicycles World Team & Rockst★r
Discipline	Bicycle motocross (BMX racing)
Role	Rider
Rider type	BMX
Professional teams
One
Kenda
Free Agent Bicycles
Medal record Men's BMX Representing  Latvia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's BMX 2012 London Men's BMX World Championships 2008 Taiyuan Men's BMX 2010 Pietermaritzburg Men's BMX 2011 Copenhagen Men's BMX European Championships 2008 Men's BMX 2013 Men's BMX 2014 Men's BMX 2007 Men's BMX

Māris Štrombergs (born 10 March 1987) is a Latvian former professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships.[1] In 2012 he prolonged his Olympic title by winning the gold medal in the London Olympics.[2]

Štrombergs was born in Valmiera. His first trainer was Raimonds Ciesnieks. However, the longest collaboration was with Ivo Lakučs. Māris Štrombergs completed the Olympic 2008 BMX in about 36 seconds. Māris completed the Olympic 2012 BMX course in 37.576 seconds. Upon returning from the 2012 Olympics he was greeted by thousands of fans in hometown Valmiera.

On November 13, 2018 Māris Štrombergs announced his retirement.[3]

Career bicycle motocross titles

Štrombergs meeting with Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and members of the Latvian NOC during the 2012 Olympics

Amateur/junior men

• "2001 The European youth challenge (European Challenge) Champion"
• "2005 European Junior Champion."

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• None

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• 1996 (Worlds Challenge Class), World Champion of nine years in boys' group.

Professional/elite men

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• "2009 Elite Men ("AA") Pro Nat.#1"
• "2010 Elite Men ("AA") Grand National Champion Nat.#1 Pro"

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• "2009 Vice-champion"
• "2014 Pro Nat.#1 Men (AA)"

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

• None (defunct)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

• None (defunct. FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence).

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• "2008 Elite Men Gold Medal World Champion"
• "2010 Elite Men Gold Medal World Champion"
• "2011 Elite Men Silver Medal World Champion"

References

1. "Strombergs keeps his head to win BMX gold". August 22, 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
2. "London Olympics: Strombergs defends men's BMX title". The Times of India. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
3. Sports, DELFI (November 13, 2018). "Divkārtējais olimpiskais čempions Štrombergs liek punktu izcilajai karjerai". delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved August 22, 2019.

External links

• Official web page
• Latvian Cycling Federation - BMX
• Video of 2008 World Championships Final
• Latvian elite BMX website
• Māris Štrombergs at UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
• Māris Štrombergs at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Māris Štrombergs at CycleBase
• Māris Štrombergs at Olympedia (archive)
• Māris Štrombergs at Olympics.com
• Māris Štrombergs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)

Awards
Preceded by Viktors Ščerbatihs Martins Dukurs	Latvian Sportspersman of the Year 2008 2012	Succeeded by Jānis Miņins Martins Dukurs
Olympic Games
Preceded by Mārtiņš Pļaviņš	Flagbearer for  Latvia Rio de Janeiro 2016	Succeeded by Jeļena Ostapenko & Agnis Čavars