Mārtiņš Bots

Mārtiņš Bots

Bots in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 25) Sigulda, Latvia
Sport
Sport	Luge
Medal record Men's luge Representing  Latvia Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team relay World Championships 2024 Alternberg Sprint 2023 Oberhof Team relay 2024 Altenberg Team relay European Championships 2022 St. Moritz Team relay 2023 Sigulda Team relay 2023 Sigulda Doubles 2024 Igls Doubles 2021 Sigulda Doubles 2022 St. Moritz Doubles

Mārtiņš Bots (born 12 May 1999) is a Latvian luger. He represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Bots represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the doubles event where he finished in fourth place with a time of 1:57.419 and won a bronze medal in the team relay.[1][2]

Bots competed at the 2022 FIL European Luge Championships, winning the gold in the team relay and a bronze in the doubles event.[3]

At the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships, he won a gold in the doubles sprint event and a bronze in the team relay.[4][5]

Personal life

On 5 July 2024, he married luger Elīna Ieva Vītola, who has also represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]

References

1. "Mārtiņš Bots". olympics.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
2. "Mārtiņš Bots". fil-luge.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
3. "Two Bots / Plum wins European bronze, Shichi does not hold the lead in the overall standings". baltics.news. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
4. "Martins Bots and Roberts Plume lead Latvia to dream start at Luge World Championships". eurosport.com. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
5. "Germany triumphs in the Team Relay at the end of the World Championships". fil-luge.org. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
6. "Turpmāk Boti". instagram.com. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

External links

• Mārtiņš Bots at the Latvian Athletics Association (in Latvian)
• Mārtiņš Bots at FIL
• Mārtiņš Bots at Olympics.com
• Mārtiņš Bots at Olympedia