Jānis Miņins
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Jānis Miņins (born 15 August 1980, Kuldīga) is a Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. In the 2004–05 season his best placing was a sixth place in the 4-man bob in Cortina d'Ampezzo and Winterberg, both times with Juris Latiss, Ainars Podnieks and Jānis Ozols. For the 2005–06 season he changed his team mates, retaining Ozols but bringing in Mārcis Rullis and Intars Dīcmanis to the four-man bob. However, his team fell to a best place of 10th, and he has had his best placing in the World Cup this season at the World Cup in Igls, with a fourth place together with Daumants Dreiškens. He placed first at the Latvian selection event for the Olympic Games in Sigulda, and has been selected to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics where he finished sixth in the two-man event and tenth in the four-man event.
Miņins' best finish at the FIBT World Championships was seventh on three occassions (Two-man: 2007, 2008; Four-man: 2008).
He has also won 2008 FIBT European Championship in four-man event at Cesana.
Miņins' best Bobsleigh World Cup championship finish was third in the four-man event in 2007-08.
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