Janis Kipurs

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold 1988 Calgary Two-man
Bronze 1988 Calgary Four-man
World Championships
Bronze 1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man

Janis Kipurs (sometimes shown as Yanis Kipurs, born January 3, 1958) is a Latvian-born 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.

Kipurs 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 Soviet Union named the ice rink in his hometown of Sigulda (now part of Latvia).

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Olympic champions in two-man bobsleigh
1932: United States - Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens * 1936: United States - Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond * 1948: Switzerland - Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller * 1952: West Germany - Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl * 1956: Italy - Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti * 1960: Not held * 1964: Great Britain - Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon * 1968: Italy - Eugenio Monti & Luciano de Paolis * 1972: West Germany - Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider * 1976: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen * 1980: Switzerland - Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz * 1984: East Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer * 1988: Soviet Union - Janis Kipurs & Vladimir Koslov * 1992: Switzerland - Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin * 1994: Switzerland - Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin * 1998: Canada - Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern & Italy - Günther Huber & Antonio Tartaglia * 2002: Germany - Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann * 2006: Germany - André Lange & Kevin Kuske
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World Cup champions in two-man bobsleigh
1984-5 (unofficial): West Germany - Anton Fischer * 1985-6 (unofficial): Soviet Union - Maris Poikans * 1986-7 (unofficial): West Germany - Anton Fischer * 1987-8 (unofficial): Soviet Union - Janis Kipurs * 1988-9 (unofficial): Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1989-90 (unofficial): West Germany - Christian Schebitz * 1990-1: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1991-2: Italy - Günther Huber * 1992-3: Italy - Günther Huber * 1993-4: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1994-5: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1995-6: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1996-7: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1997-8: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1998-9: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1999-2000: Switzerland - Christian Reich * 2000-1: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2001-2: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2002-3: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 2003-4: Germany - Christoph Langen * 2004-5: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2005-6: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 2006-7: United States - Steven Holcomb * 2007-8: Germany - André Lange
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