Maija Tīruma

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Medal record
Luge
World Championships
Bronze	2008 Oberhof	Mixed team
European Championships
Gold	2008 Cesana	Mixed team

Maija Tīruma (born November 28, 1983) is a Latvian luger who has competed since the 2000. She won a bronze medal in the mixed team relay event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany and finished 11th in the women's singles event at those same championships.

Tīruma also won a gold medal in the mixed team relay event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy and finished seventh in the women's singles event at those same championships.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 17th in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006.

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v • d • e European champions in mixed team relay luge.

Six per team	1988: West Germany - Georg Hackl, Johannes Schettel, Langhof, Veronika Bilgeri, Thomas Schwab, & Wolfgang Staudinger * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1992: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Yves Mankel, & Thomas Rudolph * 1994: Italy - Armin Zöggeler, Norbert Huber, Gerda Weissensteiner, Natalie Obkircher, Kurt Brugger, & Wilfried Huber * 1996: Germany - Team not listed * 1998: Germany - Jens Müller, Karsten Albert, Susi Erdmann, Silke Kraushaar, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt

Four per team	2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2002: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2004: Germany - Jan Eichhorn, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel & Steffen Wöller * 2006: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller

Four per team as relay	2008: Latvia - Mārtiņš Rubenis, Maija Tīruma, Andris Šics, & Juris Šics