Maris Poikans

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Maris Poikans is a Soviet bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup champion in 1989-90.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988.

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World Cup champions in bobsleigh men's combined.

1984-5: West Germany - Anton Fischer * 1985-6: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser * 1986-7: United States - Matt Roy * 1987-8: Austria - Ingo Appelt * 1988-9: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1989-90: Soviet Union - Maris Poikans * 1990-1: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1991-2: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1992-3: United States - Brian Shimer * 1993-4: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1994-5: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1995-6: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1996-7: Italy - Günther Huber * 1997-8: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1998-9: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1999-2000: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 2000-1: Germany - André Lange * 2001-2: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2002-3: Germany - André Lange * 2003-4: Germany - André Lange * 2004-5: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2005-6: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 2006-7: United States - Steven Holcomb

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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