Māris Bružiks
Latvian triple jumper
Māris Bružiks (born 25 August 1962 in Pļaviņas, Latvia[1]) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, and later, following its dissolution, Latvia.
He first won the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1986, setting a championship record (CR) with 17.54 metres. The record still stands, having been equalled by Christian Olsson in 2002. Outdoor Bružiks reached 17.56 metres, in September 1988.
He was New York City-based former model Ines Misan's first husband.[citation needed]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the Soviet Union | |||||
1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | Triple jump | 17.54 m =CR |
European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.33 m (wind: +1.1 m/s) | |
1987 | Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.90 m |
Representing Latvia | |||||
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 4th | Triple jump | 16.97 m |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | Triple jump | 16.80 m | |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.36 m |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | Triple jump | 17.20 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th | Triple jump | 16.80 m |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | Triple jump | 16.97 m |
External links
- Māris Bružiks at World Athletics
References
- ^ "Māris Bružiks". SR/Olympics. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
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European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's triple jump
- 1966: Șerban Ciochină (ROM)
- 1967: Nikolay Dudkin (TCH)
- 1968: Nikolay Dudkin (URS)
- 1969: Nikolay Dudkin (URS)
- 1970: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1971: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1972: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1973: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1973: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1973: Carol Corbu (ROU)
- 1974: Michał Joachimowski (POL)
- 1975: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1976: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1977: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1978: Anatoliy Piskulin (URS)
- 1979: Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS)
- 1980: Béla Bakosi (HUN)
- 1981: Shamil Abbyasov (URS)
- 1982: Béla Bakosi (HUN)
- 1983: Nikolay Musiyenko (URS)
- 1984: Grigoriy Yemets (URS)
- 1985: Khristo Markov (BUL)
- 1986: Māris Bružiks (URS)
- 1987: Serge Hélan (FRA)
- 1988: Oleg Sakirkin (URS)
- 1989: Mykola Musiyenko (URS)
- 1990: Igor Lapshin (RUS)
- 1992: Leonid Voloshin (RUS)
- 1994: Leonid Voloshin (RUS)
- 1996: Māris Bružiks (LAT)
- 1998: Jonathan Edwards (GER)
- 2000: Charles Friedek (GER)
- 2002: Christian Olsson (SWE)
- 2005: Igor Spasovkhodskiy (RUS)
- 2007: Phillips Idowu (GBR)
- 2009: Fabrizio Donato (ITA)
- 2011: Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
- 2013: Daniele Greco (ITA)
- 2015: Nelson Évora (POR)
- 2017: Nelson Évora (POR)
- 2019: Nazim Babayev (AZE)
- 2021: Pedro Pichardo (POR)
- 2023: Pedro Pichardo (POR)
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