Mihails Arhipovs
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Born | 10 November 1984 Sigulda, Latvia | (age 36)
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Country | Latvia |
Sport | Bobsled |
Mihails Arhipovs (born 10 November 1984 in Sigulda) is a former Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the four-man event at Vancouver in 2010.
Currently he is a coach of the Latvian skeleton team.
In the 2005–06 season, Arhipovs had a 15th-place from Lake Placid, New York as his best result. He took over from Gatis Gūts as the second Latvian four-man bobsleigh representative in bobsleigh World Cup events. He had a fifth and eighth placing from the 2005 Junior World Championships.
At the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz, Arhipovs finished 20th in the two-man event and 18th in the four-man event.
He retired early due to an injury.
References[]
- Mihails Arhipovs at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Mihails Arhipovs at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 2005 FIBT World Junior Championships two-man results (January 28, 2005)
- 2005 FIBT World Junior Championships four-man results (January 30, 2005)
- 2006 bobsleigh four-man results
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Latvian male bobsledders
- Olympic bobsledders of Latvia
- People from Sigulda
- European bobsleigh biography stubs
- Latvian winter sports biography stubs