Ainārs Ķiksis

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Ainārs Ķiksis Road cycling
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Date of birth February 10, 1972
nation LatviaLatvia Latvia
discipline Train (short term)
Most important successes
European Railway Championships
2002, 2003 Flag of Europe blue.svg - Omnium Sprint
Last updated: February 11, 2020

Ainārs Ķiksis (born February 10, 1972 in Valmiera ) is a former Latvian track cyclist , two-time European champion and coach.

From the beginning of the 1990s to the mid-2000s, Ainārs Ķiksis was - alongside Viesturs Bērziņš - the most internationally successful Latvian track cyclist. In 1990 he was Junior World Champion in Sprint in Middlesbrough . At the UCI track world championships in 1998 in Bordeaux, he took second place in the Keirin behind the German Jens Fiedler .

Ainārs Ķiksis stood on the podium several times at European track championships until he became European champion in the Omnium Sprint in 1996, 2002 and 2003 . He took part in the Olympic Games three times, in 1992 , 1996 and 2000 . His best placings were eighth in the 1000-meter time trial (1996) and in the team sprint , together with Bērziņš and Ivo Lakučs (2000).

After the end of his active cycling career, Ķiksis was in charge of the European project "School and Cycling" in Latvia. From 2009 to 2010 he was the trainer of the Greek national track cycling team.

In 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Ainārs Ķiksis started in the UCI Track World Championships in the Masters category . In 2013 and 2015 he won gold in both the sprint and 750 meter time trial , in 2014 gold in the time trial and silver in the sprint. In 2015 he set two new world records in his age group (M40-44), over 200 meters in a flying and over 500 meters in a standing start (32.839 seconds), with best times for all age groups from 30. 2016 he won the gold medal in the sprint again ( 40-44). He also set a new world record over 750 meters. The following year he started in the M45–49 age group and again won the gold medal in the 750 meters and in the sprint, also in 2018.

In 2020 Ķiksis became Latvian sprint and keirin champion at the age of 48 .

successes

1990
  • World Champion Junior World Champion - Sprint
1996
  • silver European Championship - Omnium Sprint
1997
  • bronze European Championship - Omnium Sprint
1998
2001
  • silver European Championship - Omnium Sprint
2002
  • EuropeEurope European Champion - Omnium Sprint
2003
  • EuropeEurope European Champion - Omnium Sprint
2020
  • MaillotLetonia.PNG Latvian champion - sprint, keirin

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joel Godaert: VeloPlus . Travel Marketing, Mechelen 2009, p. 500 .
  2. ↑ school-and-cycling.eu
  3. ↑ Dan Ellmore: Champions 2013. In: cyclingmasters.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015 .
  4. ↑ 2014 Results. (No longer available online.) In: cyclingmasters.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015 ; accessed on October 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cyclingmasters.com
  5. ↑ 2015 Results. (No longer available online.) In: cyclingmasters.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016 ; accessed on October 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cyclingmasters.com
  6. ↑ 2015 UCI World Masters Track Cycling Championships. In: velouk.net. October 7, 2015, accessed October 10, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Day 4: World Masters Track Cycling Champs. In: velouk.net. Retrieved December 26, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Day 1: World Masters Track Cycling Champs. In: velouk.net. April 1, 2000, accessed December 26, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Ķiksis, Ainārs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Valmiera