Jānis Pleikšnis (born March 13, 1982 ) is a former Latvian biathlete .
Jānis Pleikšnis played his first European Junior Championship in 2000 in Kościelisko . The best result was 29th place in the pursuit. At the Junior World Championships in Hochfilzen , which took place shortly afterwards , he was unable to achieve any results worth mentioning. The 2001 Junior World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk went better for him , where he was 26th in the sprint, 28th in the pursuit and fifth in the relay. The 2002 Junior World Championships in Ridnaun also brought a good result with tenth place in the individual. Things went even better at the Junior European Championship of the year in Kontiolahti . The best individual result was only a 19th place in the pursuit, but with the relay he won the bronze medal together with Jānis Bērziņš , Edgars Piksons and Kristaps Lībietis . His last Junior World Championship was Pleikšnis 2003 in Koscielisko, where 26th place in the individual was the best result. At the Junior European Championships in Forni Avoltri , he even finished sixth over the distance, as well as with the relay.
In 2002 Pleikšnis also competed in adult races for the first time. After his successful participation in the Junior World Championships, he was nominated for the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding , where he reached 107th place in the sprint and 16th place in the relay. Since 2003 he has also competed in the European Biathlon Cup . His first race in Ridnaun was a sprint in which the Latvian came 91st. In the World Cup Pleikšnis was first used in 2004, since then sporadically again and again. The best result in a pure World Cup race so far is a 65th place, which he achieved in a sprint in Pokljuka in 2005 . The best overall result was the 61st place that the Latvian achieved at the 2008 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund . He had already achieved a comparatively even better result at the 2004 European Biathlon Championships in Minsk with 35th place in the sprint. He finished the sprint of the Summer Biathlon World Championship 2007 in Otepää in 30th place.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
Latvia
