Maija Tīruma squirrel
Maija Tīruma-Eichhorn (born November 28, 1983 in Riga , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union , born Maija Tīruma ) is a former Latvian luge athlete .
Maija Tīruma lives in Ragana . She has been tobogganing since 1998, since 2000 as part of the Latvian national team. She has been competing regularly in the Luge World Cup since the 2004/05 season . She reached her first top ten placement in December 2006 in Calgary . In the same place she achieved her best World Cup result as the winner of the team competition with the Latvian team, which also included Andris Šics , Juris Šics and Mārtiņš Rubenis , during the same World Cup.
So far Tīruma started at three Olympic Games . In 2002 she was 18th in Salt Lake City , in 2006 she was one place better in Turin . In 2010 in Vancouver she finished 9th. At the Luge World Championships 2007 in Igls , Tiruma was also 17th and sixth with the team. The Latvian achieved her best individual result at a major event in ninth place at the 2006 European Championships in Winterberg . With the team she surprisingly won the gold medal at the European Luge Championships in 2008 in Cesana .
Her younger sister Elīza is also active as a luge. On July 7, 2018, she married the German toboggan trainer and former luge rider Jan Eichhorn .
successes
World Cup victories
Team relay
| No. | date | place | train |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dec 9, 2006 |
 Calgary
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Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park |
Web links
- Maija Tīruma-Eichhorn in the database of the International Luge Federation
- Maija Tīruma-Eichhorn in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Statistics at les-Sports
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tīruma-Eichhorn, Maija |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tīruma, Maija (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian luge athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union |