Māris Štrombergs is a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n professional BMX

BMX

Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...

 racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling

Cycling at the Summer Olympics

Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.-Track cycling, Men:-Track cycling, Women:-Road bicycle racing, Men:-Road bicycle racing, Women:...

. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships

2008 UCI BMX World Championships

The 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan in China and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX Racing. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvian Māris Štrombergs won the elite men's...

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He is currently trained by Ivo Lakučs. His first trainer was Raimonds Ciesnieks.

Māris Štrombergs completed the Olympic 2008 BMX in about 36 seconds.

Amateur/Junior Men

• "2001 The European youth challenge (European Challenge) Champion"
• "2005 European Junior Champion."

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• None

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• 1996 (Worlds Challenge Class), World Champion of nine years in boys' group.

Professional/Elite Men

National Bicycle League

National Bicycle League

The National Bicycle League is a United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio...

 (NBL)

• "2009 Elite Men ("AA") Pro Nat.#1"
• "2010 Elite Men ("AA") Grand National Champion Nat.#1 Pro"

American Bicycle Association

American Bicycle Association

The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX. It has tracks in Canada and Mexico as well as in the USA...

 (ABA)

• "2009 Vice-champion"

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

• None (defunct)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

• None (defunct. FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence).

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 (UCI)*

• "2008 Elite Men Gold Medal World Champion"
• "2010 Elite Men Gold Medal World Champion"
• "2011 Elite Men Silver Medal World Champion"

External links

• Latvian ELITE BMX website Personal Blogs, Gallery,video, results and more
• Official Maris Strombergs web page
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fneW7fZ6DWA/Video of 2008 UCI BMX World Championships
  2008 UCI BMX World Championships
  The 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan in China and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX Racing. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvian Māris Štrombergs won the elite men's...
  
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