Māris Štrombergs

Stamp of Latvia, 2012

Personal information

Nickname

Štrombis (Shtrombis), The "Machine"

Born

March 10, 1987 (age 29)
Valmiera, Latvia

Height

1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)

Team information

Current team

Tālava, Latvian Olympic Team,
Free Agent Bicycles World Team & Rockst★r

Discipline

(BMX Racing)

Professional team(s)

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One

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Kenda

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Free Agent Bicycles

Medal record

Representing Latvia
Men's BMX
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	Men's BMX
	2012 London	Men's BMX
World Championships
	2008 Taiyuan	Men's BMX
	2010 Pietermaritzburg	Men's BMX
	2011 Copenhagen	Men's BMX
European Championships
	2008	Men's BMX
	2013	Men's BMX
	2014	Men's BMX
	2007	Men's BMX

Māris Štrombergs (born March 10, 1987 in Valmiera) is a Latvian professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships. In 2012 he prolonged his Olympic title by winning the gold medal in the London Olympics.

He is currently trained by Ivo Lakučs. His first trainer was Raimonds Ciesnieks. Māris Štrombergs completed the Olympic 2008 BMX in about 36 seconds. Māris completed the Olympic 2012 BMX course in 37,576 seconds. Upon returning from the 2012 Olympics he was greeted by thousands of fans in hometown Valmiera.

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*