Aigars Kriķis
Aigars Kriķis, also known as Aygars Krikis, was a Latvian Soviet luger who competed during the late 1970s.
Early life and career
Born in Riga, Latvia. He started his career at the age of 14.Kriķis was a triple USSR Champion in Men's Doubles from 1973 to 1975.
With writing at the time his name Aigars was sometimes misspelled as Algars.
He and Dainis Bremze won the gold medal at the men's doubles event at the FIL [World Luge Championships 1978|1978 FIL World Luge Championships] in Imst, Austria.
Kriķis and Bremze also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the FIL [European Luge Championships 1976|1976 FIL European Luge Championships] in Hammarstrand, Sweden.
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Kriķis finished thirteenth in the Luge at the [1976 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|men's singles event] and eighth in the Luge at the 1976 [Winter Olympics – Doubles|men's doubles event] with Bremze. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, he finished tenth in the Luge at the [1980 Winter Olympics – Doubles|men's doubles event] with Bremze.