Māris Bružiks
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| Born | 25 August 1962 Pļaviņas, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Māris Bružiks (born 25 August 1962) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, and later, following its dissolution, Latvia.
He first won the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1986, setting a championship record (CR) with 17.54 metres. The record stood until 2011, when it was broken by Teddy Tamgho of France, who set a world record of 17.92 m. Outdoor Bružiks reached 17.56 metres, in September 1988.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the  Soviet Union | |||||
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | Triple jump | 17.54 m =CR |
| European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.33 m (wind: +1.1 m/s) | |
| 1987 | Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.90 m |
Representing  Latvia | |||||
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 4th | Triple jump | 16.97 m |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | Triple jump | 16.80 m | |
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.36 m |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | Triple jump | 17.20 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th | Triple jump | 16.80 m |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | Triple jump | 16.97 m |
External links
- Māris Bružiks at World Athletics
- Māris Bružiks at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Māris Bružiks at the Latvian Athletics Association (in Latvian)
- Māris Bružiks at Olympics.com
- Māris Bružiks at the Latvian Olympic Committee (in Latvian)
- Māris Bružiks at Olympedia
- Māris Bružiks at InterSportStats
References
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Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Pļaviņas
- Soviet men triple jumpers
- Latvian men triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Latvia
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
- Olympic men triple jumpers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Latvia
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Latvian athletics biography stubs
- Soviet athletics biography stubs