About Māris Bružiks
Born 1962. Māris Bružiks is a Latvian and Russian athletics competitor.
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.
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Who is Māris Bružiks?
Latvian triple jumper
When was Māris Bružiks born?
Māris Bružiks was born on 25 August 1962 in Pļaviņas.
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Māris Bružiks is an athletics competitor.
What nationality is Māris Bružiks?
Māris Bružiks is Latvian and Russian.
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