Gundars Upenieks

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Gundars Upenieks
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NationalityLatvian
Born (1971-03-31) 31 March 1971 (age 52)
Madona, Latvia
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Sport Biathlon

Gundars Upenieks (born 31 March 1971) is a Latvian biathlete. He competed at the 1992, 1994, 1998 and the 2002 Winter Olympics. [1] From 2002 until 2006 Upenieks was the secretary general of the Latvian Biathlon federation. [2] Since 2013 he is a vice president of Latvian Biathlon federation. [3]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gundars Upenieks Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. "Gundars Upenieks". www.latvijassports.lv.
  3. "Valde ⋆ Latvijas Biatlona Federācija". 28 September 2018.