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Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 March 1988 36) Riga, Latvia | (age|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rihards Snikus (born 25 March 1988 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian Paralympic equestrian and DJ. He won silver medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in the Individual freestyle test grade I, and in the Individual championship test grade I. [1] [2] In 2024 he became the first ever Latvian equestrian to win individual gold at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with his horse King of the Dance. [3]
He competed at the 2017 European Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden, and in the 2018 World Equestrian Games. [4]