Zintis Ekmanis

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Zintis Ekmanis
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Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing the Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Sarajevo Two-man
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Cervinia Two-man

Zintis Ekmanis (born 17 May 1958) is a former Latvian bobsledder who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the two-man event at Sarajevo in 1984.

Ekmanis also won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1985 FIBT World Championships in Cervinia. During the Bobsleigh World Cup of 1986-7, he finished third in the two-man event.

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