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Latvian luger

Maija Tīruma
Tīruma in 2014
Personal information
Born28 November 1983 (1983-11-28) (age 41)
Riga, Latvia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportLuge
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Oberhof Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lake Placid Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Cesana Mixed team

Maija Tīruma (born 28 November 1983) is a Latvian former luger who competed from 2000 to 2013. She won two bronze medals in the mixed team relay event at the FIL World Luge Championships (2008, 2009). Tīruma also won a gold medal in the mixed team relay event at the 2008 FIL European Luge Championships in Cesana, Italy and finished seventh in the women's singles event at the same championships. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of ninth in the women's singles event at Vancouver in 2010.

Since 2013, she is the head coach of the Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Club of la Plagne in France. Her younger sister Elīza Cauce is also an Olympic former luger.

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European champions in mixed team relay luge
Six per team
Four per team
Four per team as relay
Six per team as relay

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