Arnis Rumbenieks (born 4 April 1988) is a Latvian track and field athlete competing in road walking. Rumbenieks has competed at 2010 European Championships. At the 2012 International Road Walking Festival in Alytus, Lithuania he finished second behind Marius Žiūkas at the 20 km walk.[1] He has competed in the 20 km men's walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2][3] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 50 km walk.[4] In 2018, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[5] He did not finish his race.[5]

Arnis Rumbenieks
Rumbenieks at the 2015 European Cup Race Walking
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 (age 36)
Valmiera, Latvia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country Latvia
SportTrack and field
Event20 km walk
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Latvia
Baltic Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Ogre 10000 m walk

References

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  1. ^ "International Road Walking Festival 20km". Alytus2012. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Pastare ar olimpisko A normatīvu uzvar Alītā, Rumbenieks otrais
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arnis Rumbenieks". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  4. ^ "Results - Mens 50km Walk - Athletics - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  5. ^ a b "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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