Edgars Piksons

Edgars Piksons ( born July 17, 1983 in Cesis ) is a Latvian biathlete.

Edgars Piksons works as border guards and lives in Cesis. The married athlete competes for the Police Sports Club and is coached by Ilgonus Pogulis. In 1996 he began the biathlon and belongs since 2003 to the Latvian national team. In 2000 he joined in Zakopane for the first time at a European Junior Championship at. His results were as not significant in the following year, in Haute Maurienne. In 2002 he won in Kontiolahti with the relay bronze and finished fourth in singles. In 2003 he was squadron sixth in Forni Avoltri. The last Junior Championships he competed without major successes in Minsk. 2000 Piksons was also first used at a World Youth Championship. In Hochfilzen he reached no outstanding placements. Things went better in the following year in Khanty- Mansiysk, where he finished fifth in the relay. 2002 Ridnaun was a 17th place in the individual best result. 2003 Kościelisko during sprints and his last junior world championships in Haute Maurienne in single, he finished as each his sixth best rankings.

2001 debuted Piksons in Ruhpolding Biathlon World Cup. In his first race he was 90th in the sprint. In the 2006 European Championship in Langsdorf Piksons celebrated his biggest success by Syarhey Nowikau behind the silver medal in the pursuit won after he was only 14 in the sprint. Less successful was the 2007 European Championships in Bansko. Best result at the Biathlon World Championships 2007 was the 12th place in the relay of Latvia. At the World Cup 2010 in Oberhof, he reached his best season as a result of seventh -placed. Edgars Piksons took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. His best result was the 37th place in singles. This is at the same time his best result in a World Cup race and the first placement in the points. With the season he was ranked 19th in the Top Ten for the first ran Piksons at the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in the sprint. There he finished in 8th place

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).