Māris Bružiks (born 25 August 1962) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, and later, following its dissolution, Latvia.
He first won the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1986, setting a championship record (CR) with 17.54 metres. The record stood until 2011, when it was broken by Teddy Tamgho of France, who set a world record of 17.92 m. Outdoor Bružiks reached 17.56 metres, in September 1988.
Achievements Representing the 1986European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 1stTriple jump17.54 m =CREuropean ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany 2ndTriple jump17.33 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)1987UniversiadeZagreb, Yugoslavia 3rdTriple jump16.90 mRepresenting 1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy4thTriple jump16.97 mOlympic GamesBarcelona, Spain10thTriple jump16.80 m1993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Canada 2ndTriple jump17.36 m1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 3rdTriple jump17.20 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)1995World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 10thTriple jump16.80 m 1996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden 1stTriple jump16.97 m
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