Edgars Piksons

Edgars Piksons
Personal information
Full name Edgars Piksons
Born (1983-07-17) 17 July 1983
Cēsis, Latvian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
World Cup debut 10 January 2001
Olympic Games
Teams 2 (2006, 2010)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 7 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 14 (2000/01–2013/14)
All podiums 0

Edgars Piksons (born 17 July 1983) is a former Latvian biathlete.[1] He represented Latvia at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.[1] At Biathlon World Championships 2011 he got 8th place in the sprint.

In November 2014, the news broke that Piksons had tested positive for the banned substance 19-Norandrosterone after a practice competition in Priekuļi on 22 September. He waived the right to have a B-sample tested. Piksons denied having knowingly taken any banned substances, but announced his retirement from professional sports.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 IBU Profile
  2. "Latvian biathlete Piksons fails doping test". The Baltic Course. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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