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Line 1: {{Short description\|Latvian bobsledder}} ~~{{MedalTableTop\|image=Arvis Vilkaste 2015.jpg\|imagesize=150px}}~~ {{Infobox sportsperson {{MedalCountry \| {{LAT}} }}▼ \| ~~NAME~~name = =Arvis Vilkaste~~, Arvis~~▼ {{MedalSport\|[[Bobsleigh]]}}▼ \| image = Arvis Vilkaste 2015.jpg \| nationality = Latvian \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1989\|4\|8}} \| birth_place = [[Balvi]], [[Latvia]] \| height = 1.83 m \| weight = 97 kg \| country = Latvia \| sport = [[Bobsleigh]] \| event = Four-man \| club = \| turnedpro = 2010 \| show-medals = yes \| medaltemplates = ▲{{MedalSport\|Men's [[~~Bobsleigh~~bobsleigh]]}} ▲{{MedalCountry \| {{LAT}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{Medal\|~~Silver~~Gold\|[[2014 Winter Olympics\|2014 Sochi]]\|[[Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Four-man\|Four-man]]}} {{MedalCompetition\|[[~~FIBT~~IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton)\|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold\|[[FIBT World Championships 2016\|2016 Igls]]\|[[FIBT World Championships 2016 – Four-man\|Four-man]]}} {{MedalSilver\|[[IBSF World Championships 2019\|2019 Whistler]]\|[[IBSF World Championships 2019 – Four-man\|Four-man]]}} {{MedalBronze\|[[FIBT World Championships 2015\|2015 Winterberg]]\|[[FIBT World Championships 2015 – Four-man\|Four-man]]}} {{MedalCompetition\|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship\|European Championship]]}} ~~{{MedalBottom}}~~ {{MedalGold\|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship\|2015 La Plagne]]\|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship\|Four-man]]}} ~~'''Arvis Vilkaste''' (born 8 April 1989) is a Latvian [[bobsled]]der, brakeman who has competed since 2010.~~ {{MedalSilver\|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship\|2019 Königssee]]\|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship\|Four-man]]}} {{MedalBronze\|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship\|2016 St. Moritz]]\|[[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship\|Four-man]]}} }}▼ '''Arvis Vilkaste''' (born 8 April 1989) is a Latvian [[Bobsleigh\|bobsledder]], brakeman who has competed since 2010.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=35&cHash=69db53827efb013d43d8b89c6e8c80c9 \|title=Arvis Vilkaste \|website=FIBT.com \|publisher=[[International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224221946/http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=35&cHash=69db53827efb013d43d8b89c6e8c80c9 \|archive-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> So far his highest achievements include a bronze medal at the four-man [[2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup]] race in [[Winterberg]] as well as 2012 World Junior Championship title at the four-man event.▼ He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the [[FIBT World Championships 2016]] in [[Igls]], [[Austria]] (with pilot [[Oskars Melbārdis]], [[Daumants Dreiškens]] and [[Jānis Strenga]]). It was the first ever World Championships gold medal in bobsled for [[Latvia]]. ▲SoHe ~~far~~also ~~his highest achievements include~~won a bronze medal atin the four-man event at [[~~2011–12 Bobsleigh~~FIBT World ~~Cup~~Championships 2015]] ~~race~~ in [[Winterberg, Germany]] as well as 2012 World Junior Championship title atin the four-man event. Vilkaste competed in [[2014 Winter Olympics\|2014]] [[Winter Olympics]] at [[Sochi]] and won a silver medal in the four-man event.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference \|title=Arvis Vilkaste \|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/arvis-vilkaste-1.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204034910/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/arvis-vilkaste-1.html \|archive-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> He became the four-man European Champion in 2015 and finished 3rd in the four-man event in 2016 [[Bobsleigh European Championship]]. At the [[2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup]] season Vilkaste as Oskars Melbārdis brakeman has 8 from 8 podium finishes in four-man events, including five first places. Before becoming a bobsledder, Vilkaste was a sprinter, winning a gold medal at the 4x100 relay at the [[2008 Latvian Athletics Championships]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=35&cHash=69db53827efb013d43d8b89c6e8c80c9 Arvis Vilkaste profile at the FIBT homepage] ==External links== {{Commons category}} {{IBSF}} * {{World Athletics}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com\|org_archive=20190905105628}} * {{LOK\|id=621\|old_id=arvis-vilkaste-621\|archive=20210725160403}} {{Footer Olympic Champions Bobsleigh Four-man}} {{Footer World Champions Bobsleigh Four-man}} {{Authority control}} ~~{{Persondata~~ ▲\| NAME = Vilkaste, Arvis ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Latvian bobsledder~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = 8 April 1989~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ ▲}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilkaste, Arvis}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:Latvian bobsledders]]▼ [[Category:Living people]] ▲[[Category:Latvian male bobsledders]] [[Category:Olympic ~~silver medalists~~bobsledders for Latvia]]▼ [[Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Latvia]] [[Category:Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:~~Olympic~~Bobsledders ~~bobsledders~~at ofthe ~~Latvia~~2018 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:~~Olympic~~People ~~medalists~~from inBalvi ~~bobsleigh~~Municipality]] ▲[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Latvia]] {{~~Bobsleigh~~Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub}} ~~{{Latvia-wintersport-bio-stub}}~~