Riga (pps) Latvia’s luger Martins Rubenis, Olympic bronze medalist at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, has ended his active career. This is what he announced in Riga. Together with Eliza Tiruma and the two brothers Andris and Juris Sics, the 35-year-old recently claimed the bronze medal in the Team Relay event at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Apart from the 2006 Olympic bronze medal – by the way the first ever medal for Latvia at Winter Games – Rubenis also claimed the 2008 and 2010 European Championship title in the Team Relay event as well as a bronze medal at the 2004 Worlds in Nagano, Japan. Additionally, Rubenis won two silver medals at the 2003 World Championships in front of a home crowd in Sigulda in the men’s singles and the former team competition. For some time, Rubenis also acted as Athletes’ Representatives of the International Luge Federation (FIL).