caption updated proteam birth_place weight height discipline birth_date nickname proyears image article_title name currentteam
stamp of latvia , 2012 august 10 , 2012 one kenda free agent bicycles valmiera , latvian ssr , ussr 90 kg lb st on 1.86 m ftin on bicycle motocross -lrb- bmx racing -rrb- 10 march 1987 Štrombis -lrb- shtrombis -rrb- , the `` machine '' -- -- -- stamps of latvia , 2012-34 . jpg māris Štrombergs
 māris Štrombergs tālava world team & rockst ★ r , latvian olympic team , free agent bicycles
māris Štrombergs

māris Štrombergs -lrb- born march 10 , 1987 in valmiera -rrb- is a latvian professional bmx racer .
in the 2008 summer olympics he became the first olympic champion in bmx cycling .
earlier that year he won the 2008 uci bmx world championships .
in 2012 he prolonged his olympic title by winning the gold medal in the london olympics .
he is currently trained by ivo lakučs .
his first trainer was raimonds ciesnieks .
māris Štrombergs completed the olympic 2008 bmx in about 36 seconds .
māris completed the olympic 2012 bmx course in 37,576 seconds .
upon returning from the 2012 olympics he was greeted by thousands of fans in hometown valmiera .
