PLESNIEKS Arturs

Olympic Games

Year	Location	105kg - Total
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8th (399)
2012	London, GBR	5th (390)

World Championships

Year	Location	105kg - Total	105kg - Snatch	105kg - C&J	109kg - Total	109kg - Snatch	109kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	9th (394)	15th (173)	7th (221)
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	-	-	-	10th (391)	16th (174)	8th (217)
2017	Anaheim, CA, USA	2nd (402)	4th (180)	2nd (222)	-	-	-
2015	Houston, TX, USA	3rd (405)	9th (179)	4th (226)	-	-	-
2014	Almaty, KAZ	10th (390)	14th (174)	8th (216)	-	-	-
2013	Wroclaw, POL	5th (393)	6th (178)	5th (215)	-	-	-
2011	Paris, FRA	14th (380)	16th (168)	13th (212)	-	-	-
2010	Antalya, TUR	15th (372)	21st (164)	13th (208)	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	109kg - Total	109kg - Snatch	109kg - C&J
2021	Moscow, RUS	6th (394)	9th (175)	6th (219)
2019	Batumi, GEO	4th (405)	8th (180)	2nd (225)

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

Spending time with his family. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2020)

Athlete

Wife Beatrise Plesniece, son Valdis

English, Latvian, Russian

Ventspils Olympic Centre [Latvia]

Eduards Andruskevics, LAT

He underwent shoulder surgery after the 2016 Olympic Games and did not compete again until the following year. He required a second shoulder operation in 2018 before returning to competition in September that year at the national championships in Dobele, Latvia. (ocventspils.lv, 04 Sep 2018; sportacentrs.com, 02 Sep 2018, 16 Aug 2018, 19 Oct 2017)

He suffered an abdominal injury in 2013. (sportacentrs.com, 25 Oct 2013)

He took up the sport at age nine in Dobele, Latvia. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2020)

His father encouraged him to become stronger. (olimpiade.lv, 2015; ventasbalss.lv, 06 Oct 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2020)

Winning gold in the 105kg category at the 2016 European Championships in Forde, Norway, and claiming bronze in the same category at the 2015 World Championships in Houston, TX, United States of America. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2020)

US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2020)

Coach Eduards Andruskevics, and his family. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2020)

He was a nominee for the Best Athlete of Latvia award on three occasions, and has been named the Best Athlete of Ventspils, Latvia, on six occasions. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2020)