BERGS Edgars

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	Men's Shot Put F35/36	2008	Beijing, CHN	15.54
2	Shot Put - F35	2004	Athens, GRE	13.55
3	Shot Put - F35	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14.55
3	Men's Discus Throw F35	2004	Athens, GRE	40.71
5	Men's Discus Throw F35/36	2008	Beijing, CHN	47.02
World Championships
2	Shot Put - F35	2015	Doha, QAT	14.00
2	Men's Discus Throw F35	2006	Assen, NED	49.35
2	Shot Put - F35	2006	Assen, NED	14.25
4	Shot Put - F35	2017	London, GBR	14.32
5	Men's Shot Put F35/36	2011	Christchurch, NZL	13.93
9	Men's Discus Throw F35/36	2011	Christchurch, NZL	33.83
European Championships
1	Shot Put - F35	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	14.00
1	Shot Put - F35	2018	Berlin, GER	14.03

Basketball, fishing, listening to hip-hop and Latvian music. (diena.lv, 01 Jul 2020; veselam.la.lv, 21 Aug 2017; Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)

Athlete

Latvian University of Agriculture, Jelgava, LAT

English, Latvian, Russian

Jelgavas Vieglatletikas Klubs [Latvia]

Maija Ukstina, LAT, from 2000

2003 for Latvia, European Championships in Assen, Netherlands (Athlete, 21 Oct 2015)

He suffered from a herniated disc in 2013 and 2014. He underwent surgery in late 2015 but had a relapse in 2018. (diena.lv, 01 Jul 2020; Athlete, 18 Sep 2016; lsm.lv, 05 Jan 2016)

He took up athletics in 2000 in Jelgava, Latvia. (Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)

He enjoyed the sport and wanted to represent his country. (Athlete, 13 Dec 2010)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org, 04 Jun 2021)

US basketball player Charles Barkley. (Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)

In January 2018 he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the city of Saldus, Latvia. He is also an honorary citizen of the city. (saldus.lv, 29 Jan 2018; veselam.la.lv, 21 Aug 2017)

He received an award for excellence at the 2016 Jelgava Sports Awards in Latvia, in recognition of winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (sportacentrs.com, 30 Dec 2016)