Men
LAT
Roberts KRUZBERGS
LAT- Date of birth18 Apr 2001
- Height1800 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- Home townVentspils
- Place of birthVentspils
- Start skating / Club He took up short track in 2006 in Ventspils, Latvia. / Ventspils High-Class Athletes Training Centre [LAT] / Sporta Skola Spars [LAT]:
- languagesEnglish, Latvian
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Stay calm and skate." (Athlete, 01 Feb 2017)
Latvian short track skater Jekabs Saulitis. (Athlete, 01 Feb 2017)
He became the first short track skater representing Latvia to win a gold medal at a World Cup event when he was victorious in the 1000m in Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2022. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Nov 2022)
His family, his brother Karlis, and coach Stuart Horsepool. (olympics.com, 04 Feb 2022)
Winning gold in the 1000m at the 2022 World Cup event in Montreal, QC, Canada. (isu.org, 29 Oct 2022)
He trains six hours a day, six days a week. Three days include two sessions on the ice, and on the other three days he has one session on the ice and one session off the ice.
He and his brother were encouraged to take up the sport by a short track coach.
Karlis Kruzbergs [brother], LAT; Irina Ozolina
