_(cropped).jpg) Rihards Snikus in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1988 (1988-03-25) (age 36) Riga, Latvia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Latvia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rihards Snikus (born 25 March 1988 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian Paralympic equestrian and DJ. He won silver medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in the Individual freestyle test grade I, and in the Individual championship test grade I. In 2024 he became the first ever Latvian equestrian to win individual gold at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with his horse King of the Dance.
He competed at the 2017 European Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden, and in the 2018 World Equestrian Games.
References
- "Equestrian: SNIKUS Rihards". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- "Silver! Snikus wins Latvia a second medal at Tokyo Paralympic Games". Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- Murray, Becky (3 September 2024). "Part-time DJ riding horse called King of the Dance wins historic gold medal at Paris 2024". Horse and Hound.
- "Meet dressage rider and DJ Rihards Snikus". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Latvian male equestrians
- Latvian dressage riders
- Paralympic equestrians for Latvia
- Paralympic gold medalists for Latvia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Latvia
- Paralympic medalists in equestrian
- Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Equestrians at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- 20th-century Latvian people
- 21st-century Latvian sportsmen
- Paralympic medalist stubs