Truksans Reaches 2019 Latvia International Challenger Quarters

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Arnis
Veidemanis

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.11
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.17
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) qualified for the 2019 Latvia International Challenger playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-1 against Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN). of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Truksans finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans defeated Oleg Krasikov (Saint Petersburg, RUS) 5-3, then won 8-4 against Borys Jasiecki (Sopot, POL) and 6-5 against Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU). Truksans went on to lose 3-2 against Thune in their final qualifying round match.

Truksans earned 5.380 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Latvia International Challenger, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 172nd place overall with 17.494 total points. Truksans ranks 101st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.656 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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