Truksans Finishes Fourth at 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Arnis
Veidemanis

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	10
Record:	5W - 5L
PF/G:	6.88
PA/G:	7.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 12-9 to Sergio Vez (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway; Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 12-9 to Sergio Vez (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. Truksans lost 11-3 to Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway; and won 8-4 over Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway;

Truksans finished 4-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans defeated Dmitryi Barkan (Minsk, BLR) 7-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU). Truksans lost 8-4 to Glukhov where Truksans responded with a 7-1 win over Belgium's Tom Van Waterschoot. Truksans won 11-6 against Gabor Ezsol (Budapest, HUN). Truksans went on to lose 8-3 against Vez. Truksans responded with a 8-7 win over Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Truksans take home 14.250 world rankings points. Truksans move up 23 spots after posting a net gain of 13.27 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 124th overall with 32.116 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Truksans ranks 119th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.687 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

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