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Renārs Birkentāls

Latvian biathlete

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ122066660 ↗
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Renārs Birkentāls (born 23 May 2001) is a Latvian biathlete who has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2020. He is participating in the 2026 Olympic Games. Together with his teammates Andrejs Rastorgujevs, Baiba Bendika and Estere Volfa he finished 12th in the mixed relay, which is currently the best Latvian result in history in this discipline.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 2020, 2026—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2001-05-23. The account is most persuasive where Renārs, Birkentāls and Latvian can be independently traced.
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