Māris Urtāns (born 9 February 1981) is a Latvian shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.63 metres, achieved on 19 June 2010 in Belgrade.
He finished ninth at the 2005 Summer Universiade and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 and 2009 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2012 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
Competition record Representing 2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile14th (q)Discus50.63 m2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands18th (q)Discus49.40 m2003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland13th (q)Shot put17.61 m2005Universiadeİzmir, Turkey9thShot put18.07 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden23rd (q)Shot put18.40 m2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom15th (q)Shot put18.59 mUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand2ndShot put19.38 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan24th (q)Shot put19.17 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China25th (q)Shot put19.57 m2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia5thShot put19.09 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany15th (q)Shot put19.89 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar12th (q)Shot put19.97 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain3rdShot put20.72 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France12th (q)Shot put19.32 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland15th (q)Shot put19.25 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom26th (q)Shot put19.13 m2014European ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland23rd (q)Shot put18.35 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic –Shot putNM
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