Artūrs Matisons

Artūrs Matisons is a Latvian BMX racing cyclist, born on 6 May 1985 in the town of Valmiera. He rose through the junior ranks of the sport early, taking the European junior elite title in 2002 and then, in 2003, world championship gold medals in both the junior elite men's class and the junior elite cruiser men's class, results recorded under the Union Cycliste Internationale. As a senior he won the 2006 European elite championship and was ranked fourth in the elite world standings in 2007, after being placed fourteenth in 2004. He represented Latvia in men's BMX cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.