Kristers Serģis

Kristers Serģis (born 14 January 1974) is a retired Latvian sidecarcross rider who won the FIM Sidecarcross World Championship five times, in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002. He came to the sport through his father, who had ridden in the Soviet era, and after Latvian independence in 1990 he was able to take it up himself. Sponsorship from a timber building company in Cēsis let him turn professional, which was rare in sidecarcross. He entered the world championship in 1992 with Artis Rasmanis as his passenger, won his first race in Betekom, Belgium in 1996, and with Rasmanis took five titles, a record at the time for the sport. In 2002 the pair won 13 races in a row and 24 in all. Later passengers included Sven Verbrugge and Kaspars Stupelis. He was voted Latvian sports person of the year in 1997, 1998 and 2000, lived in the Netherlands during the racing season, and retired after the 2008 season.