Career
He finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and sixth in the men's skeleton event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the 2011 FIBT World Championships and 2012 FIBT World Championships.
Martins won the overall World Cup for the 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12 season.
At the end of 2011–12 Skeleton World Cup season he had 17 World Cup victories to his tally.
His older brother Tomass is also a skeleton racer. Both he and his brother qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics. In 2010 Martins Dukurs was decorated with the Order of the Three Stars.
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