Edgars Bergs (born 15 September 1984 in

Saldus Saldus (; german: Frauenburg) is a Latvian town located in Courland ( lv, Kurzeme) and is the main town, and the central location in Saldus Municipality. The name Saldus has been noted in historical sources as far back as the mid-13th century, but ...

) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F35 throws events. Edgars competed in the shot put and discus in both

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olymp ...

and

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picking up a bronze in the F35 discus and silver in the F35 shot put in Athens and a silver in the F35/36 shot put in Beijing.

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* 1984 births Living people Paralympic athletes of Latvia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Latvia Paralympic bronze medalists for Latvia Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Latvian male discus throwers Latvian male shot putters {{Paralympic-medalist-stub