Career Because of his successes, the Soviet Union named the ice rink in his hometown of Sigulda (now part of Latvia).
Achievements At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won two medals with a gold in the two-man event and a bronze in the four-man event. Ķipurs also won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1989 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d"Ampezzo. He won the two-man Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1987-1988.