Raimonds "Coach Ray" Liepiņš: Coach, Athlete, Record & Matches
Raimonds "Coach Ray" Liepiņš (Latvia) is a coach and an athlete. He is president of the Latvian Armwrestling Federation, head coach of the Latvian national team and co-host of Voice of Armwrestling, and he still competes himself: in East vs West, King of the Table, Arm Havoc and tournaments across Europe and the USA. He has been in armwrestling since 2011.
Profile
| Country | Latvia |
| Role | Coach and athlete |
| Coaching | President of the Latvian Armwrestling Federation, Latvian national team head coach |
| EVW and KOTT record | 4-3 (7 matches) |
East vs West and King of the Table matches
| Event | Opponent | Result | Class | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East vs West 26 (Jiaxing, China, Sept 2026) | Rui Jiale | Won 3-0 | Right, welterweight | Watch |
| East vs West 14 (Orlando, USA, Aug 2024) | Ryan Belanger | Lost 0-3 | Right, middleweight | Watch |
| King of the Table 10 (Dubai, Feb 2024) | Robbie Karstendiek | Won 5-1 | Right, supermatch | Watch |
| King of the Table 7 (Dubai, June 2023) | Engin Terzi | Lost 1-5 | Right, supermatch | Watch |
| East vs West 6 (Istanbul, Jan 2023) | Doug Erlich | Lost 0-3 | Right, welterweight | Watch |
| East vs West 4 (Istanbul, Aug 2022) | Ryan Bowen | Won 3-0 | Right, middleweight | Watch |
| King of the Table 1 (Dubai, May 2021) | Mazahir Saidu | Won 3-2 | Right | Watch |
Results from the official East vs West and King of the Table results pages.
Other supermatches and tournaments
- vs Alain Goyer, MAC 4
- vs Valentin Gospodinov, Arm Havoc 11
- vs Hristo Delidzhakov, Arm Havoc 7
- vs Corey Miller, Colorado State 2025
- vs Josia Schafer, supermatch 2024
- vs Vlad The Destroyer, Vilnius Arm Wrestling Cup 2023
- vs Ričardas Andrekus, Hardanger Open 2023
- vs Adam Wawrzyinski, Arizona 2023
- vs Stefan Kostic, Prodigy Arm Wrestling Malta 2022
- vs Arnis Zoriks, final, Latvian Championship 2022
- vs Andris Grinbergs, 100 kg left final, Baltic Open 2022
- vs Artem Taranenko, right-arm supermatch and left-arm supermatch
- vs Tobias Troels Pedersen, Arm Wars round 4
- vs Tom Holland, Arm Wars
- vs Frode Haugland, right-arm supermatch 2021 and left-arm supermatch 2021
- vs Andris Grinbergs, left-arm supermatch 2020
- vs Tobias Skoneus, Viking Arms 2020
- vs Andrii Lutskevych, Armfight 2019
Coaching
Ray leads the Latvian national team and runs table practice in Latvia with athletes like Jānis Amoliņš, Sandris Šedis and Toms. He breaks down technique and matches on the channel and builds our training plans with Jedi.