Juris Šics

Juris Šics
Šics in 2015
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1983-04-26) 26 April 1983 (age 41)
Sigulda, Latvia
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryLatvia
SportLuge
EventDoubles
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Mixed team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Königssee Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Sochi Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Königssee Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Oberhof Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lake Placid Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Cesana Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Whistler Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Königssee Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Königssee Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Cesana Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Sigulda Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sigulda Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Altenberg Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Sigulda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Sigulda Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Winterberg Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sochi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sochi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Königssee Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sigulda Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Oberhof Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Oberhof Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lillehammer Mixed team

Juris Šics (born 26 April 1983) is a former Latvian luger. He competed in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, and won a silver medal in the men's doubles event in 2010 and two bronze medals in 2014, alongside his teammate and younger brother Andris Šics.[1] The Šics brothers' three medals mean they have won more Olympic medals than any other Latvian sportsperson.[2]

Šics won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (Mixed team: 2016, 2020) and four bronzes (Men's doubles: 2011, Mixed team: 2008, 2009, 2013). He also won 15 medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with three golds in 2008, 2010 and 2021, four silvers in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021, and eight bronzes in 2006, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The Šics' best individual European championship is winning the men's doubles event in 2021, when the bronze medal was also won by a Latvian pair, Mārtiņš Bots and Roberts Plūme.

In 2022, after the end of his playing career, Juris Šics became a coach.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juris Šics". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ Harder, Wolfgang (May 2014). "Now Latvia's most successful Olympians: Andris and Juris Sics" (PDF). FIL Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 51. Berchtesgaden, Germany: International Luge Federation. p. 8. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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