Juris Šics

Juris Šics
	Šics in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	26 April 1983 (age 38); Sigulda, Latvia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Luge
Event(s)	Doubles
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Representing Latvia
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Juris Šics (born 26 April 1983) is a 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. Šics' best individual European championship is winning the men's doubles event in 2021.

References[]

^ Juris Šics at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
^ 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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[sr-1] Juris Šics at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[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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show v t European champions in mixed team relay luge
Six per team	1988: West Germany Georg Hackl Johannes Schettel Kerstin Langkopf Veronika Bilgeri Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger 1990: East Germany Jens Müller René Friedl Susi Erdmann Sylke Otto Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch 1992: Germany Georg Hackl René Friedl Susi Erdmann Sylke Otto Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph 1994: Italy Armin Zöggeler Norbert Huber Gerda Weissensteiner Natalie Obkircher Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber 1996: Germany Jens Müller Georg Hackl Jana Bode Susi Erdmann Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt 1998: Germany Jens Müller Karsten Albert Susi Erdmann Silke Kraushaar Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt
Four per team	2000: Germany Georg Hackl Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2002: Germany Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2004: Germany Jan-Armin Eichhorn Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2006: Germany David Möller Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller
Four per team as relay	2008: Latvia Mārtiņš Rubenis Maija Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics 2010: Latvia Anna Orlova Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics 2012: Russia Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin 2014: Russia Natalia Khoreva Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin 2015: Germany Dajana Eitberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt 2016: Germany Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken 2017: Germany Natalie Geisenberger Ralf Palik Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt 2018: Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov 2019: Italy Andrea Vötter Dominik Fischnaller Ivan Nagler Fabian Malleier 2020: Austria Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller 2021: Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Vsevolod Kashkin Konstantin Korshunov

Juris Šics

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