Juris Šics

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]

Juris Šics
Šics in 2015
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1983-04-26) 26 April 1983
Sigulda, Latvia
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryLatvia
SportLuge
Event(s)Doubles
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2010 VancouverDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2014 SochiDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2014 SochiMixed team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 KönigsseeMixed team
Silver medal – second place2020 SochiMixed team
Silver medal – second place2021 KönigsseeSprint
Bronze medal – third place2008 OberhofMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2009 Lake PlacidMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2011 CesanaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 WhistlerMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2021 KönigsseeDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2021 KönigsseeMixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Cesana Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Sigulda Mixed team
Gold medal – first place2021 SiguldaDoubles
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 place2021 SiguldaMixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Winterberg Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sochi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 SochiMixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Königssee Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sigulda Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place2019 OberhofDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2019 OberhofMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2020 LillehammerMixed team

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
  1. Juris Šics at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  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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