Andris Šics

Andris Šics 2017 in Altenberg

Andris Šics (born May 12, 1985 in Sigulda , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Latvian luge rider .

Andris Šics started tobogganing at the age of ten. He has been a member of the Latvian national luge team since 2003. Together with his older brother Juris , he has belonged to the expanded world elite since 2005. His first major success was winning the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 European Championships in Winterberg . In February 2006 he represented his country for the first time in Turin at the Winter Olympics . With the team he surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2008 European Luge Championships in Cesana .

In the doubles, he and his brother Juris won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the bronze medal in 2014 . At the 2018 European Luge Championships on the home track in Sigulda, Latvia, he and his brother finished second in a two-seater.

Previous successes

• 14th place, overall World Cup ranking 2004/2005
• 10th place, Overall Challenge Cup 2004/2005
• 10th place, World Championships 2005 in Park City / USA
• 10th place, World Championships (team) 2005 in Park City / USA
• 9th place, overall World Cup ranking 2005/2006
• 7th place, XX. 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
• 5th place, 40th European Championships 2006 in Winterberg
• 40th European Championship team 2006 in Winterberg
• 41st European Team Championships 2008 in Cesana
• XXI. Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
• XXII. 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
• 49th European Championships Doubles 2018 in Sigulda

World Cup victories

Team relay (unofficial)

No.	date	place	train
1.	Nov 26, 2005	Sigulda	Sigulda luge and bobsleigh track
2.	0Dec 9, 2006	Calgary	Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park

Web links

Commons : Andris Šics  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Andris Šics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )