Juris Šics

Juris Šics 2017 in Oberhof

Juris Šics (born April 26, 1984 in Sigulda , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Latvian luge rider .

Juris Šics is the brother of the luge driver Andris Šics , with whom he has formed a luge doubles since the 2004/05 season . In addition, he also competes with less success in the single-seater.

He started luge in 1998 and has been a member of the national team ever since. He has been competing in international races since 2003. The first notable success was the tenth place in the two-seater at the 2004 Luge World Championships in Nagano , which he still achieved with Sandris Bērziņš . He finished fifth with the Latvian team.

At the following World Championships in Park City , he and his brother finished tenth in doubles. They achieved the same placement at the 2007 Luge World Championships . In 2006, she joined the Olympic Winter Games of Turin and were seventh.

At the 2006 European Championships in Winterberg the double Šics / Šics came fifth and they won the bronze medal with the team. In the overall World Cup 2005/06 they finished ninth, 2006/07 eighth place.

With the team he surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2008 European Luge Championships in Cesana .

In the doubles, he and his brother Andris 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.

successes

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 : Juris Šics  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Juris Šics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Juris Šics in the database of the International Luge Federation