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

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)
  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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