Juris Šics

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Juris Šics
Medal record

Men's Luge
Competitor for Latvia
Olympic Games
Silver	2010 Vancouver	Men's doubles
World Championships
Bronze	2008 Oberhof	Mixed team
Bronze	2009 Lake Placid	Mixed team
Bronze	2011 Cesana	Men's doubles
Bronze	2013 Whistler	Mixed team
European Championships
Gold	2008 Cesana	Mixed team
Gold	2010 Sigulda	Mixed team
Silver	2014 Sigulda	Mixed team
Bronze	2006 Winterberg	Mixed team

Juris Šics (born 26 April 1983 in Sigulda) is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010 alongside his teammate, younger brother Andris Šics.

Šics won three bronze medals at the FIL World Luge Championships (Men's doubles: 2011, Mixed team: 2008, 2009).

He also won three medals in the mixed team event at the FIL European Luge Championships with golds in 2008 and 2010, and a bronze in 2006. Šics' best individual European championship finish in the men's doubles event was fifth in 2006.

References

FIL-Luge profile
List of European luge champions (German)

v t e 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

Persondata
Name	Sics, Juris
Alternative names
Short description	Luger
Date of birth	26 April 1983
Place of birth	Sigulda, Latvia
Date of death
Place of death

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