Juris SICS

Latvia

Luge

Date of Birth: 26 Apr 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Place of birth: SIGULDA

Birth Country:

USSR

Residence: SIGULDA

Residence Country:

Latvia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles LAT SICS Andris / SICS Juris	5
	Team Relay

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 3	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 4	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 5	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 6	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Doubles	2010	Vancouver, CAN	00:01:22.969
3	Team Relay	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:02:47.295
3	Doubles	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:01:39.790
6	Team Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:25.315
6	Doubles	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:32.442
7	Doubles	2006	Torino, ITA	00:01:35.114

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Doubles Sprint	2021	Koenigssee, GER	39.140
2	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:44.534
2	Team Relay	2016	Koenigssee, GER	2:45.614
3	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:40.591
3	Team Relay	2021	Koenigssee, GER	2:43.571
3	Team Relay	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	2:04.854
3	Team Relay	2009	Lake Placid, NY, USA	2:42.499
3	Team Relay	2008	Oberhof, GER	2:30.258
4	Doubles Sprint	2019	Winterberg, GER	30.868
4	Doubles Sprint	2016	Koenigssee, GER	39.452
5	Doubles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:27.452
5	Doubles	2016	Koenigssee, GER	1:40.778
6	Doubles	2015	Sigulda, LAT	1:24.349
6	Doubles	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	1:13.458
6	Team Relay	2007	Innsbruck, AUT	2:11.196
6	Team Relay	2004	Nagano, JPN	2:30.232
7	Doubles Sprint	2020	Sochi, RUS	31.404
7	Doubles Sprint	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	30.058
7	Team Relay	2015	Sigulda, LAT	2:14.790
7	Team Relay	2012	Altenberg, GER	2:23.293
9	Doubles	2012	Altenberg, GER	1:24.260
10	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:40.141
10	Doubles	2007	Innsbruck, AUT	1:19.773
10	Team Relay	2005	Park City, UT, USA	2:25.073
10	Doubles	2005	Park City, UT, USA	1:28.796
13	Doubles	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	1:20.023
18	Doubles	2008	Oberhof, GER	1:35.914
19	Doubles	2009	Lake Placid, NY, USA	48.928
24	Men's Singles	2003	Sigulda, LAT	1:39.178
DSQ	Team Relay	2019	Winterberg, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles Sprint	Doubles	Men's Singles
2021/22	1	2
2020/21	2	2
2019/20		3
2018/19		4
2017/18		4
2016/17		5
2015/16		6
2014/15		3
2013/14		9
2012/13		6
2011/12		16
2010/11		7
2009/10		7
2008/09		9
2007/08		12
2006/07		8
2005/06		9
2004/05		14	44

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Doubles Sprint	Doubles
2021/22	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 3 x 5th
2020/21	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th
2019/20	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th
2018/19	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th	3 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 1 x 5th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
1	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
1	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
1	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
2	Doubles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
2	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
2	Doubles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT
3	Doubles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
3	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
5	Doubles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
5	Doubles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
5	Doubles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
18	Doubles	2021/22	Winterberg, GER

Hobbies:

Motorsports, travelling, swimming

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Coaching - Latvian Academy of Sports Education (Riga)

Family:

Wife, Anete (married 2012). Sons Adam (born 2012) and Arons (born February 2020). Father, Janis, Mother, Dalga. Younger brother, Andris. Sister, Loti.

Languages spoken:

Latvian

Coach:

National: Kristaps Maurins (LAT), Peteris Cimanis (LAT)
Personal: Eva Hofmane (LAT), Daniels Fogelis (LAT)

Position style:

Back

Sporting relatives:

Brother Andris Sics (Luge): Three-time Olympic medallist from four participations, winning doubles silver at Vancouver 2010 followed by bronze at Sochi 2014. Nine-time World Championship medallist, with three silver and six bronze, including three medals from 2021. Three-time European champion, winning the doubles in 2021, with 12 additional minor medals.

Debut:

2003 World Championships in Sigulda (Singles - 24th)

With Andris Sics:
2005 World Championships in Park City (Doubles - 10th, Relay - 10th)
2005 World Cup in Sigulda (Doubles - 11th)

Start:

Been sledding since 1998. Initially competed in Singles, but has been competing with his brother since 2004. (Info 2018)

Reason:

He and his brother Andris lived near the luge track in Sigulda. The brothers used to play around on the track until a security guard caught them and put them in the hands of a luge coach. (Info 2018)

Ambition:

Win a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (delfi.lv, 29 March 2021)

Memorable:

Winning two bronze medals at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, less than three years after his accident. (tvnet.lv, 22 April 2014)

Hero:

Brother and luger Andris Sics (LAT), three-time Olympic medallist, nine-time World Championship medallist and 2021 European champion. (olimpiade.lv)

Influence:

His father, who was his first coach. (olimpiade.lv)

Philosophy:

"Go forward, without looking back." (kamanas.lv, 2018)

Award:

Latvian Athlete of the Year - Team (2010, 2011)

General Interest

PARTNER
Initially competing in singles, he moved to doubles when his brother joined the national team. They have been sledding together since 2004/05 and, a year later, placed seventh at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. (la.lv, 14 March 2021)

CAR ACCIDENT
In the May 2011 accident, that nearly ended Sics' career, he lost control of his vehicle while trying to overtake in wet conditions. It was only later he found out that his car, a used vehicle that he had only purchased a month before, was a "Frankenstein" car, poorly cobbled together from multiple cars. Sics had not yet had the time to bring it for a check by a mechanic. Now, in a nation with an aging fleet of cars - many of which have already sustained serious damage - he is an advocate for better-informed car buyers. (travelnews.lv, 9 Sep 2013; skaties.lv, 11 Nov 2018)

BEIJING TEST RUN
Participated in the pre-homologation of the National Sliding Centre with a small delegation of international athletes in October 2020. (yahoo.com, 24 Oct 2020)

Milestones

OLYMPIC GAMES
With three Olympic medals, the brothers are the most decorated Latvian Olympic athletes in history.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The team has collected nine total medals at this event, but has never won a world title. In 2021, the brothers finished second in Doubles Sprint, .014 behind the German team.

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Legend

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