Andris Šics
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| Born | 12 May 1985 (age 38) Sigulda, Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Luge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andris Šics (born 12 May 1985) 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 elder brother Juris Šics.[1]
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
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andris Šics". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- FIL-Luge profile: Andris Sics at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 February 2014)
- Andris Sics at the International Luge Federation
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- 1985 births
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- Latvian lugers
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- People from Sigulda
- Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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- Olympic lugers of Latvia
- Olympic silver medalists for Latvia
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