Juris Šics

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
EventDoubles
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
2010 VancouverDoubles
2014 SochiDoubles
2014 SochiMixed team
World Championships
2016 KönigsseeMixed team
2020 SochiMixed team
2021 KönigsseeSprint
2008 OberhofMixed team
2009 Lake PlacidMixed team
2011 CesanaDoubles
2013 WhistlerMixed team
2021 KönigsseeDoubles
2021 KönigsseeMixed team
European Championships
2008 CesanaMixed team
2010 SiguldaMixed team
2021 SiguldaDoubles
2014 SiguldaMixed team
2016 AltenbergMixed team
2018 SiguldaDoubles
2021 SiguldaMixed team
2006 WinterbergMixed team
2015 SochiDoubles
2015 SochiMixed team
2017 KönigsseeMixed team
2018 SiguldaMixed team
2019 OberhofDoubles
2019 OberhofMixed team
2020 LillehammerMixed team

Juris Šics (born 26 April 1983) is a former 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. The Šics brothers' three medals mean they have won more Olympic medals than any other Latvian sportsperson.

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. The Šics' best individual European championship is winning the men's doubles event in 2021, when the bronze medal was also won by a Latvian pair, Mārtiņš Bots and Roberts Plūme.

In 2022, after the end of his playing career, Juris Šics became a coach.