Ilmārs Bricis

Ilmārs Bricis
Bricis in Otepää in 2008.
Personal information
Full nameIlmārs Bricis
Born (1970-07-09) 9 July 1970 (age 54)
Rīga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubCPSK
Olympic Games
Teams6 (1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams17 (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons22 (1991/92–2011/12, 2016/17–)
Individual victories0
Individual podiums7
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Pokljuka 20 km individual
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Hochfilzen 10 km sprint

Ilmārs Bricis (born 9 July 1970) is a former Latvian biathlete, who has participated in six Winter Olympics from 1992 to 2010.

He is now a biathlon coach. Bricis currently coaches Baiba Bendika and Tomas Kaukenas.

Personal life

He was married to three-time Olympian Anžela Brice (cross-country skiing 1998, biathlon 2002 and 2006).[1] Their eighteen-year-old daughter Anete Brice, coached by Anžela, competed in cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2]

His hobbies are music and driving.[3]

Career

Bricis has won bronze medals in 20 km race at the 2001 World Championship in Pokljuka and in 10 km sprint at the 2005 World Championship in Hochfilzen.

He came 5th in the 20km and sixth in the 4 x 7.5 km Relay at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. His best performance was fourth at the 12.5km Pursuit at the 2006 Olympics in Torino.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he and luger Anna Orlova both competed in their sixth Olympic Games. They are the first Latvians to do so, after eight-time Olympian shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins at the Summer Olympics.

Bricis is the 4th biathlete to compete at six Winter Olympics, after Austrian Alfred Eder, Briton Michael Dixon and Russian Sergei Tchepikov, with Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen following in 2014.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[4]

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
France 1992 Albertville 61st 39th — — 16th
Norway 1994 Lillehammer — 41st — — 16th
Japan 1998 Nagano 5th 32nd — — 6th
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 39th 40th 51st — 17th
Italy 2006 Turin 19th 12th 4th 28th 16th
Canada 2010 Vancouver 74th 14th 32nd — 19th
*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Team Relay Mixed relay
Bulgaria 1993 Borovets — 79th — — 19th — —
Italy 1995 Antholz-Anterselva 69th 35th — — 7th 12th —
Germany 1996 Ruhpolding 30th 13th — — 13th 11th —
Slovakia 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 16th 23rd 18th — 12th 12th —
Slovenia 1998 Pokljuka — — 9th — 8th — —
Finland 1999 Kontiolahti 10th 12th 6th 15th — 5th —
Norway 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen DNF 30th 31st 14th — 6th —
Slovenia 2001 Pokljuka Bronze 40th 22nd 8th — 9th —
Norway 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen — — — 8th — — —
Russia 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 18th 33rd 12th 4th — 12th —
Germany 2004 Oberhof 30th 45th 28th — — 13th —
Austria 2005 Hochfilzen 38th Bronze 14th 13th — 19th —
Italy 2007 Antholz-Anterselva — DNS — — — 12th 17th
Sweden 2008 Östersund 15th 18th 13th 12th — 13th —
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang 48th 25th 38th — — 17th —
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 58th 20th 36th — — 14th 18th
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 84th — — 25th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Andžela Brice Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  2. ^ "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights". 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Ilmārs Bricis". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 19 July 2015.