Ilmārs Bricis


Ilmārs Bricis 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. Their eighteen-year-old daughter Anete Brice, coached by Anžela, competed in cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
His hobbies are music and driving.

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.

Olympic Games

World Championships

2 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay
1993 Borovets—79th19th—
69th35th7th12th
1996 Ruhpolding30th13th13th11th
1997 Brezno-Osrblie16th23rd18th12th12th
1998 Pokljuka9th8th
1999 Kontiolahti10th12th6th15th5th
2000 Oslo HolmenkollenDNF30th31st14th6th
2001 PokljukaBronze40th22nd8th9th
2002 Oslo Holmenkollen8th
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk18th33rd12th4th12th
2004 Oberhof30th45th28th—13th
2005 Hochfilzen38thBronze14th13th19th—
2007 Antholz-Anterselva—DNS——12th17th
2008 Östersund15th18th13th12th13th—
2009 Pyeongchang48th25th38th—17th—
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk58th20th36th—14th18th
2017 Hochfilzen84th—25th