Ilmārs Bricis
# Ilmārs Bricis

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). 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

| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 Albertville | 61st | 39th | — | — | 16th |
| 1994 Lillehammer | — | 41st | — | — | 16th |
| 1998 Nagano | 5th | 32nd | — | — | 6th |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 39th | 40th | 51st | — | 17th |
| 2006 Turin | 19th | 12th | 4th | 28th | 16th |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 Borovets | — | 79th | — | — | 19th | — | — |
| 1995 Antholz-Anterselva | 69th | 35th | — | — | 7th | 12th | — |
| 1996 Ruhpolding | 30th | 13th | — | — | 13th | 11th | — |
| 1997 Brezno-Osrblie | 16th | 23rd | 18th | — | 12th | 12th | — |
| 1998 Pokljuka | — | — | 9th | — | 8th | — | — |
| 1999 Kontiolahti | 10th | 12th | 6th | 15th | — | 5th | — |
| 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen | DNF | 30th | 31st | 14th | — | 6th | — |
| 2001 Pokljuka | Bronze | 40th | 22nd | 8th | — | 9th | — |
| 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen | — | — | — | 8th | — | — | — |
| 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | 18th | 33rd | 12th | 4th | — | 12th | — |
| 2004 Oberhof | 30th | 45th | 28th | — | — | 13th | — |
| 2005 Hochfilzen | 38th | Bronze | 14th | 13th | — | 19th | — |
| 2007 Antholz-Anterselva | — | DNS | — | — | — | 12th | 17th |
| 2008 Östersund | 15th | 18th | 13th | 12th | — | 13th | — |
| 2009 Pyeongchang | 48th | 25th | 38th | — | — | 17th | — |
| 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | 58th | 20th | 36th | — | — | 14th | 18th |
| 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.
