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Tomass Dukurs

Tomass Dukurs
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Medal record
Skeleton
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Winterberg Men
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Altenberg Men
Silver medal – second place 2014 Königssee Men
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Königssee Men
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Igls Men

Tomass Dukurs (born 2 July 1981 in Riga) is a Latvian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the men's skeleton event at Vancouver in 2010 and at Sochi in 2014.

Dukurs' best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 3rd in the men's skeleton event at Winterberg in 2015.

His younger brother Martins is also a skeleton racer. Both he and his brother made the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Tomass and Martins are coached by their father, Dainis Dukurs, a former bobsleigh brakeman, manager of the Sigulda sledding track and sled designer.


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