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. After divorce with Anžela he had brief relationship with lithuanian biathlete Diana Rasimovičiūtė.

Since 2017 he is in relationship with latvian biathlete Baiba Bendika. Their son Emīls was born in 2023.

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 EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 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) EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay 1993 Borovets — 79th 19th — 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.