Tomass Dukurs (born 2 July 1981 in Riga) is a Latvian skeleton racer who has competed from 1998 till 2022. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he finished fourth in the men's skeleton event at Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014.
Career 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.
In November 2017 Sochi gold medalist Alexander Tretiakov was disqualified by the IOC and his medal stripped from him, however, a decision on, whether Tomass Dukurs is granted a bronze medal, has not been made by the IBSF. Eventually, IBSF restored the gold medal for Tretiakov.
Tomass and Martins are coached by their father, Dainis Dukurs, a former bobsleigh brakeman, manager of the Sigulda sledding track and sled designer.
Career results Skeleton World Cup SeasonPlacePoints1234567892003–0419th69CAL—LKP—LIL13 SIG1ALT—2004–0517th154WIN31ALT15IGL23SIG9CES33STM17LPL82005–0623rd100CAL29LPL33IGL29SIG12KON14STM23ALT182006–079th278CAL17PKC25LPL12NAG7IGL17CES17WIN9KON42007–0811th916CAL18PKC15LPL20CES112CES217STM12 KON3WIN132008–0916th761WIN14ALT7IGL16KON16STM24WIN16PKC20LKP182009–104th1352PKC12LKP4CES7WIN4ALT6KON7STM11IGL42010–118th1242WHI10CAL25PKC7LKP8IGL8WIN4STM7 CES22011–123rd1524 IGL3 LPL2WIN7 ALT2KON7STM4WHI5CAL42012–132nd1746 LKP2PKC4 WHI3WIN5 LPL3ALT4KON5 IGL3SOC52013–142nd1608CAL4PKC6 LKP3 WIN2 STM12 STM22 IGL3 KON22014–152nd1526 LKP2 CAL2 ALT2KON8STM5 LPL3IGL8SOC42015–163rd1548ALT5WIN6KON14 LPL3PAC6 WHI2 STM2 KON232016–179th1218 WHI13 LPL4 ALT7 WIN2 STM6 KON9 IGLDSQ PYE32017–183rd1464 LPL6 PAC4 WHI3 WIN5 IGL6 ALT6 STM8 KON32018–19 7th 1272 SIG6 WIN5 ALT10 IGL5 STM4 LPL– CAL4 WHI32019–20 6th 1314 LPL16 LPL25 WIN10 LPG10 IGL12 KON6 STM9 SIG22020–213rd 1226 SIG14 SIG22 IGL110 IGL28 WIN6 STM5 KON8 IGL3–2021–228th 1249 IGL116 IGL218 ALT17 WIN17 ALT28 SIG1 WIN25 STM7
References 2002 men's skeleton results
Skeletonsport.com profile
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