Tomass Dukurs

Tomass Dukurs ( born July 2, 1981 in Riga) is a Latvian skeleton bob.

Tomass Dukurs debuted in January 2000 in a World Cup race in Lillehammer, where he was 39th. A year later he joined in Calgary for the first time at a skeleton World Cup and was 29 in December 2001, he was in a skeleton Europa Cup races in Altenberg second behind Andy Böhme. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he reached the 21th place. In January 2003, he won his first European Cup in Altenberg races and finally the overall standings of the European Cup of the season 2002/ 03. In February 2004 he won in Sigulda on his home track for the first time a World Cup race. He arrived at the Skeleton Championship 2007 in Koenigssee, where he directed his brother Martin Dukurs to fourth place Another outstanding result. During the season he reached ninth in his best finish so far in the World Cup. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, he finished 4th. In the season 2010/11 he was again able to reach the podium with a second place in Cesana. In the overall classification, he finished eighth. At the European Championships in Winterberg, he finished fourth at the World Championships in Koenigssee ninth.

His brother Martin Dukurs is also a successful Skeleton driver.