 Dukurs in 2017 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Skeleton | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2015 Winterberg | Men |
| European Championships | ||
 | 2016 St. Moritz | Men |
 | 2012 Altenberg | Men |
| 2014 Königssee | Men |
| 2017 Winterberg | Men |
| 2020 Sigulda | Men |
| 2007 Königssee | Men |
| 2013 Igls | Men |
| 2015 La Plagne | 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 finished fourth in the men's skeleton event at Vancouver in 2010 and 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.
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. [1]
| Season | Place | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 19th | 69 | CAL — | LKP — | LIL 13 | SIG 1 | ALT — | ||||
| 2004–05 | 17th | 154 | WIN 31 | ALT 15 | IGL 23 | SIG 9 | CES 33 | STM 17 | LPL 8 | ||
| 2005–06 | 23rd | 100 | CAL 29 | LPL 33 | IGL 29 | SIG 12 | KON 14 | STM 23 | ALT 18 | ||
| 2006–07 | 9th | 278 | CAL 17 | PKC 25 | LPL 12 | NAG 7 | IGL 17 | CES 17 | WIN 9 | KON 4 | |
| 2007–08 | 11th | 916 | CAL 18 | PKC 15 | LPL 20 | CES1 12 | CES2 17 | STM 12 | KON 3 | WIN 13 | |
| 2008–09 | 16th | 761 | WIN 14 | ALT 7 | IGL 16 | KON 16 | STM 24 | WIN 16 | PKC 20 | LKP 18 | |
| 2009–10 | 4th | 1352 | PKC 12 | LKP 4 | CES 7 | WIN 4 | ALT 6 | KON 7 | STM 11 | IGL 4 | |
| 2010–11 | 8th | 1242 | WHI 10 | CAL 25 | PKC 7 | LKP 8 | IGL 8 | WIN 4 | STM 7 | CES 2 | |
| 2011–12 | 3rd | 1524 | IGL 3 | LPL 2 | WIN 7 | ALT 2 | KON 7 | STM 4 | WHI 5 | CAL 4 | |
| 2012–13 | 2nd | 1746 | LKP 2 | PKC 4 | WHI 3 | WIN 5 | LPL 3 | ALT 4 | KON 5 | IGL 3 | SOC 5 |
| 2013–14 | 2nd | 1608 | CAL 4 | PKC 6 | LKP 3 | WIN 2 | STM1 2 | STM2 2 | IGL 3 | KON 2 | |
| 2014–15 | 2nd | 1526 | LKP 2 | CAL 2 | ALT 2 | KON 8 | STM 5 | LPL 3 | IGL 8 | SOC 4 | |
| 2015–16 | 3rd | 1548 | ALT 5 | WIN 6 | KON1 4 | LPL 3 | PAC 6 | WHI 2 | STM 2 | KON2 3 | |
| 2016–17 | 9th | 1218 | WHI 13 | LPL 4 | ALT 7 | WIN 2 | STM 6 | KON 9 | IGL DSQ | PYE 3 | |
| 2017–18 | 3rd | 1464 | LPL 6 | PAC 4 | WHI 3 | WIN 5 | IGL 6 | ALT 6 | STM 8 | KON 3 | |
| 2018–19 | 7th | 1272 | SIG 6 | WIN 5 | ALT 10 | IGL 5 | STM 4 | LPL – | CAL 4 | WHI 3 | |
| 2019–20 | 6th | 1314 | LPL1 6 | LPL2 5 | WIN 10 | LPG 10 | IGL 12 | KON 6 | STM 9 | SIG 2 | |
| 2020–21 | 3rd | 1226 | SIG1 4 | SIG2 2 | IGL1 10 | IGL2 8 | WIN 6 | STM 5 | KON 8 | IGL3 – | |
| 2021–22 | 8th | 1249 | IGL1 16 | IGL2 18 | ALT1 7 | WIN1 7 | ALT2 8 | SIG 1 | WIN2 5 | STM 7 |
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