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Ritvars Gulbis

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Ritvars Gulbis
 
Born (1980-01-31) 31 January 1980 (age 44)
Team
Curling clubKlubs A41, Riga[1]
Mixed doubles
partner
Santa Blumberga
Curling career
Member Association Latvia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
2 (2018, 2019)
European Championship
appearances
13 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
Medal record
Curling
Latvian Men's Championship[2]
Gold medal – first place 2005 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2007 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2008 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2009 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2010 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2011 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2012 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2013 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2014 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2015 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2016 Riga
Gold medal – first place 2018 Riga
Silver medal – second place 2004 Riga
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Riga
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Riga
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Riga

Ritvars Gulbis (born 31 January 1980) is a Latvian curler and curling coach.[3][4]

One of the most awarded curlers in Latvia – as of May 2018 he is a twelve-time Latvian men's champion curler (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) and two-time Latvian mixed doubles champion curler (2017, 2018).

Teams

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2003–04 Ainārs Gulbis Ritvars Gulbis Pēteris Šveisbergs Aivars Avotiņš Ilgonis Zids ECC 2003 (19th)
2005–06 Ainārs Gulbis (fourth) Ritvars Gulbis (skip) Aivars Avotiņš Normunds Šaršūns Iveta Staša,
Brian Gray
ECC 2005 (21st)
2007–08 Ritvars Gulbis Ainārs Gulbis Aivars Avotiņš Normunds Šaršūns Brian Gray ECC 2007 (13th)
2008–09 Ritvars Gulbis Ainārs Gulbis Aivars Avotiņš Normunds Šaršūns Brian Gray ECC 2008 (20th)
2009–10 Ritvars Gulbis Ainārs Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš Brian Gray ECC 2009 (20th)
2010–11 Ritvars Gulbis Ainārs Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš ECC 2010 (12th)
2011–12 Ritvars Gulbis Ainārs Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš Iveta Staša-Šaršūne ECC 2011 (9th)
2012–13 Ritvars Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš Robert Krusts Iveta Staša-Šaršūne ECC 2012 (12th)
2013–14 Ritvars Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš Artūrs Gerhards Raivis Bušmanis Robert Krusts ECC 2013 (8th)
2014–15 Ritvars Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Artūrs Gerhards Aivars Avotiņš Jānis Klīve Karri Willms ECC 2014 (10th)
2015–16 Ritvars Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš Raivis Bušmanis Artūrs Gerhards Robert Krusts ECC 2015 (13th)
2016–17 Ritvars Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš Raivis Bušmanis Jānis Klīve Robert Krusts ECC 2016 (15th)
Ritvars Gulbis Raivis Bušmanis Aivars Avotiņš Normunds Šaršūns Robert Krusts LMCC 2017 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017–18 Ritvars Gulbis Kristaps Vilks Raivis Bušmanis Aivars Avotiņš Anrijs Briežkalns Robert Krusts LMCC 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018–19 Ritvars Gulbis Raivis Bušmanis Aivars Avotiņš Anrijs Mikus Briezkalns Kristaps Vilks Robert Krusts ECC 2018 (14th)
Ritvars Gulbis Ainārs Gulbis Aivars Avotiņš Normunds Šaršūns Anrijs Briežkalns Robert Krusts LMCC 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
2003–04 Ritvars Gulbis Ainārs Gulbis Anita Jansone-Laizāne Maija Prozoroviča Aivars Avotiņš LMxCC 2004 (8th)

Mixed doubles

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Season Female Male Coach Events
2017–18 Santa Blumberga Ritvars Gulbis Aivars Avotiņš (WMDCC) LMDCC 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMDCC 2018 (25th)
2018–19 Santa Blumberga Ritvars Gulbis Robert Krusts (WMDCC) LMDCC 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMDCC 2019 (27th)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
2017 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship  Latvia (mixed double)
8
2017 2017 European Curling Championships  Latvia (women)
12
2018 2018 European Curling Championships  Latvia (women)
5
2019 2019 European Curling Championships  Latvia (women)
10

References

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