Ritvars Gulbis

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

Ritvars Gulbis
Curler  ♂
Born	(1980-01-31) 31 January 1980 (age 45)
Team
Curling club	Klubs 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] 2005 Riga 2007 Riga 2008 Riga 2009 Riga 2010 Riga 2011 Riga 2012 Riga 2013 Riga 2014 Riga 2015 Riga 2016 Riga 2018 Riga 2004 Riga 2006 Riga 2007 Riga 2019 Riga

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

Men's

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
2017–18	Ritvars Gulbis	Kristaps Vilks	Raivis Bušmanis	Aivars Avotiņš	Anrijs Briežkalns	Robert Krusts	LMCC 2018
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

Mixed

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

Season	Female	Male	Coach	Events
2017–18	Santa Blumberga	Ritvars Gulbis	Aivars Avotiņš (WMDCC)	LMDCC 2017 WMDCC 2018 (25th)
2018–19	Santa Blumberga	Ritvars Gulbis	Robert Krusts (WMDCC)	LMDCC 2018 WMDCC 2019 (27th)

Record as a coach of national teams

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