Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | LAT |
NOC | Latvian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022 | |
Competitors | 60 (49 men and 11 women) in 11 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Lauris Dārziņš Elīza Tīruma |
Flag bearer (closing) | Matīss Miknis |
Medals Ranked 27th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Soviet Union (1956–1988) |
Latvia competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 — 20 February 2022,[1][2] gaining 1 medal.
Lauris Dārziņš and Elīza Tīruma were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[3][4] Meanwhile, bobsledder, Matīss Miknis was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[5]
Competitors
[edit]The following is a list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Biathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bobsleigh | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Cross-country skiing | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Figure skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ice hockey | 27 | 0 | 27 |
Luge | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Nordic combined | 1 | — | 1 |
Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Skeleton | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 49 | 11 | 60 |
Medalists
[edit]The following Latvian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Elīza Tīruma Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme |
Luge | Team relay | 10 February |
Alpine skiing
[edit]By meeting the basic qualification standards Latvia qualified one male (Miks Edgars Zvejnieks) and one female (Liene Bondare) alpine skier.[6]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Miks Edgars Zvejnieks | Men's giant slalom | 1:09.59 | 33 | 1:13.04 | 26 | 2:22.63 | 26 |
Men's slalom | DNF | did not advance | |||||
Liene Bondare | Women's slalom | 1:00.45 | 48 | DNF |
Biathlon
[edit]Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Baiba Bendika | Women's sprint | 23:20.7 | 3 (1+2) | 50 |
Women's pursuit | 41:11.9 | 6 (2+1+2+1) | 48 | |
Women's individual | 51:10.3 | 6 (1+3+0+2) | 58 |
Bobsleigh
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Oskars Ķibermanis* Matīss Miknis |
Two-man | 59.65 | 10 | 59.94 | 7 | 59.82 | 10 | 59.93 | 5 | 3:59.34 | 9 |
Emīls Cipulis* Edgars Nemme |
1:00.00 | 18 | 1:00.24 | 16 | 1:00.20 | 16 | 1:00.46 | 18 | 4:00.90 | 17 | |
Oskars Ķibermanis* Dāvis Spriņģis Matīss Miknis Edgars Nemme |
Four-man | 58.70 | 7 | 58.86 | 2 | 58.41 | 4 | 59.30 | =5 | 3:55.27 | 5 |
* – Denotes the driver of the sled
Cross-country skiing
[edit]Latvia qualified two male and five female cross-country skiers.[7]
- Distance
- Men
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Roberts Slotiņš | 15 km classical | — | 44:44.8 | +6:50.0 | 74 | |||
Raimo Vīgants | 43:10.9 | +5:16.1 | 62 | |||||
Raimo Vīgants | 30 km skiathlon | 44:05.9 | 50 | LAP | 51 | |||
Roberts Slotiņš | 50 km freestyle | — | 1:24:46.4 | +13:13.7 | 54 | |||
Raimo Vīgants | 1:18:55.2 | +7:22.5 | 44 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Kitija Auziņa | 10 km classical | — | 33:26.3 | +5:20.0 | 68 | |||
Patrīcija Eiduka | — | 30:34.7 | +2:28.4 | 23 | ||||
Samanta Krampe | — | 39:34.2 | +11:27.9 | 93 | ||||
Estere Volfa | — | 36:36.9 | +8:30.6 | 84 | ||||
Patrīcija Eiduka | 15 km skiathlon | DNS | - | |||||
Baiba Bendika | 30 km freestyle | — | 1:33:37.8 | +8:43.8 | 31 | |||
Patrīcija Eiduka | — | 1:33:51.2 | +8:57.2 | 32 | ||||
Patrīcija Eiduka Kitija Auziņa Estere Volfa Samanta Krampe |
4 × 5 km relay | — | 1:01:20.6 | +7:39.6 | 17 |
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Roberts Slotiņš | Men's sprint | 3:07.41 | 70 | did not advance | |||||
Raimo Vīgants | 2:53.98 | 28 Q | 3:06.63 | 4 | did not advance | 20 | |||
Roberts Slotiņš Raimo Vīgants |
Men's team sprint | — | 21:06.82 | 11 | Did not advance | 21 | |||
Kitija Auziņa | Women's sprint | 3:51.60 | 76 | did not advance | |||||
Patrīcija Eiduka | 3:24.32 | 32 | did not advance | ||||||
Samanta Krampe | 3:46.66 | 73 | did not advance | ||||||
Estere Volfa | 4:03.36 | 81 | did not advance | ||||||
Kitija Auziņa Estere Volfa |
Women's team sprint | — | 26:46.26 | 11 | Did not advance | 21 |
Figure skating
[edit]In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Latvia secured one quota in the men's competition.[8]
- Individual
Athlete | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Deniss Vasiļjevs | Men's singles | 85.30 | 16 Q | 167.41 | 12 | 252.71 | 13 |
Ice hockey
[edit]- Summary
Key:
- OT – Overtime
- GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
Team | Event | Group stage | Qualification playoff |
Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Latvia men's | Men's tournament | Sweden L 2–3 |
Finland L 1–3 |
Slovakia L 2–5 |
— | 4 | Denmark L 2–3 |
did not advance | 11 |
Latvia has qualified 28 male competitors to the ice hockey tournament.[9]
Men's tournament
[edit]Latvia men's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament.[10]
- Team roster
The roster was announced on 24 January 2022.[11]
Head coach: Harijs Vītoliņš
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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9 | F | Renārs Krastenbergs | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 26 December 1998 (aged 23) | EC VSV |
10 | F | Lauris Dārziņš (C) | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 28 January 1985 (aged 37) | Dinamo Riga |
14 | F | Rihards Bukarts | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 31 December 1995 (aged 26) | Admiral Vladivostok |
15 | F | Mārtiņš Karsums | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 26 February 1986 (aged 35) | Dinamo Riga |
16 | F | Kaspars Daugaviņš | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 18 May 1988 (aged 33) | SC Bern |
17 | F | Mārtiņš Dzierkals | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 4 April 1997 (aged 24) | HC Škoda Plzeň |
18 | F | Rodrigo Ābols (A) | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 5 January 1996 (aged 26) | Örebro HK |
23 | D | Kārlis Čukste | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 17 June 1997 (aged 24) | Dinamo Riga |
24 | D | Patriks Ozols | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 2 February 2001 (aged 21) | Dinamo Riga |
25 | F | Andris Džeriņš | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 14 February 1988 (aged 33) | Steinbach Black Wings 1992 |
26 | D | Uvis Balinskis | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 1 August 1996 (aged 25) | HC Verva Litvínov |
27 | D | Oskars Cibuļskis (A) | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 9 April 1988 (aged 33) | Dinamo Riga |
29 | D | Ralfs Freibergs | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 17 May 1991 (aged 30) | Dinamo Riga |
32 | D | Artūrs Kulda | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 25 July 1988 (aged 33) | Krefeld Pinguine |
48 | D | Nauris Sējējs | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 15 March 2001 (aged 20) | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
50 | G | Kristers Gudļevskis | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 31 July 1992 (aged 29) | Brynäs IF |
55 | D | Roberts Mamčics | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | 105 kg (231 lb) | 6 April 1995 (aged 26) | PSG Berani Zlín |
69 | F | Nikolajs Jeļisejevs | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 7 July 1994 (aged 27) | Dinamo Riga |
70 | F | Miks Indrašis | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 30 September 1990 (aged 31) | Admiral Vladivostok |
72 | D | Jānis Jaks | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 22 August 1995 (aged 26) | HC Sochi |
73 | F | Deniss Smirnovs | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 7 March 1999 (aged 22) | Genève-Servette HC |
74 | G | Ivars Punnenovs | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 30 May 1994 (aged 27) | SCL Tigers |
77 | D | Kristaps Zīle | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 24 December 1997 (aged 24) | Dinamo Riga |
87 | F | Gints Meija | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 4 September 1987 (aged 34) | Dinamo Riga |
91 | F | Ronalds Ķēniņš | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 28 February 1991 (aged 30) | Lausanne HC |
95 | F | Oskars Batņa | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 7 May 1995 (aged 26) | Mikkelin Jukurit |
98 | G | Jānis Kalniņš | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 13 December 1991 (aged 30) | Växjö Lakers HC |
- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | Playoffs |
4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 |
10 February 2022 12:10 v | Sweden | 3–2 (1–0, 2–1, 0–1) | Latvia | Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 873 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Lars Johansson | Goalies | Ivars Punnenovs | Referees: Martin Fraňo Kristian Vikman Linesmen: William Hancock Nikita Shalagin | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 17 |
11 February 2022 21:10 v | Latvia | 1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2) | Finland | Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 904 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Jānis Kalniņš | Goalies | Harri Säteri | Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dmitry Shishlo | |||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 38 |
13 February 2022 12:10 v | Slovakia | 5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1) | Latvia | Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 943 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrik Rybár | Goalies | Jānis Kalniņš | Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dmitry Shishlo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 20 |
- Playoffs
15 February 2022 12:10 v | Denmark | 3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0) | Latvia | Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 726 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Jānis Kalniņš Ivars Punnenovs | Referees: Andrew Bruggema André Schrader Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Dmitry Shishlo | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 27 |
Nordic combined
[edit]Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Markuss Vinogradovs | Individual normal hill/10 km | 72.0 | 55.0 | 43 | 29:22.4 | 44 | 34:34.4 | 44 |
Individual large hill/10 km | 88.0 | 30.9 | 47 | DNF |
Luge
[edit]Based on the results from the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Latvia qualified 8 sleds.[12]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kristers Aparjods | Singles | 57.364 | 4 | 57.597 | 6 | 57.399 | 4 | 57.693 | 9 | 3:50.053 | 5 |
Gints Bērziņš | 57.414 | 7 | 57.709 | 7 | 57.480 | 6 | 57.570 | 7 | 3:50.173 | 7 | |
Artūrs Dārznieks | 58.166 | 17 | 59.370 | 28 | 57.932 | 12 | 58.241 | 17 | 3:53.709 | 18 | |
Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme |
Doubles | 58.628 | 5 | 58.791 | 5 | — | 1:57.419 | 4 | |||
Andris Šics Juris Šics |
58.703 | 6 | 58.734 | 4 | — | 1:57.437 | 5 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kendija Aparjode | Singles | 59.107 | 13 | 59.020 | 7 | 58.928 | 15 | 59.084 | 12 | 3:56.139 | 11 |
Elīza Tīruma | 58.956 | 8 | 58.849 | 6 | 58.865 | 11 | 58.771 | 8 | 3:55.441 | 8 | |
Elīna Ieva Vītola | 59.025 | 12 | 59.140 | 14 | 59.029 | 17 | 1:00.957 | 18 | 3:58.151 | 18 |
- Mixed team relay
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Elīza Tīruma Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme |
Team relay | 1:00.578 | 5 | 1:01.451 | 3 | 1:02.325 | 5 | 3:04.354 |
Short track speed skating
[edit]Latvia has qualified two male short track speed skaters.[13]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Reinis Bērziņš | Men's 1500 m | — | 2:15.371 | 5 ADV | 2:14.714 | 4 QB | 2:18.499 | 15 | |
Roberts Krūzbergs | Men's 500 m | 40.430 | 3 q | 40.694 | 3 q | 41.870 | 5 QB | 41.465 | 9 |
Men's 1000 m | 1:23.979 | 3 | did not advance | 20 | |||||
Men's 1500 m | — | 2:10.999 | 5 | did not advance | 26 |
Skeleton
[edit]Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Martins Dukurs | Men's | 1:00.62 | 6 | 1:00.62 | 3 | 1:00.40 | 4 | 1:01.12 | 13 | 4:02.76 | 7 |
Tomass Dukurs | 1:00.76 | 8 | 1:00.79 | 7 | 1:00.74 | 10 | 1:00.92 | 10 | 4:03.21 | 9 | |
Endija Tērauda | Women's | 1:02.98 | 20 | 1:03.15 | 19 | 1:02.65 | 18 | 1:02.79 | 17 | 4:11.57 | 20 |
Speed skating
[edit]- Individual
Athlete | Event | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Haralds Silovs | Men's 1500 metres | 1:48.24 | 24 |
- Mass start
Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | ||
Haralds Silovs | Men's mass start | 3 | 7:59.50 | 9 | did not advance | 17 |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation. 19 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.