Latvia at the Paralympics

Latvia at the
Paralympics
IPC code LAT
NPC Latvian Paralympic Committee
Website www.lpkomiteja.lv (Latvian)
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

Latvia, following its independence from the Soviet Union, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with a delegation of two athletes (Armands Lizbovskis and Aldis Supulnieks) in track and field. It then sent Supulnieks as its sole representative to the 1994 Winter Paralympics, for its Winter Games début. (He competed in cross-country skiing.) Latvia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but missed the 1998 and 2002 Winter Games, appearing with a one-man delegation in 2006, before being absent again in 2010.[1]

Latvians have won a total of nine Paralympic medals, of which two gold, three silver and two bronze. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games, and all in track and field.[2]

The country obtained its first medals in 2000 in Sydney, when Aigars Apinis took bronze in both the discus and the shot put (F52 category). Latvia's third medal of the Sydney Games was also a bronze, through Armands Lizbovskis in the long jump (F13). These were Lizbovskis' third and last Games. In 2004, Apinis became Latvia's first Paralympic champion when he won the F52 discus event, establishing a new Paralympic record with a throw of 18.98m. At the same Games, Edgars Bergs took silver in the shot put and bronze in the discus (F35). In 2008, Apinis and Bergs were again Latvia's sole medal winners. The former won gold in the discus (with a world record throw of 20.47m) and silver in the shot put (F33/34/52), while the latter also won silver in the shot put (F35/36). Apinis thus remains Latvia's only Paralympic champion to date.[3]

Medal tallies

Summer Paralympics

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1992 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -
1996 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -
2000 Summer Paralympics 0 0 3 3 63rd
2004 Summer Paralympics 1 1 1 3 52nd
2008 Summer Paralympics 1 2 0 3 45th
2012 Summer Paralympics 1 1 0 2 47th
2016 Summer Paralympics 2 0 2 4 45th
Total: 5 4 6 15

Winter Paralympics

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1994 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -
2006 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's discus throw F52
 Bronze Ližbovskis, ArmandsArmands Ližbovskis Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's long jump F13
 Bronze Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's shot put F52
 Gold Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Men's discus throw F52
 Silver Bergs, EdgarsEdgars Bergs Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Men's shot put F35
 Bronze Bergs, EdgarsEdgars Bergs Greece 2004 Athens Athletics Men's discus throw F35
 Gold Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis China 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's discus throw F33/F34/F52
 Silver Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis China 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's shot put F33/F34/F52
 Silver Bergs, EdgarsEdgars Bergs China 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's shot put F35/F36
 Gold Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's shot put F52-53
 Silver Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's discus throw F51-53
 Gold Apinis, AigarsAigars Apinis Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's discus throw F51-52
 Gold Dadzīte, DiānaDiāna Dadzīte Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's javelin throw F55-56
 Bronze Bergs, EdgarsEdgars Bergs Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's shot put F35
 Bronze Dadzīte, DiānaDiāna Dadzīte Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's discus throw F55

See also

References

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