Latvia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Latvia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv
in Lillehammer
Competitors	16 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kristers Aparjods	Luge	Boys' singles	14 February
Silver	Deniss Vasiljevs	Figure skating	Boys' singles	15 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Diana Nikitina	Figure skating	Team trophy	20 February
Bronze	Karlis Kruzbergs	Short track	Mixed team relay	20 February
Bronze	Deniss Vasiljevs	Figure skating	Team trophy	20 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zaks Gedra	Slalom	DNF		Did not advance
	Giant slalom	1:20.36	16	Did not finish
	Super-G	N/A				1:15.42	36
	Combined	1:14.73	30	41.97	10	1:56.70	16

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zanete Gedra	Super-G	N/A				1:19.63	30

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ernests Loktevs	Sprint	22:27.5	3	41
	Pursuit	35:48.0	4	41

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Nora Osite	Sprint	22:12.5	2	45
	Pursuit	34.11.2	6	43

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Nora Osite Ernests Loktevs	Single mixed relay	47:37.3	6+18	23

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raimo Vigants	10 km freestyle	N/A						26:35.9	31
	Classical sprint	3:06.42	12 Q	3:13.50	5	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:13.32	13 Q	N/A		3:11.43	7	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patricija Eiduka	5 km freestyle	N/A						14:23.4	21
	Classical sprint	3:50.56	30 Q	3:48.44	6	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:12.10	37	N/A		Did not advance

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Deniss Vasiljevs	Boys' singles	70.16	3	144.27	1	214.43
Diana Nikitina	Girls' singles	58.81	3	106.79	4	165.60	5

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Discovery  Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (CAN)  Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen (CHN)  Fruzsina Medgyesi (HUN)  Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)	Team trophy	73.78 6	74.45 3	71.26 1	149.09 8	18
Team Future  Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras (FRA)  Anna Duskova / Martin Bidar (CZE)  Diana Nikitina (LAT)  Ivan Shmuratko (UKR)	Team trophy	63.06 3	103.91 7	107.47 7	89.66 3	20

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual sleds

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristers Aparjods	Boys	47.691	1	47.618	1	1:35.309
Anda Upite	Girls	53.601	9	53.821	10	1:47.422	9
Kaspars Slahota Aksels Tupe	Doubles	54.350	10	53.819	8	1:48.169	9

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Girls		Boys		Doubles		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anda Upite Kristers Aparjods Aksels Tupe Kaspars Slahota	Team relay	57.887	7	57.085	1	59.715	6	2:54.687	5

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karlis Kruzbergs	500 m	45.766	4 SC/D	47.371	3 FD	45.680	14
	1000 m	1:33.621	4 SC/D	1:54.695	2 FC	1:40.632	11

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team F  Katrin Manoilova (BUL)  Anita Nagay (KAZ)  Karlis Kruzbergs (LAT)  Kazuki Yoshinaga (JPN)	Mixed team relay	4:15.669	1 FA	4:17.181

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Krists Netlaus	Boys	54.09	4	54.09	4	1:48.18	4
Paula Lace	Girls	56.39	6	56.07	3	1:52.46	4
Darta Zunte	Girls	56.23	3	56.70	10	1:52.93	5

See also

• Latvia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References