Latvia at the Paralympics

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]

Latvia at the Paralympics
IPC code	LAT
NPC	Latvian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.lpkomiteja.lv (in Latvian)
Medals	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 6 Total 15
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1994 1998–2002 2006 2010–2018
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

Latvians have won a total of 15 Paralympic medals, of which five gold, four silver and six 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). Until, the 2016 Games, Apinis remained as 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	Aigars Apinis	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
Bronze	Armands Ližbovskis	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's long jump F13
Bronze	Aigars Apinis	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's shot put F52
Gold	Aigars Apinis	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
Silver	Edgars Bergs	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put F35
Bronze	Edgars Bergs	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw F35
Gold	Aigars Apinis	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw F33/F34/F52
Silver	Aigars Apinis	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F33/F34/F52
Silver	Edgars Bergs	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F35/F36
Gold	Aigars Apinis	2012 London	Athletics	Men's shot put F52-53
Silver	Aigars Apinis	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw F51-53
Gold	Aigars Apinis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's discus throw F51-52
Gold	Diāna Dadzīte	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F55-56
Bronze	Edgars Bergs	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's shot put F35
Bronze	Diāna Dadzīte	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's discus throw F55

See also

• Latvia at the Olympics

References

1. Latvia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
2. Latvia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
3. Latvia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee