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 codeLAT
NPCLatvian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.lpkomiteja.lv (in Latvian)
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
15
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
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 Paralympics0000-
1996 Summer Paralympics0000-
2000 Summer Paralympics003363rd
2004 Summer Paralympics111352nd
2008 Summer Paralympics120345th
2012 Summer Paralympics110247th
2016 Summer Paralympics202445th
Total:54615

Winter Paralympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1994 Winter Paralympics0000-
2006 Winter Paralympics0000-

List of medalists

Summer Olympics
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeAigars Apinis 2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's discus throw F52
 BronzeArmands Ližbovskis 2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's long jump F13
 BronzeAigars Apinis 2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's shot put F52
 GoldAigars Apinis 2004 Athens AthleticsMen's discus throw F52
 SilverEdgars Bergs 2004 Athens AthleticsMen's shot put F35
 BronzeEdgars Bergs 2004 Athens AthleticsMen's discus throw F35
 GoldAigars Apinis 2008 Beijing AthleticsMen's discus throw F33/F34/F52
 SilverAigars Apinis 2008 Beijing AthleticsMen's shot put F33/F34/F52
 SilverEdgars Bergs 2008 Beijing AthleticsMen's shot put F35/F36
 GoldAigars Apinis 2012 London AthleticsMen's shot put F52-53
 SilverAigars Apinis 2012 London AthleticsMen's discus throw F51-53
 GoldAigars Apinis 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's discus throw F51-52
 GoldDiāna Dadzīte 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's javelin throw F55-56
 BronzeEdgars Bergs 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's shot put F35
 BronzeDiāna Dadzīte 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's discus throw F55
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See also

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
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