For the Summer Games, athletes representing Latvia first competed at the Games of the VIII Olympic Paris 1924, taking part in the sports or disciplines of athletics, boxing, track cycling, football, weightlifting and wrestling. At the Games of the X Olympiad Los Angeles 1932, Janis Dalins became the first athlete representing Latvia to win an Olympic medal of any colour, capturing silver in the men’s athletics 50 km walk event. At the Games of the XXVII Olympiad Sydney 2000, Igors Vihrovs became the first athlete representing Latvia to win an Olympic gold medal, competing in the men’s artistic gymnastics floor exercise event. For the Winter Games, athletes representing Latvia first competed at the I Olympic Winter Games Chamonix 1924, taking part in the disciplines of cross country skiing and speed skating. At the XX Olympic Winter Games Turin 2006, Martins Rubenis became the first athlete representing Latvia to win an Olympic Winter Games medal of an colour, capturing bronze in the men’s luge singles event. At the XXII Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, athletes representing Latvia won a first Olympic Winter Games gold medal, competing in the men’s bobsleigh four-man event.

At Beijing 2022, Latvia won one medal - a bronze in the luge mixed team relay, courtesy of Roberts Plume, Martins Bots, Kristers Aparjods and Eliza Tiruma. Plume and Bots also came close to a medal in the doubles event, where they finished fourth ahead of their compatriots Andris Sics and Juris Sics in fifth place. Aparjods finished fifth in men's singles, while Tiruma finished the women's singles in eighth place. Tiruma's bronze in Beijing made her the first female athlete to win more than one Winter Games medal for Latvia, as she was part of the bronze medal-winning mixed relay team at Sochi 2014. Latvia also finished fifth in the bobsleigh 4-man, while skeleton slider Martins Dukurs finished seventh in the men's individual race. Also in Beijing, short track speed skater Roberts Kruzbergs finished ninth in the men's 500m event, and figure skater Deniss Vasiljevs finished 13th in men's single skating. The Latvian men's ice hockey team were eliminated by Denmark in the first knockout round to finish ranked 11th out of 12 teams.

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Medals won at previous Olympic Winter Games by discipline

Medals won at previous Olympic Winter Games

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