Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the
2014 Winter Olympics

IOC code

LAT

NOC

Latvian Olympic Committee

Website

www.olimpiade.lv (Latvian) (English)

in Sochi

Competitors

58 in 9 sports

Flag bearer

Sandis Ozoliņš (opening)^[1]^[2] Daumants Dreiškens (closing)^[3]

Medals
Ranked 23rd

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	2	2	4

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

Russian Empire (1900–1912)

Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Latvian team consisted of 58 athletes in nine sports. These were the third consecutive games the country qualified to send 58 athletes.^[4] Ice hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs tested positive for methylhexaneamine and was thrown out of the Olympics.^[5]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
02 ! Silver	Martins Dukurs	Skeleton	Men's	15 February
02 ! Silver	Oskars Melbārdis Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens Jānis Strenga	Bobsleigh	Four-man	23 February
03 ! Bronze	Andris Šics Juris Šics	Luge	Men's doubles	12 February
03 ! Bronze	Mārtiņš Rubenis Elīza Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics	Luge	Mixed team relay	13 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had five athletes in qualification position.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mārtiņš Onskulis	Men's giant slalom	DNF
Mārtiņš Onskulis	Men's slalom	56.16	61	1:01.44	24	1:57.60	27
Roberts Rode	Men's downhill	N/A				2:17.50	47
	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's super-G	N/A				DNF
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's giant slalom	1:27.80	47	1:29.50	46	2:57.30	43
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's slalom	DNF
Agnese Āboltiņa	Women's giant slalom	1:31.85	61	DNF
	Women's slalom	1:05.44	49	1:01.18	35	2:06.62	37
	Women's super-G	N/A				1:36.10	31
Lelde Gasūna	Women's giant slalom	DNF
Lelde Gasūna	Women's slalom	1:00.47	37	56.82	30	1:57.29	30

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Latvia qualified 1 man and 1 woman.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Men's sprint	25:20.2	1 (1+0)	17
	Men's pursuit	34:36.9	1 (0+0+1+0)	9
	Men's individual	53:18.9	3 (0+1+0+2)	33
	Men's mass start	43:53.1	3 (0+1+1+1)	14
Žanna Juškāne	Women's sprint	25:36.5	6 (2+4)	79
Žanna Juškāne	Women's individual	DNF	6 (2+2+2)	DNF

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvian two-man sled

Latvians took home the silver medal in four-man bobsleigh.

The team consisted of the following athletes:^[4]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis*	Two-man	56.62 SR	8	56.68	=3	56.43	5	56.75	8	3:46.48	5
Oskars Ķibermanis* Vairis Leiboms	Two-man	57.11	15	57.22	19	57.00	15	57.19	19	3:48.52	16
Raivis Broks Oskars Ķibermanis* Vairis Leiboms Helvijs Lūsis	Four-man	55.68	15	55.52	13	55.97	=17	55.81	16	3:42.98	14
Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis* Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste	Four-man	55.10	5	55.13	1	55.15	2	55.31	3	3:40.69	02 !

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had three athletes in qualification position.^[6]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Arvis Liepiņš	Men's 15 km classical	N/A				45:36.2	+7:06.5	73
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	40:44.1	64	38:39.9	66	1:20:00.1	+11:44.7	66
	Men's 50 km freestyle	N/A				2:04:45.6	+17:50.4	59
Jānis Paipals	Men's 15 km classical	N/A				DNF
Inga Dauškāne	Women's 10 km classical	N/A				36:13.1	+7:55.3	65

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arvis Liepiņš	Men's sprint	3:49.28	61	Did not advance
Jānis Paipals	Men's sprint	3:56.21	71	Did not advance
Inga Dauškāne	Women's sprint	2:53.90	59	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvia qualified a men's team by winning a qualification tournament.^[8]

The following is the Latvian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[9]^[10]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2013–14 team
1	G	Muštukovs, ErvīnsErvīns Muštukovs	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	000000001984-04-07-00007 April 1984	Rīga	EfB Ishockey (DEN)
3	F	Stals !Juris Štāls	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb)	000000001982-04-08-00008 April 1982	Rīga	HK Poprad (SVK)
5	F	Sprukts, JānisJānis Sprukts	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	000000001982-01-31-000031 January 1982	Rīga	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
6	D	Rekis !Arvīds Reķis	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (200 lb)	000000001979-01-01-00001 January 1979	Jūrmala	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
8	D	Ozoliņš, SandisSandis Ozoliņš – C	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb)	000000001972-08-03-00003 August 1972	Sigulda	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
9	D	Redlihs, K !Krišjānis Rēdlihs	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	000000001981-01-15-000015 January 1981	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
10	F	Darzins !Lauris Dārziņš – A	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	000000001985-01-28-000028 January 1985	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
11	D	Sotnieks, KristapsKristaps Sotnieks	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	000000001987-01-29-000029 January 1987	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
12	F	Vasiļjevs, HerbertsHerberts Vasiļjevs	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	000000001976-05-23-000023 May 1976	Rīga	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)
15	F	Karsums, MārtiņšMārtiņš Karsums	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	000000001986-02-26-000026 February 1986	Rīga	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
16	F	Daugaviņš, KasparsKaspars Daugaviņš	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	000000001988-05-18-000018 May 1988	Rīga	HC Geneve-Servette (NLA)
21	F	Bērziņš, ArmandsArmands Bērziņš	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)	7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb)	000000001983-12-27-000027 December 1983	Rīga	Beibarys Atyrau (KAZ)
24	F	Redlihs, M !Miķelis Rēdlihs	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001810000000000000♠81 kg (179 lb)	000000001984-07-01-00001 July 1984	Rīga	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
28	F	Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	000000001994-01-05-00005 January 1994	Rīga	Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
29	D	Freibergs, RalfsRalfs Freibergs	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	000000001991-05-17-000017 May 1991	Rīga	Bowling Green State University (NCAA)
31	G	Masaļskis, EdgarsEdgars Masaļskis	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	000000001980-03-31-000031 March 1980	Rīga	HK Poprad (SVK)
32	D	Kulda, ArtūrsArtūrs Kulda	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	000000001988-07-25-000025 July 1988	Leipzig, Germany	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
37	D	Bārtulis, OskarsOskars Bārtulis – A	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb)	000000001987-01-21-000021 January 1987	Ogre	Donbass Donetsk (KHL)
47	F	Cipulis, MārtiņšMārtiņš Cipulis	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	000000001980-11-29-000029 November 1980	Cēsis	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
50	G	Gudļevskis, KristersKristers Gudļevskis	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	000000001992-07-31-000031 July 1992	Aizkraukle	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
51	F	Jass, KobaKoba Jass	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	000000001990-05-04-00004 May 1990	Rīga	Bílí Tygři Liberec (CZE)
70	F	Indrašis, MiksMiks Indrašis	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	000000001990-09-30-000030 September 1990	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
79	F	Pavlovs, VitālijsVitālijs Pavlovs	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	000000001989-06-17-000017 June 1989	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
81	D	Pujacs, GeorgijsGeorgijs Pujacs	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	000000001981-06-11-000011 June 1981	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
91	F	Kenins !Ronalds Ķēniņš	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	000000001991-02-28-000028 February 1991	Rīga	ZSC Lions (NLA)

Group stage

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	10	5	+5	9
Switzerland	3	2	1	2	1	+1	6
Czech Republic	3	1	2	6	7	−1	3
Latvia	3	0	3	5	10	−5	0

12 February 2014
21:00

Latvia

0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 5,116

Game reference

Edgars Masaļskis

Goalies

Jonas Hiller

Referees:

Lars Brüggemann

Brad Meier
Linesmen:

Derek Amell

Sakari Suominen

0–1

59:52 – S. Moser (M. Streit)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

14 February 2014
12:00

Czech Republic

4–2
(2–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Latvia

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 5,831

Game reference

Ondřej Pavelec

Goalies

Edgars Masaļskis

Referees:

Tim Peel

Jyri Rönn
Linesmen:

André Schrader

Mark Wheler

M. Erat (D. Krejčí, A. Hemský) – 10:10	1–0
	1–1	13:05 – J. Sprukts (K. Rēdlihs, L. Dārziņš) (PP)
J. Jágr (M. Židlický, T. Plekanec) (PP) – 19:29	2–1
	2–2	22:45 – H. Vasiļjevs (G. Pujacs)
J. Voráček (Z. Michálek) – 27:06	3–2
M. Židlický (M. Hanzal, P. Nedvěd) – 37:02	4–2

8 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

15 February 2014
21:00

Sweden

5–3
(1–1, 3–1, 1–1)

Latvia

Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 3,709

Game reference

Henrik Lundqvist

Goalies

Kristers Gudļevskis

Referees:

Antonín Jeřábek

Ian Walsh
Linesmen:

Tommy George

Andy McElman

P. Berglund (E. Karlsson, A. Steen) (PP) – 15:50	1–0
	1–1	18:48 – L. Dārziņš (J. Sprukts, K. Sotnieks)
	1–2	21:22 – J. Sprukts (K. Rēdlihs, M. Karsums) (PP)
E. Karlsson (N. Bäckström, D. Alfredsson) (PP) – 22:45	2–2
D. Alfredsson (D. Sedin, A. Edler) (PP) – 36:14	3–2
J. Ericsson (O. Ekman-Larsson, J. Silfverberg) (PP) – 38:47	4–2
	4–3	41:28 – Z. Girgensons (K. Daugaviņš, R. Freibergs) (PP)
A. Edler (D. Sedin, M. Johansson) – 52:20	5–3

12 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

Qualification playoff

18 February 2014
21:00

Switzerland

1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Latvia

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 7,912

Game reference

Jonas Hiller

Goalies

Edgars Masaļskis

Referees:

Mike Leggo

Jyri Rönn
Linesmen:

Brad Kovachik

André Schrader

	0–1	08:38 – O. Bārtulis (K. Daugaviņš, Z. Girgensons)
	0–2	11:19 – L. Dārziņš (M. Rēdlihs) (PP)
M. Plüss (R. Suri) – 35:01	1–2
	1–3	59:00 – L. Dārziņš (V. Pavlovs) (ENG)

4 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

Quarterfinal

19 February 2014
21:00

Canada

2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 9,825

Game reference

Carey Price

Goalies

Kristers Gudļevskis

Referees:

Tim Peel

Jyri Rönn
Linesmen:

Brad Kovachik

Sakari Suominen

P. Sharp (R. Nash) – 13:37	1–0
	1–1	15:41 – L. Dārziņš (A. Kulda, J. Sprukts)
S. Weber (D. Doughty, J. Toews) (PP) – 53:06	2–1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvia achieved the following quota places:

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inārs Kivlenieks	Singles	52.872	15	52.927	20	52.347	16	52.379	17	3:30.525	16
Kristaps Mauriņš		53.144	23	52.923	19	52.518	21	52.630	23	3:31.215	21
Mārtiņš Rubenis		52.775	=11	52.560	7	52.229	10	52.133	5	3:29.697	10
Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš	Doubles	50.388	12	50.074	9	N/A				1:40.462	10
Andris Šics Juris Šics	Doubles	49.880	5	49.910	3	N/A				1:39.790	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elīza Tīruma	Singles	50.926	11	50.651	12	50.758	12	50.736	13	3:23.071	12
Ulla Zirne	Singles	51.125	15	51.159	21	51.054	15	51.347	21	3:24.685	18

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics Elīza Tīruma	Team relay	54.745	5	56.048	4	56.502	4	2:47.295	03 !

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roberto Puķītis	1500 m	2:30.671	5 ADV	2:16.961	5	Did not advance	15

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvia had three athletes in qualification positions.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martins Dukurs	Men's	56.18	2	56.37	2	56.26	1	56.29	2	3:45.10	02 !
Tomass Dukurs	Men's	57.03	6	57.06	12	56.75	5	56.74	=7	3:47.58	4
Lelde Priedulēna	Women's	59.73	16	59.31	11	58.73	12	58.51	10	3:56.28	14

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Men

Haralds Silovs (under) riding the 1500 m

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haralds Silovs	500 m	36.12	39	36.32	38	72.44	37
	1000 m	N/A				1:10.29	24
	1500 m	N/A				1:46.79	14

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↑ Team Roster Latvia

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