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.Latvia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
Latvians have won a total of 25 Paralympic medals, of which eight gold, eight silver and nine bronze.Latvia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
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.Latvia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee On 11 March 2026, Latvia won the first medal in their Winter Paralympics history, with Poļina Rožkova and Agris Lasmans's bronze medal in the Mixed doubles curling.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1992 Barcelona/Madrid 2 0 0 0 0 – 1996 Atlanta 5 0 0 0 0 – 2000 Sydney 5 0 0 3 3 63 2004 Athens 7 1 1 1 3 52 2008 Beijing 18 1 2 0 3 45 2012 London 8 1 1 0 2 47 2016 Rio de Janeiro 11 2 0 2 4 45 2020 Tokyo 7 0 3 2 5 66 2024 Paris 8 3 1 0 4 36 2028 Los Angeles future event 2032 Brisbane future event Total 8 8 8 24 63
Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano did not participate 2002 Salt Lake City did not participate 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver did not participate 2014 Sochi did not participate 2018 PyeongChang did not participate 2022 Beijing 5 0 0 0 0 – 2026 Milano Cortina 7 0 0 1 1 – 2030 French Alps Future event 2034 Utah Future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
List of medalists Summer Paralympics Medal Name Games Sport Event Athletics Men's discus throw F52 Athletics Men's long jump F13 Athletics Men's shot put F52 Athletics Men's discus throw F52 Athletics Men's shot put F35 Athletics Men's discus throw F35 Athletics Men's discus throw F33/F34/F52 Athletics Men's shot put F33/F34/F52 Athletics Men's shot put F35/F36 Athletics Men's shot put F52-53 Athletics Men's discus throw F51-53 Athletics Men's discus throw F51-52 Athletics Women's javelin throw F55-56 Athletics Men's shot put F35 Athletics Women's discus throw F552020 TokyoAthleticsWomen's discus throw F55on King Of The Dance2020 TokyoEquestrianIndividual championship test grade Ion King Of The Dance2020 TokyoEquestrianIndividual freestyle test grade I2020 TokyoAthleticsMen's discus throw F522020 TokyoAthleticsWomen's javelin throw F562024 ParisAthleticsWomen's javelin throw F55-56on King Of The Dance2024 ParisEquestrianIndividual championship test grade Ion King Of The Dance2024 ParisEquestrianIndividual freestyle test grade I2024 ParisAthleticsMen's discus throw F52
Winter Paralympics Medal Name Games Sport Event Wheelchair curling Mixed doubles
See also Latvia at the Olympics
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