Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors	58 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Sandis Ozoliņš (opening)[1][2] Daumants Dreiškens (closing)[3]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
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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]

Latvia originally won two silver medals and two bronze medals. In November 2017, the Russian Bobsleigh teams that came first and fourth in the four-man event, was disqualified. In addition, the Russian Bobsleigh teams that came first and fourth in the two-man event, was also disqualified. This meant Latvia moved from the original 5th place to the bronze medal position in the two-man event and from the original silver medal to the gold medal position in the four-man event respectively.^[6][7][8] The IOC requested that the FIBT modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.^[9][10] Also, the gold medal in the four-man Bobsleigh event is Latvia's first Winter Olympic gold medal.^[11]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Oskars Melbārdis Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens Jānis Strenga	Bobsleigh	Four-man	23 February
Silver	Martins Dukurs	Skeleton	Men's	15 February
Bronze	Andris Šics Juris Šics	Luge	Men's doubles	12 February
Bronze	Mārtiņš Rubenis Elīza Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics	Luge	Mixed team relay	13 February
Bronze	Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis	Bobsleigh	Two-man	17 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.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mārtiņš Onskulis	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	56.16	61	1:01.44	24	1:57.60	27
Roberts Rode	Men's downhill	—				2:17.50	47
	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's super-G	—				DNF
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's giant slalom	1:27.80	47	1:29.50	46	2:57.30	43
	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	—				1:36.10	31
Lelde Gasūna	Women's giant slalom	DNF
	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.^[13]

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
	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 gold medal in four-man bobsleigh.

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

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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
Oskars Ķibermanis* Vairis Leiboms		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		55.10	5	55.13	1	55.15	2	55.31	3	3:40.69

* – 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.^[12]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Arvis Liepiņš	Men's 15 km classical	—				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	—				2:04:45.6	+17:50.4	59
Jānis Paipals	Men's 15 km classical	—				DNF
Inga Dauškāne	Women's 10 km classical	—				36:13.1	+7:55.3	65

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arvis Liepiņš	Men's sprint	3:49.28	61	Did not advance
Jānis Paipals		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.^[14]

The following is the Latvian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[15][16]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2013–14 team
1	G	Ervīns Muštukovs	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	7 April 1984	Rīga	EfB Ishockey (DEN)
3	F	Juris Štāls	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	8 April 1982	Rīga	HK Poprad (SVK)
5	F	Jānis Sprukts	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	31 January 1982	Rīga	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
6	D	Arvīds Reķis	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	1 January 1979	Jūrmala	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
8	D	Sandis Ozoliņš – C	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	3 August 1972	Sigulda	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
9	D	Krišjānis Rēdlihs	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	15 January 1981	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
10	F	Lauris Dārziņš – A	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	28 January 1985	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
11	D	Kristaps Sotnieks	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	29 January 1987	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
12	F	Herberts Vasiļjevs	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	23 May 1976	Rīga	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)
15	F	Mārtiņš Karsums	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	26 February 1986	Rīga	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
16	F	Kaspars Daugaviņš	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	18 May 1988	Rīga	HC Geneve-Servette (NLA)
21	F	Armands Bērziņš	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	27 December 1983	Rīga	Beibarys Atyrau (KAZ)
24	F	Miķelis Rēdlihs	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	1 July 1984	Rīga	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
28	F	Zemgus Girgensons	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	5 January 1994	Rīga	Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
29	D	Ralfs Freibergs	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	17 May 1991	Rīga	Bowling Green Falcons (NCAA)
31	G	Edgars Masaļskis	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	31 March 1980	Rīga	HK Poprad (SVK)
32	D	Artūrs Kulda	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	25 July 1988	Leipzig, Germany	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
37	D	Oskars Bārtulis – A	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	21 January 1987	Ogre	Donbass Donetsk (KHL)
47	F	Mārtiņš Cipulis	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	29 November 1980	Cēsis	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
50	G	Kristers Gudļevskis	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	31 July 1992	Aizkraukle	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
51	F	Koba Jass	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	4 May 1990	Rīga	Bílí Tygři Liberec (CZE)
70	F	Miks Indrašis	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	30 September 1990	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
79	F	Vitālijs Pavlovs	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	17 June 1989	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
81	D	Georgijs Pujacs	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	11 June 1981	Rīga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
91	F	Ronalds Ķēniņš	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	28 February 1991	Rīga	ZSC Lions (NLA)

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	10	5	+5	9	Quarterfinals
Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	+1	6
Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	6	7	−1	3
Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Source: ESPN

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
	21	Shots	39

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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
	39	Shots	20

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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 Ji. 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
	30	Shots	23

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 8:38 – 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, E. Masaļskis) (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	22

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
	57	Shots	16

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
		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	—				1:40.462	10
Andris Šics Juris Šics		49.880	5	49.910	3	—				1:39.790

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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		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
		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

Short track speed skating

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
		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
Tomass Dukurs		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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haralds Silovs	500 m	36.12	39	36.32	38	72.44	37
	1000 m	—				1:10.29	24
	1500 m	—				1:46.79	14

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External links

• Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine