Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeLAT
NOCLatvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors58 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
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1956–1988)

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]

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]

  1. ^ Megnis, Ints (29 January 2014). "Sandis Ozolins to carry Latvian flag at Sochi's Opening Ceremonies flagbearer". LETA. Riga, Latvia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Latvia to be represented by 58 athletes at Sochi". Baltic Course. Riga. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Sochi 2014: Ukraine's Marina Lisogor fails drugs test". BBC Sport. 22 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Another Russian doping ban should mean another gold medal for Latvia". eng.lsm.lv. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Latvia in line for yet another Olympic medal". eng.lsm.lv. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Latvia awarded long-delayed Olympic gold". eng.lsm.lv. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Olympic Winter Games 2014 4-man Bobsleigh". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  10. ^ "Olympic Winter Games 2014 2-man Bobsleig". Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  11. ^ Browne, Ken (19 February 2020). "Gold at last for Latvia's Sochi 2014 four-man bobsleigh champions". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.