Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Latvia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Latvia IOC code  LAT NOC Latvian Olympic Committee external link (Latvian)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	61
Medals Rank: 26	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936
1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Russia (1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Mārtiņš Rubenis won Latvia's first Winter Olympic medal.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Bronze 2 Top 10 finishes 2.1 4th place 2.2 10th place 3 Events 3.1 Alpine skiing 3.2 Biathlon 3.3 Bobsleigh 3.3.1 Men 3.4 Cross-country skiing 3.4.1 Men 3.5 Luge 3.6 Ice hockey 3.7 Short track 3.8 Skeleton 4 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Bronze

• Luge
  • Men's singles: Mārtiņš Rubenis with a time of 3:26.445

[edit] Top 10 finishes

[edit] 4th place

• Biathlon
  • Men's 12.5 km pursuit: Ilmārs Bricis

[edit] 10th place

• Biathlon
  • Women's 15 km individual: Madara Līduma

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's combined

Name	Downhill	Slalom run 1	Slalom run 2	Total	Final rank
Renārs Doršs	1:44.54	52.55	Did not finish	-	-

Men's downhill

Name	Time	Final rank
Renārs Doršs	1:57.54	46th place

Men's Super-G

Name	Time	Final rank
Ivars Ciaguns	1:38.18	52nd place

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 10 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Ilmārs Bricis	1	27:26.9	13th place
Jānis Bērziņš	1	29:09.9	50th place
Raivis Zīmelis	2	29:11.4	51st place
Kristaps Lībietis	0	29:21.9	56th place

Men's 12.5 km pursuit

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Ilmārs Bricis	2	+26.7	4th place
Jānis Bērziņš	2	+5:02.6	44th place
Raivis Zīmelis	7	+5:37.8	48th place
Kristaps Lībietis	6	+8:31.0	56th place

Men's 15 km mass start

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Ilmārs Bricis	3	50:27.6	28th place

Men's 20 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Ilmārs Bricis	4	57:19.2	19th place
Jānis Bērziņš	2	59:24.3	37th place
Kristaps Lībietis	4	1:03:13.4	69th place
Edgars Piksons	7	1:06:12.5	80th place

Men's 4x6 km relay

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Jānis Bērziņš	4	22:21.5
Edgars Piksons	1	21:11.5
Raivis Zīmelis	10	23:55.2
Ilmārs Bricis	2	20:42.4
Total	17	1:28:26.4	16th place

Women's 7.5 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Madara Līduma	2	24:11.0	28th place
Anžela Brice	3	26:03.1	60th place
Linda Savļaka	1	26:54.6	72nd place
Gerda Krūmiņa	3	27:50.5	74th place

Women's 10 km pursuit

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Madara Līduma	8	+4:07.2	20th place
Anžela Brice	Lapped	-	-

Women's 12.5 km mass start

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Madara Līduma	5	43:52.7	20th place

Women's 15 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Madara Līduma	4	52:27.2	10th place
Anžela Brice	2	56:30.5	48th place
Linda Savļaka	3	59:44.3	63rd place
Gerda Krūmiņa	4	1:00:26.1	70th place

Women's 4x6 km relay

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Madara Līduma	3	19:35.8
Anžela Brice	1	20:57.9
Linda Savļaka	1	22:07.3
Gerda Krūmiņa	8	23:40.3
Total	13	1:26:21.3	18th place

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Men

• Mihails Arhipovs
• Māris Bogdanovs
• Intars Dīcmanis
• Daumants Dreiškens
• Gatis Gūts
• Jānis Miņins
• Mārcis Rullis
• Reinis Rozītis
• Janis Ozols
• Ainārs Podnieks

[edit] Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Men

• Oļegs Andrejevs
• Valts Eiduks
• Oļegs Maļuhins
• Intars Spalviņš

[edit] Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's singles

• Mārtiņš Rubenis

Run 1 - 51.913

Run 2 - 51.497

Run 3 - 51.561

Run 4 - 51.474

Final - 3:26.445 (Bronze medal)

• Kaspars Dumpis

Run 1 - 52.432

Run 2 - 52.063

Run 3 - 52.391

Run 4 - 52.402

Final - 3:29.288 (17th place)

• Guntis Rēķis

Run 1 - 52.769

Run 2 - 52.338

Run 3 - 52.307

Run 4 - 52.742

Final - 3:30.156 (21st place)

Women's singles

• Anna Orlova

Run 1 - 47.654

Run 2 - 47.317

Run 3 - 47.280

Run 4 - 47.232

Final - 3:09.483 (7th place)

• Maija Tīruma

Run 1 - 49.623

Run 2 - 47.987

Run 3 - 47.889

Run 4 - 47.545

Final - 3:13.044 (17th place)

• Aiva Aparjode

Run 1 - 48.934

Run 2 - 47.957

Run 3 - 47.421

Run 4 - 48.453

Final - 3:13.065 (18th place)

Doubles

• Andris Šics and Juris Šics

Run 1 - 47.353

Run 2 - 47.761

Final - 1:35.114 (7th place)

[edit] Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Goaltenders

• Artūrs Irbe
• Edgars Masaļskis
• Sergejs Naumovs

Defensemen

• Igors Bondarevs
• Rodrigo Laviņš
• Sandis Ozoliņš
• Georgijs Pujacs
• Arvīds Reķis
• Agris Saviels
• Kārlis Skrastiņš
• Atvars Tribuncovs

Forwards

• Ģirts Ankipāns
• Armands Bērziņš
• Aigars Cipruss
• Mārtiņš Cipulis
• Vladimirs Mamonovs
• Aleksandrs Ņiživijs
• Grigorijs Panteļejevs
• Miķelis Rēdlihs
• Aleksandrs Semjonovs
• Leonīds Tambijevs
• Herberts Vasiļjevs
• Māris Ziediņš

[edit] Short track

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women's 1000 m

• Evita Krievāne

Heat 7 - 1:39.986 (3rd) - did not advance

Final ranking - 19th place

Women's 1500 m

• Evita Krievāne

Qualifying heats - 2:34.171 (Heat 5; 5th place) (did not advance)

[edit] Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's skeleton

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Martins Dukurs	58.79	58.60	01:57.39	7th place

[edit] References

• Yahoo! Sports – Latvia

v • d • e Nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy Africa Algeria • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Senegal • South Africa America Argentina • Bermuda • Brazil • Canada • Chile • Costa Rica • United States • Venezuela Asia China • Chinese Taipei • Hong Kong, China • India • Iran • Japan • Kazakhstan • North Korea • South Korea • Kyrgyzstan • Lebanon • Mongolia • Nepal • Tajikistan • Thailand • Uzbekistan Europe Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia‑Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • FYR Macedonia • Moldova • Monaco • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia‑Montenegro • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine Oceania Australia • New Zealand