Latvia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024, This will be Latvia's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Latvia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Latvia
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	45 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Olivers Mūrnieks & Amēlija Kotāne
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

The Latvian delegation comprises 45 athletes competing in eleven sports. Skeleton racer Amēlija Kotāne and ice hockey team captain Olivers Mūrnieks were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	3	6	6
Bobsleigh	0	2	2
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Curling	1	1	2
Figure skating	1	1	2
Ice hockey	13	0	13
Luge	3	3	6
Short track speed skating	0	2	2
Skeleton	2	3	5
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	27	18	45

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Emīls Indriksons	Skeleton	Men's	23 January
Gold	Latvia men's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Men's 3x3 tournament	25 January
Silver	Jānis Gruzdulis-Borovojs Ēdens Eduards Čepulis	Luge	Men's doubles	20 January
Silver	Dārta Neimane	Skeleton	Women's	22 January
Silver	Ēdens Eduards Čepulis Jānis Gruzdulis-Borovojs Edvards Marts Markitāns Margita Sirsniņa	Luge	Team relay	23 January
Bronze	Laura Lēģere	Skeleton	Women's	22 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified two alpine skiers (one per gender).^[2]

Men

• Pauls Pēteris Prancāns

Women

• Frīda Saļņikova

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified six biathaletes (three per gender).

Men

• Olivers Bresme
• Valters Bresme
• Adrians Šņoriņš

Women

• Stella Bleidele
• Keita Patrīcija Kolna
• Madara Veckalniņa

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified two female bobsledders.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amēlija Kotāne	Women's monobob
Kate Prudāne

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).^[4]

Men

• Ritvars Ļepeškins
• Jēkabs Skolnieks

Women

• Martīne Djatkoviča
• Linda Kaparkalēja

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender).^[5][6]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agate Regža Kristaps Zass	Mixed doubles	Turkey W 10–1	China L 5–8	New Zealand W 9–4	Brazil W 6–3	Japan L 4–5	3	Did not advance			11

Mixed doubles

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles

Group C	W	L	W–L	DSC
China	5	0	–	56.80
Japan	4	1	–	38.84
Latvia	3	2	–	77.39
Turkey	2	3	–	89.37
New Zealand	1	4	–	94.80
Brazil	0	5	–	112.92

Round robin

Draw 4

Saturday, January 27, 18:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Regža / Zass)	1	1	0	4	2	2	X	X	10
Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 5

Sunday, January 28, 10:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Regža / Zass)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	5
China (Gong / Xu)	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	8

Draw 9

Monday, January 29, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Russell / Nevill)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Latvia (Regža / Zass)	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	9

Draw 13

Tuesday, January 30, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Regža / Zass)	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	6
Brazil (Gentile / Melo)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 15

Wednesday, January 31, 12:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Tanaka / Kawai)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	5
Latvia (Regža / Zass)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified two figure skaters (one per gender).

Men

• Kirils Korkačs

Women

• Sofija Stepčenko

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified thirteen ice hockey players for the men's 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament.^[7][8]

Roster

Lauris Dārziņš served as head coach.^[9][10]

• Martins Bārtulis
• Leonards Aleksandrs Grundmanis
• Martins Klaucāns – A
• Roberts Kravalis
• Herberts Laugalis
• Timurs Mališevs
• Makss Mihailovs
• Olivers Mūrnieks – C
• Kristers Obuks – A
• Fēlikss Niks Paurs
• Patriks Plūmiņš
• Daniels Reidzāns
• Ričards Rutkis

Summary

Key:

• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final
		Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank
Latvia	Men's 3x3 tournament	Spain W 24–5	Great Britain W 24–1	Kazakhstan W 15–11	Chinese Taipei W 28–2	Austria W 9–3	Poland W 8–3	Denmark W 11–6	1	Kazakhstan W 19–5	Denmark W 10–3

Men's 3x3 tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia	7	7	0	0	0	119	31	+88	21	Semifinals
2	Austria	7	5	0	0	2	55	32	+23	15[a]
3	Denmark	7	5	0	0	2	70	39	+31	15[a]
4	Kazakhstan	7	4	0	0	3	93	59	+34	12[b]
5	Poland	7	4	0	0	3	58	59	−1	12[b]
6	Great Britain	7	2	0	0	5	46	97	−51	6
7	Chinese Taipei	7	1	0	0	6	23	95	−72	3
8	Spain	7	0	0	0	7	28	80	−52	0

Source: Gangwon 2024
Notes:

1. Austria 7–5 Denmark
2. Poland 8–18 Kazakhstan

20 January 2024 13:30

Latvia

24–5 (9–2, 7–2, 8–1)

Spain

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: David Prokofyev David Thuma

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21 January 2024 09:00

Great Britain

1–24 (1–8, 0–6, 0–10)

Latvia

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau David Prokofyev

21 January 2024 17:30

Latvia

15–11 (5–6, 6–0, 4–5)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau Joseph Sewell

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22 January 2024 10:30

Latvia

28–2 (14–1, 9–0, 5–1)

Chinese Taipei

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: JunSeo Lim David Thuma

22 January 2024 16:00

Latvia

9–3 (2–0, 3–0, 4–3)

Austria

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: David Prokofyev Joseph Sewell

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23 January 2024 09:00

Poland

3–8 (0–1, 2–1, 1–6)

Latvia

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Lim Jun-seo Joseph Sewell

23 January 2024 16:00

Denmark

6–11 (3–4, 1–4, 2–3)

Latvia

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau David Thuma

Semifinals

24 January 2024 12:00

Latvia

19–5 (9–1, 3–2, 7–2)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau David Prokofyev

Final

25 January 2024 14:00

Latvia

10–3 (6–1, 2–0, 2–2)

Denmark

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau David Thuma

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified six lugers (three per gender).

Men

• Ēdens Eduards Čepulis
• Jānis Gruzdulis–Borovojs
• Edvarts Marts Markitāns

Women

• Amanda Ogorodņikova
• Madara Pavlova
• Margita Sirsniņa

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified two female short track speed skaters.

• Madara Gintere
• Kamila Salmiņa

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified five skeleton racers (two men and three women).

Men

• Emīls Indriksons
• Dāvis Valdovskis

Women

• Marta Andžāne
• Dārta Dreimane
• Laura Lēģere

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified one male speed skater.

• Gustavs Vācietis

See also

• Latvia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

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2. "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
3. "Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games - IBSF Youth Olympics Ranking List – Monobob Women" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
4. "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
5. "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
6. Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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8. "Latvijas karogu Pasaules Jauniešu Ziemas Olimpisko spēļu atklāšanas ceremonijā nesīs Kotāne un Mūrnieks". Latvian Ministry of Education and Science (in Latvian). 11 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
9. "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: LAT - Latvia" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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