Latvia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Latvia at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Latvia at the; 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
	Flag of Latvia
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea; 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024
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;

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.

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

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

Men

Pauls Pēteris Prancāns

Women

Frīda Saļņikova

Biathlon

Latvia qualified six biathaletes (three per gender).

Men

Olivers Bresme
Valters Bresme
Adrians Šņoriņš

Women

Stella Bleidele
Keita Patrīcija Kolna
Madara Veckalniņa

Bobsleigh

Latvia qualified two female bobsledders.^[3]

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

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Ritvars Ļepeškins
Jēkabs Skolnieks

Women

Martīne Djatkoviča
Linda Kaparkalēja

Curling

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
Team	Event	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

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

Latvia qualified two figure skaters (one per gender).

Men

Kirils Korkačs

Women

Sofija Stepčenko

Ice hockey

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