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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Men

Pauls Pēteris Prancāns

Women

Frīda Saļņikova

Biathlon[edit]

Latvia qualified six biathaletes (three per gender).

Men

Women

Bobsleigh[edit]

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[edit]

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

Men

Women

Curling[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Latvia qualified two figure skaters (one per gender).

Men

Kirils Korkačs

Women

Sofija Stepčenko

Ice hockey[edit]

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]

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[edit]

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

Source: Gangwon 2024
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Austria 7–5 Denmark
^ ^a ^b 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

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

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

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[edit]

Latvia qualified six lugers (three per gender).

Men

Women

Short track speed skating[edit]

Latvia qualified two female short track speed skaters.

Skeleton[edit]

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

Men

Women

Speed skating[edit]

Latvia qualified one male speed skater.

Gustavs Vācietis

References[edit]

^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: LAT - Latvia" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament, Gold Medal Game, Game 32 – Line-ups: LAT-DEN" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

[table_hth_AUT0.36121889919099-11] Austria 7–5 Denmark

[table_hth_KAZ0.36121889919099-12] Poland 8–18 Kazakhstan

[1] "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[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.

[7] "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[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.

[10] "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament, Gold Medal Game, Game 32 – Line-ups: LAT-DEN" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

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v t e Nations at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea
Africa	Algeria Kenya Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Competitors[edit]

Medalists[edit]

Alpine skiing[edit]

Biathlon[edit]

Bobsleigh[edit]

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Curling[edit]

Mixed doubles[edit]

Figure skating[edit]

Ice hockey[edit]

Men's 3x3 tournament[edit]

Luge[edit]

Short track speed skating[edit]

Skeleton[edit]

Speed skating[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]