List of flag bearers for Latvia at the Olympics

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Latvia at the Olympics.[1]

Latvia at the
Olympics
IOC codeLAT
NOCLatvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
14
Bronze
12
Total
31
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport
1 1924 Winter Roberts Plūme Cross-country skiing [1]
2 1924 Summer Arvīds Ķibilds Athletics
3 1928 Winter Alberts Rumba Speed skating
4 1928 Summer Alberts Zvejnieks Wrestling
5 1932 Summer Jānis Dimza Athletics
6 1936 Winter Leonīds Vedējs Ice hockey
7 1936 Summer Haralds Marvē Shooting
8 1992 Winter Jānis Ķipurs Bobsleigh
9 1992 Summer Raimonds Bergmanis Weightlifting
10 1994 Winter Zintis Ekmanis Bobsleigh
11 1996 Summer Einārs Tupurītis Athletics
12 1998 Winter Sandis Prūsis Bobsleigh
13 2000 Summer Voldemārs Lūsis Athletics
14 2002 Winter Harijs Vītoliņš Ice hockey
15 2004 Summer Vadims Vasiļevskis Athletics
16 2006 Winter Artūrs Irbe Ice hockey
17 2008 Summer Vadims Vasiļevskis Athletics
18 2010 Winter Martins Dukurs Skeleton
19 2012 Summer Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Beach volleyball
20 2014 Winter Sandis Ozoliņš Ice hockey [2]
21 2016 Summer Māris Štrombergs Cycling [1]
22 2018 Winter Daumants Dreiškens Bobsleigh [3]
23 2020 Summer Agnis Čavars 3x3 basketball [4]
Jeļena Ostapenko Tennis
24 2022 Winter Lauris Dārziņš Ice hockey [5]
Elīza Tīruma Luge
25 2024 Summer Nauris Miezis 3x3 basketball [6]
Tīna Graudiņa Beach volleyball

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Latvia. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ Latvia's flag-bearer Sandis Ozolins leads his country's contingent during the opening ceremony Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Yahoo! Sports. Accessed 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  5. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. ^ Pick, Oscar (2024-07-26). "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-07-26.