Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the; 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Turin
Competitors	57 (49 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Artūrs Irbe (opening) ; Ilmārs Bricis (closing)[1][2]
Medals; Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Mārtiņš Rubenis	Luge	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Ivars Ciaguns	Men's super-G	n/a			1:38.18	52
Renārs Doršs	Men's downhill	n/a			1:57.54	46
Renārs Doršs	Men's combined	1:44.54	52.55	Did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jānis Bērziņš	Sprint	29:09.9	1	48
	Pursuit	40:22.83	2	42
	Individual	59:24.3	2	37
Ilmārs Bricis	Sprint	27:26.9	1	12
	Pursuit	35:46.94	2	4
	Mass start	50:27.6	3	28
	Individual	57:19.2	4	19
Kristaps Lībietis	Sprint	29:21.9	0	54
	Pursuit	43:51.23	6	54
	Individual	1:03:13.4	4	68
Edgars Piksons	Individual	1:06:12.5	7	79
Raivis Zīmelis	Sprint	29:11.4	2	49
Raivis Zīmelis	Pursuit	40:58.04	7	46
Jānis Bērziņš Edgars Piksons Raivis Zīmelis Ilmārs Bricis	Relay	1:28:10.6	5+12	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anžela Brice	Sprint	26:03.1	3	60
	Pursuit	Lapped
	Individual	56:30.5	2	48
Gerda Krūmiņa	Sprint	27:30.5	3	74
Gerda Krūmiņa	Individual	1:00:26.1	4	70
Madara Līduma	Sprint	24:11.02	2	28
	Pursuit	40:50.80	8	20
	Mass start	43:52.7	5	20
	Individual	52:27.2	4	10
Linda Savļaka	Sprint	26:54.6	1	72
Linda Savļaka	Individual	59:44.3	3	63
Madara Līduma Anžela Brice Linda Savļaka Gerda Krūmiņa	Relay	1:26:21.3	2+11	18

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Jānis Miņins Daumants Dreiškens	Two-man	55.94	55.84	56.16	56.69	3:44.63	6
Gatis Gūts Intars Dīcmanis	Two-man	56.37	56.36	57.05	57.73	3:47.51	20
Jānis Miņins Daumants Dreiškens Mārcis Rullis Jānis Ozols	Four-man	55.88	55.69	55.51	55.51	3:42.59	10
Mihails Arhipovs Intars Dīcmanis Māris Bogdanovs Reinis Rozītis	Four-man	56.34	56.54	56.13	Did not advance		21

Cross-country skiing

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Oļegs Andrejevs	Men's 15 km classical	45:44.2	77
Oļegs Andrejevs	Men's 50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Valts Eiduks	Men's 15 km classical	44:12.0	69
Valts Eiduks	Men's 50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Oļegs Maļuhins	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:15:10.6	60
Intars Spalviņš	Men's 15 km classical	45:13.4	75
Intars Spalviņš	Men's 50 km freestyle	Did not finish

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Oļegs Andrejevs	Men's sprint	2:33.23	74	Did not advance					74
Valts Eiduks	Men's sprint	2:31.25	68	Did not advance					68
Oļegs Maļuhins	Men's sprint	2:24.88	50	Did not advance					50
Intars Spalviņš	Men's sprint	2:32.26	72	Did not advance					72

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Players

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
G	Artūrs Irbe	175	80	02/02/67	Riga	Red Bull Salzburg EC
G	Edgars Masalskis	175	78	03/31/80	Riga	Neftyanik Almetievsk
G	Sergejs Naumovs	172	75	04/04/69	Riga	Khimik Voskresensk
D	Rodrigo Lavins	180	84	08/03/74	Riga	Brynäs IF
D	Krisjanis Redlihs	189	88	01/15/81	Riga	Albany River Rats
D	Sandis Ozoliņš	188	92	08/03/72	Sigulda	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
D	Georgijs Pujacs	182	96	06/11/81	Riga	HK Riga 2000
D	Arvids Rekis	183	95	01/01/79	Jūrmala	Augsburger Panther
D	Agris Saviels	186	100	01/15/82	Riga	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
D	Karlis Skrastins	188	90	07/09/74	Riga	Colorado Avalanche
D	Atvars Tribuncovs	188	100	10/14/76	Ogre	Mora IK
F	Ģirts Ankipāns	184	97	11/29/75	Riga	HK Riga 2000
F	Armands Bērziņš	192	98	12/27/83	Riga	HK Riga 2000
F	Aigars Cipruss	178	80	01/12/72	Riga	HK Riga 2000
F	Martins Cipulis	179	87	11/29/80	Cēsis	HK Riga 2000
F	Vladimirs Mamonovs	176	85	04/22/80	Riga	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
F	Aleksandrs Nizivijs	177	78	09/16/76	Riga	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
F	Grigorijs Pantelejevs	178	90	11/13/72	Russia	EV Zug
F	Mikelis Redlihs	180	80	07/01/84	Riga	IF Björklöven
F	Aleksandrs Semjonovs	181	91	06/08/72	Riga	Malmö Redhawks
F	Leonids Tambijevs	176	83	09/26/70	Riga	EHC Basel
F	Herberts Vasiljevs	180	85	05/27/76	Riga	Krefeld Pinguine
F	Maris Ziedins	178	78	07/03/78	Talsi	Stockton Thunder

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006
21:05

Latvia

3–3
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 7,851

Game reference

Artūrs Irbe

Goalies

John Grahame

Referee:

Timo Favorin
Linesmen:

Thomas Gemeinhardt

Steve Miller

	0–1	9:44 – B. Gionta (J. Liles, S. Gomez) (PP)
	0–2	10:38 – C. Conroy
A. Ņiživijs (S. Ozoliņš) – 13:15	1–2
A. Tribuncovs (S. Ozoliņš, A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 35:04	2–2
H. Vasiļjevs (R. Laviņš) – 35:44	3–2
	3–3	42:01 – J. Leopold (B. Hedican, C. Conroy)

16 min

Penalties

16 min

25

Shots

42

16 February 2006
17:05

Slovakia

6–3
(4–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,960

Game reference

Ján Lašák

Goalies

Artūrs Irbe

Referee:

Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:

Stefan Fonselius

Pierre Racicot

R. Zedník (L. Višňovský) – 5:23	1–0
R. Petrovický (T. Surový, A. Meszároš) – 5:43	2–0
	2–1	6:27 – S. Ozoliņš (M. Cipulis, G. Panteļejevs)
P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) – 7:54	3–1
Mari. Hossa – 13:17	4–1
	4–2	20:54 – M. Cipulis (A. Cipruss, G. Panteļejevs)
	4–3	26:51 – A. Ņiživijs (K. Skrastiņš)
Z. Chára (Mari. Hossa) – 33:49	5–3
Mari. Hossa (M. Gáborík) – 49:04	6–3

12 min

Penalties

8 min

25

Shots

28

18 February 2006
17:05

Sweden

6–1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,795

Game reference

Henrik Lundqvist

Goalies

Sergejs Naumovs

Referee:

Paul Devorski
Linesmen:

Derek Doucette

Antti Hämäläinen

S. Påhlsson (P. Forsberg) – 14:20	1–0
N. Lidström (H. Zetterberg) (PP) – 22:22	2–0
D. Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) (PP) – 24:59	3–0
P. Axelsson (P. Forsberg) (PP) – 25:17	4–0
H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström) – 27:58	5–0
D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) – 44:48	6–0
	6–1	49:10 – M. Ziediņš (A. Ņiživijs, S. Ozoliņš)

6 min

Penalties

14 min

40

Shots

14

19 February 2006
13:05

Russia

9–2
(3–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 4,310

Game reference

Evgeni Nabokov (out 40:00)
Maxim Sokolov (in 40:00)

Goalies

Artūrs Irbe (out 27:58)
Edgars Masaļskis (in 27:58)

Referee:

Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:

Petr Blümel

Stefan Fonselius

I. Kovalchuk (A. Kovalev, D. Markov) – 7:26	1–0
M. Sushinsky (A. Kharitonov, S. Gonchar) (PP2) – 9:15	2–0
	2–1	9:55 – A. Cipruss (SH)
I. Kovalchuk (P. Datsyuk) – 12:36	3–1
I. Kovalchuk (A. Kovalev, P. Datsyuk) – 23:32	4–1
V. Kozlov (A. Yashin) – 25:45	5–1
I. Kovalchuk (P. Datsyuk) – 35:16	6–1
A. Yashin (V. Kozlov, S. Zhukov) – 41:58	7–1
E. Malkin (M. Sushinsky, V. Vishnevski) – 47:32	8–1
A. Ovechkin (V. Kozlov, A. Yashin) – 56:27	9–1
	9–2	58:04 – M. Rēdlihs (A. Bērziņš)

16 min

Penalties

18 min

39

Shots

11

21 February 2006
11:35

Latvia

2–5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,300

Game reference

Sergejs Naumovs

Goalies

Vitali Yeremeyev

Referee:

Christer Lärking
Linesmen:

Derek Doucette

Thomas Gemeinhardt

	0–1	7:20 – A. Koreshkov (E. Koreshkov)
L. Tambijevs (A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 15:13	1–1
	1–2	35:04 – N. Antropov (E. Koreshkov)
A. Cipruss (G. Panteļejevs, A. Tribuncovs) – 45:04	2–2
	2–3	52:33 – S. Alexandrov (F. Polishchuk, A. Troschinsky)
	2–4	54:53 – E. Koreshkov (PS)
	2–5	58:08 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov)

14 min

Penalties

6 min

32

Shots

30

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	+10	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12	8
3	Sweden	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	6
4	United States	5	1	1	3	13	13	0	3
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	9	16	−7	2
6	Latvia	5	0	1	4	11	29	−18	1

Source: IIHF

Luge

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Aiva Aparjode	Women's singles	48.934	47.957	47.721	48.453	3:13.065	18
Kaspars Dumpis	Men's singles	52.432	52.063	52.391	52.402	3:29.288	17
Anna Orlova	Women's singles	47.654	47.317	47.280	47.232	3:09.483	7
Guntis Rēķis	Men's singles	52.769	52.338	52.307	52.742	3:30.156	21
Mārtiņš Rubenis	Men's singles	51.913	51.497	51.561	51.474	3:26.445
Maija Tīruma	Women's singles	49.623	47.987	47.889	47.545	3:13.044	17
Andris Šics Juris Šics	Doubles	47.353	47.761	n/a		1:35.114	7

Short track speed skating

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Evita Krievāne	Women's 1000 m	1:39.986	3	Did not advance					19
Evita Krievāne	Women's 1500 m	2:34.171	5	Did not advance					23

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Martins Dukurs	Men's	58.79	58.60	1:57.39	7

References

"Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
"Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2009.

Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Latvia at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

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[1] "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 30 March 2009.

[2] "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2009.

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 Virgin Islands
Asia	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong 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 Macedonia Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia-Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand