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 bearers	Artūrs Irbe (opening) Ilmārs Bricis (closing)[1][2]
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)

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

Medalists[edit]

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

Alpine skiing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Final
		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
	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[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		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
	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
		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
	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
	Individual	59:44.3	3	63
Madara Līduma Anžela Brice Linda Savļaka Gerda Krūmiņa	Relay	1:26:21.3	2+11	18

Bobsleigh[edit]

Athlete	Event	Final
		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[edit]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Oļegs Andrejevs	Men's 15 km classical	45:44.2	77
	Men's 50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Valts Eiduks	Men's 15 km classical	44:12.0	69
	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
	Men's 50 km freestyle	Did not finish

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Players

The following is the Latvian roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Leonīds Beresņevs

Assistant coach: Harijs Vītoliņš, Oļegs Znaroks

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Artūrs Irbe	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1967-02-02)February 2, 1967 (aged 39)	EC Salzburg
2	D	Rodrigo Laviņš	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1974-08-03)August 3, 1974 (aged 31)	Brynäs IF
3	D	Arvīds Reķis	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	216 lb (98 kg)	(1979-01-01)January 1, 1979 (aged 27)	Augsburger Panther
4	D	Agris Saviels	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1982-01-15)January 15, 1982 (aged 24)	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
7	D	Kārlis Skrastiņš (C)	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1974-07-09)July 9, 1974 (aged 31)	Colorado Avalanche
8	D	Sandis Ozoliņš	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	214 lb (97 kg)	(1972-08-13)August 13, 1972 (aged 33)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
9	F	Ģirts Ankipāns	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	216 lb (98 kg)	(1975-11-29)November 29, 1975 (aged 30)	HK Riga 2000
10	F	Vladimirs Mamonovs	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1980-04-22)April 22, 1980 (aged 25)	Metalurgs Liepājas
12	F	Herberts Vasiļjevs	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1976-05-27)May 27, 1976 (aged 29)	Krefeld Pinguine
13	F	Grigorijs Panteļejevs	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1972-11-13)November 13, 1972 (aged 33)	HK Dmitrov
14	F	Leonids Tambijevs	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1970-09-26)September 26, 1970 (aged 35)	EHC Basel
15	F	Māris Ziediņš	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	174 lb (79 kg)	(1978-07-03)July 3, 1978 (aged 27)	Stockton Thunder
17	F	Aleksandrs Ņiživijs	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	170 lb (77 kg)	(1976-09-16)September 16, 1976 (aged 29)	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
18	D	Georgijs Pujacs	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	218 lb (99 kg)	(1981-07-11)July 11, 1981 (aged 24)	HK Riga 2000
21	F	Armands Bērziņš	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	212 lb (96 kg)	(1983-12-27)December 27, 1983 (aged 22)	HK Riga 2000
23	D	Atvars Tribuncovs	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	220 lb (100 kg)	(1976-10-14)October 14, 1976 (aged 29)	Mora IK
24	F	Miķelis Rēdlihs	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	183 lb (83 kg)	(1984-07-01)July 1, 1984 (aged 21)	IF Björklöven
25	D	Krišjānis Rēdlihs	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	209 lb (95 kg)	(1981-01-15)January 15, 1981 (aged 25)	Albany River Rats
27	F	Aleksandrs Semjonovs	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1972-06-08)June 8, 1972 (aged 33)	Malmö Redhawks
29	F	Aigars Cipruss	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1972-01-12)January 12, 1972 (aged 34)	HK Riga 2000
30	G	Sergejs Naumovs	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1969-08-04)August 4, 1969 (aged 36)	Khimik Voskresensk
31	G	Edgars Masaļskis	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1981-03-30)March 30, 1981 (aged 24)	Neftyanik Almetievsk
47	D	Mārtiņš Cipulis	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	183 lb (83 kg)	(1980-11-29)November 29, 1980 (aged 25)	HK Riga 2000

Round-robin

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

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

Luge[edit]

Athlete	Event	Final
		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[edit]

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

Skeleton[edit]

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

References[edit]

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