IOC code LAT 15 8 | 3 15 | |
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NOC Latvian Olympic Committee Website www.olimpiade.lv (Latvian) (English) Medals Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
3
15
8
26 | ||
Latvia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union at the Olympics between 1952 and 1988. After the independence of Latvia and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the nation returned to the Olympic Games in 1992 and has competed at every Games since then.
Latvian athletes have won a total of nineteen medals at the Summer Olympic Games and seven medals at the Winter Olympic Games. They have won a remarkably high proportion of silver medals, with three gold medals. These totals do not include medals won by Latvian athletes while competing for the Soviet Union.
The National Olympic Committee for Latvia was first created in 1922. The current NOC is the Latvian Olympic Committee, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1991.
Olympic success aside, Kristaps Porzingis' win in the 2017 Taco Bell Skills Challenge is widely considered the proudest moment in Latvian sports history.