# Latvia at the Paralympics

Latvia, following its independence from the Soviet Union, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with a delegation of two athletes (Armands Lizbovskis and Aldis Supulnieks) in track and field. It then sent Supulnieks as its sole representative to the 1994 Winter Paralympics, for its Winter Games début. (He competed in cross-country skiing.) Latvia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but missed the 1998 and 2002 Winter Games, appearing with a one-man delegation in 2006, before being absent again in 2010.
Latvians have won a total of 20 Paralympic medals, of which five gold, seven silver and eight bronze. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games, and all in track and field or para-equestrian.
The country obtained its first medals in 2000 in Sydney, when Aigars Apinis took bronze in both the discus and the shot put (F52 category). Latvia's third medal of the Sydney Games was also a bronze, through Armands Lizbovskis in the long jump (F13). These were Lizbovskis' third and last Games. In 2004, Apinis became Latvia's first Paralympic champion when he won the F52 discus event, establishing a new Paralympic record with a throw of 18.98m. At the same Games, Edgars Bergs took silver in the shot put and bronze in the discus (F35). In 2008, Apinis and Bergs were again Latvia's sole medal winners. The former won gold in the discus (with a world record throw of 20.47m) and silver in the shot put (F33/34/52), while the latter also won silver in the shot put (F35/36). Until, the 2016 Games, Apinis remained as Latvia's only Paralympic champion to date.

## Medal tallies
### Summer Paralympics

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
| 1992 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1996 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2000 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 63rd |
| 2004 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 52nd |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45th |
| 2012 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47th |
| 2016 Summer Paralympics | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 45th |
| 2020 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 66th |
| 2024 Summer Paralympics | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36th |
| Total: | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 61st |

### Winter Paralympics

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
| 1994 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |

## List of medalists
### Summer Olympics

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Bronze | Aigars Apinis | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 |
| Bronze | Armands Ližbovskis | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's long jump F13 |
| Bronze | Aigars Apinis | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's shot put F52 |
| Gold | Aigars Apinis | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 |
| Silver | Edgars Bergs | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's shot put F35 |
| Bronze | Edgars Bergs | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's discus throw F35 |
| Gold | Aigars Apinis | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's discus throw F33/F34/F52 |
| Silver | Aigars Apinis | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's shot put F33/F34/F52 |
| Silver | Edgars Bergs | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's shot put F35/F36 |
| Gold | Aigars Apinis | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's shot put F52-53 |
| Silver | Aigars Apinis | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's discus throw F51-53 |
| Gold | Aigars Apinis | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's discus throw F51-52 |
| Gold | Diāna Dadzīte | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F55-56 |
| Bronze | Edgars Bergs | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's shot put F35 |
| Bronze | Diāna Dadzīte | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's discus throw F55 |
| Silver | Diāna Dadzīte | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's discus throw F55 |
| Silver | Rihards Snikus on King Of The Dance | 2020 Tokyo | Equestrian | Individual championship test grade I |
| Silver | Rihards Snikus on King Of The Dance | 2020 Tokyo | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test grade I |
| Bronze | Aigars Apinis | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 |
| Bronze | Diāna Dadzīte | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F56 |
| Gold | Diāna Dadzīte | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F55-56 |
| Gold | Rihards Snikus on King Of The Dance | 2024 Paris | Equestrian | Individual championship test grade I |
| Gold | Rihards Snikus on King Of The Dance | 2024 Paris | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test grade I |
| Silver | Aigars Apinis | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 |