Latvia at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Latvia at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
Latvia at the; 2026 Winter Paralympics
	Flag of Latvia
IPC code	LAT
NPC	Latvian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.lpkomiteja.lv
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 6 March 2026 – 15 March 2026
Competitors	7 (3 men and 4 women) in 1 sport and 2 events
Flag bearers	Poļina Rožkova; Agris Lasmans
Medals; Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998–2002; 2006; 2010–2018; 2022; 2026;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1988)

Latvia competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 15 March 2026.^[2]

On 11 March 2026, Latvia won the first medal in their Winter Paralympics history, with Poļina Rožkova and Agris Lasmans's bronze medal in the mixed doubles curling.^[3]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Poļina Rožkova Agris Lasmans	Wheelchair curling	Mixed doubles	11 March

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Wheelchair curling	3	4	7
Total	3	4	7

Wheelchair curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sergejs Djačenko Ojārs Briedis Linda Meijere Adelaida Killiane Elija Asniņa	Mixed team	KOR L 2–10	SVK W 9–0	SWE L 2–10	CAN L 1–11	USA W 8–6	CHN L 5–9	NOR L 5–6	GBR W 8–5	ITA L 5–10	7	Did not advance
Poļina Rožkova Agris Lasmans	Mixed doubles	USA L 6–11	CHN L 2–10	GBR L 5–6	EST W 9–6	ITA W 9–4	KOR W 5–4	JPN W 10–4	N/a	4 Q	CHN L 3–8	USA W 11–10

Mixed tournament

Final Round Robin Standings
Team	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Mark Ideson	9	9	0	–	71	36	36	26	2	19	68.2%	84.488	Playoffs
China	Wang Haitao	9	8	1	–	76	42	38	26	1	15	68.3%	83.350
Sweden	Viljo Petersson-Dahl	9	5	4	1–0	47	48	31	31	6	13	62.8%	98.125
South Korea	Yang Hui-tae	9	5	4	0–1	55	48	36	32	1	17	64.6%	90.525
Norway	Jostein Stordahl	9	4	5	1–0	41	55	28	31	2	12	58.3%	130.863
Italy	Egidio Marchese	9	4	5	0–1	52	53	32	27	0	15	60.6%	107.831
Latvia	Ojārs Briedis	9	3	6	2–0	45	67	27	33	0	12	50.2%	113.381
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	9	3	6	1–1	42	56	26	37	1	13	51.9%	117.688
United States	Sean O'Neill	9	3	6	0–2	54	52	34	32	0	14	58.3%	72.156
Great Britain	Hugh Nibloe	9	1	8	–	40	66	26	39	0	7	55.7%	129.675

Source: Official website

Round robin
Latvia had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 12.^[4]

Draw 1
Saturday, March 7, 9:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang) 🔨	5	1	0	1	0	3	X	X	10
Latvia (Briedis)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Draw 2
Saturday, March 7, 18:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	2	1	1	1	2	2	X	X	9
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 🔨	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Draw 3
Sunday, March 8, 9:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	1	4	3	0	2	0	X	X	10
Latvia (Briedis) 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2

Draw 5
Monday, March 9, 9:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	3	1	1	4	2	0	X	X	11
Latvia (Briedis) 🔨	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Draw 6
Monday, March 9, 18:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (O'Neill) 🔨	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	X	6
Latvia (Briedis)	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	X	8

Draw 8
Tuesday, March 10, 18:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	5
China (Wang) 🔨	1	2	0	3	0	3	0	X	9

Draw 9
Wednesday, March 11, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	5
Norway (Stordahl) 🔨	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	6

Draw 10
Wednesday, March 11, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis) 🔨	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	X	8
Great Britain (Nibloe)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	5

Draw 11
Thursday, March 12, 13:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese) 🔨	2	0	1	0	2	3	2	X	10
Latvia (Briedis)	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	X	5

Mixed doubles

Final Round Robin Standings
Team	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
China	Wang Meng / Yang Jinqiao	7	6	1	–	66	32	32	21	14	64.9%	106.033	Playoffs
United States	Laura Dwyer / Stephen Emt	7	4	3	1–1	43	43	25	27	9	53.4%	89.717
South Korea	Baek Hye-jin / Lee Yong-suk	7	4	3	1–1	58	26	30	19	17	59.9%	142.058
Latvia	Poļina Rožkova / Agris Lasmans	7	4	3	1–1	46	45	28	25	12	48.5%	150.675
Great Britain	Jo Butterfield / Jason Kean	7	3	4	1–0	47	56	25	29	8	51.5%	95.075
Japan	Aki Ogawa / Yoji Nakajima	7	3	4	0–1	30	53	19	30	8	49.0%	88.067
Estonia	Katlin Riidebach / Ain Villau	7	2	5	1–0	31	58	22	28	9	47.6%	98.233
Italy	Orietta Bertò / Paolo Ioriatti	7	2	5	0–1	43	51	28	30	11	55.6%	73.700

Source: Official website

Round robin

Draw 1
Wednesday, March 4, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	6
United States (Dwyer / Emt) 🔨	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	4	11

Draw 2
Thursday, March 5, 10:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang / Yang) 🔨	1	2	0	3	0	3	1	X	10
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 3
Thursday, March 5, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	5
Great Britain (Butterfield / Kean) 🔨	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	6

Draw 4
Friday, March 6, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Riidebach / Villau) 🔨	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	X	6
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	X	9

Draw 5
Saturday, March 7, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 🔨	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	9

Draw 6
Sunday, March 8, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	5
South Korea (Baek / Lee) 🔨	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4

Draw 7
Monday, March 9, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	2	1	2	0	4	0	1	X	10
Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 🔨	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	4

Semifinal

Tuesday, March 10, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang / Yang) 🔨	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	X	8
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	3

Bronze medal

Wednesday, March 11, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
United States (Dwyer / Emt) 🔨	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	10
Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans)	0	5	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	11

References

^ "Latvijas karognesēji Milānas – Kortīnas ziemas paralimpiskajās spēlēs būs Rožkova un Lasmans" [Latvia’s flag bearers at the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympic Games will be Rožkova and Lasmans]. Latvijas Paralimpiskā komiteja [Latvian Paralympic Committee] (in Latvian). 2026-02-18. Retrieved 2026-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Latvia's achievement: the first Winter Paralympic medal won at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium". Olympics. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
^ "Results". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

[1] "Latvijas karognesēji Milānas – Kortīnas ziemas paralimpiskajās spēlēs būs Rožkova un Lasmans" [Latvia’s flag bearers at the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympic Games will be Rožkova and Lasmans]. Latvijas Paralimpiskā komiteja [Latvian Paralympic Committee] (in Latvian). 2026-02-18. Retrieved 2026-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Latvia's achievement: the first Winter Paralympic medal won at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium". Olympics. Retrieved 2026-03-19.

[Results-4] "Results". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

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Nations at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile El Salvador Haiti Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia South Korea Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Iceland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Withdrawn	Iran