Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics
| Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | LAT | ||||||||
| NOC | Latvian Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 58 in 9 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Sandis Ozoliņš (opening)Daumants Dreiškens (closing) | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 23rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) |
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Latvia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Latvian team consisted of 58 athletes in nine sports. These were the third consecutive games the country qualified to send 58 athletes. Ice hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs tested positive for methylhexaneamine and was thrown out of the Olympics.
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had five athletes in qualification position.
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Latvia qualified 1 man and 1 woman.
The team consisted of the following athletes:
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had three athletes in qualification position.
Latvia qualified a men's team by winning a qualification tournament.
The following is the Latvian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Latvia achieved the following quota places:
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Latvia had three athletes in qualification positions.
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