Latvia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Latvia at the Youth Olympic Games
Flag of Latvia IOC code  LAT NOC Latvian Olympic Committee
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing
Competitors	13 in 8 sports
Medals Rank: 80	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1

Latvia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Rebeka Koha	Weightlifting	Girls' 48 kg	17 August

Athletics

Latvia qualified four athletes.^[1]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Arturs Makars	10 km walk	46:29.07	8

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Jazeps Groza	Javelin throw	66.36	13 qB	70.31	9

Girls

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Julija Tarvide	High jump	1.74	11qB	1.73	13
Laine Donane	Javelin throw	48.94	8 qA	51.90	4

Beach Volleyball

Latvia qualified a team by being the highest ranked nation not yet qualified.^[2]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tina Graudina Anastasija Kravcenoka	Girls'	Lassyuta – Pimenova (KAZ) W 2-0 (21-12, 21-8)	2 Q	Bye	Muno – Caputo (USA) L 1-2 (14-21, 21-19, 13-15)	did not advance			9
		Pacheco – Ocampo (ECU) W 2-0 (21-16, 21-18)
		M. McNamara – N. McNamara (CAN) L 1-2 (19-21, 21-14, 9-15)
		Enzo – Lantignotti (ITA) W 2-0 (21-15, 21-17)
		Seebach – Palmhert (NAM) W 2-0 (21-9, 21-10)

Modern Pentathlon

Latvia qualified one athlete based on the 1 June 2014 Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Rankings.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final Round (épée one touch)			Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Nikita Bistrovs	Boys' Individual	218	11	2:07.63	13	318		255	11	12:36.00	9	544	1117	8
Kali Sayers (CAN)  Nikita Bistrovs (LAT)	Mixed Relay	200	14	1:03.56 0:56.73 (2:00.29)	4	340		267	17	13:49.26	24	471	1078	22

Sailing

Latvia was given a reallocation boat based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ketija Birzule	Girls' Techno 293	16	11	13	15	10	4					7	60	12

Shooting

Latvia qualified one shooter based on its performance at the 2014 European Shooting Championships.^[5]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Agate Rasmane	Girls' 10m Air Pistol	370	10	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Agate Rasmane (LAT)  Wilmar Madrid (GUA)	Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol	753	4 Q	Nowak (POL) /  Shermatov (TJK) W 10-7	Elhodhod (EGY) /  Akhundov (AZE) W 10-6	Teh (SIN) /  Mohamed (EGY) L 9-10	Chung (TPE) /  Igitiyan (ARM) W 10-8

Swimming

Latvia qualified two swimmers.^[6]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janis Saltans	50 m freestyle	23.22	11 Q	23.14	10	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.57	18	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	26.03	5 Q	26.06	9	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	57.00	17	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.68	6 Q	24.58	7 Q	24.66	8

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dana Kolidzeja	50 m breaststroke	33.28	21	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:13.79	22	did not advance

Tennis

Latvia qualified one athlete based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.^[7]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jeļena Ostapenko	Girls' Singles	Kuzmova (SVK) W 3-6, 6-0, 6-2	Bauyam (THA) L 6-1, 4-6, 4-6	did not advance			9

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)  Akvile Parazinskaite (LTU)	Girls' Doubles	N/A	Jorovic (SRB) /  Teichmann (SUI) W 6-3, 6-7, 10-8	Campiz (PAR) /  Palau (ECU) W 7-5, 6-0	Kalinina (UKR) /  Shymanovich (BLR) L 1-6, 3-6	Kenin (USA) /  Ruckstuhl (MEX) W 6-3, 7-5
Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)  Daniel Appelgren (SWE)	Mixed Doubles	Jorovic/Conkic (SRB) W 6-1, 2-6, 10-5	Stollar (HUN) /  Majchrzak (POL) L 2-6, 6-0, 6-10	did not advance			9

Weightlifting

Latvia was given a reallocation spot to compete.^[8]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rebeka Koha	−48 kg	75	2	90	3	165

References

1. "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
2. "Number of Entries by NOC: Beach Volleyball". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
3. "2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list" (PDF). UIPM. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
4. "2014 YOG Qualification Techno 293". International Sailing Federation. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
5. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
6. "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
7. "2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Girls Acceptance List by Country" (PDF). ITF. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
8. "2014 YOG Quota Summary" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.