Two gold medals were won by Latvian athletes at the athletics stadium, competing as part of the European team championship – in the European Games, medals were also awarded for results in individual disciplines. Agate Caune (15:15.21) was the fastest in the 5000-meter run, while Lina Muze (62.38 m) had the longest throw in the javelin. Following the example of the Olympic champions, the Latvian men’s national team – Kristaps Gludītis, Kārlis Apsītis, Zigmārs Raimo and Francis Lācis – was the best in the 3×3 basketball tournament of the European Games.
Silver medals were won by shooter Dainis Upelnieks and climbing athlete Edvards Gruzītis, while bronze awards were won by Jolanta Tarvidas in taekwondo and Robert Akmenis in the 200-meter kayaking distance.
At the first European Games in Baku in 2015, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš and Haralds Regža won gold medals for Latvia in beach volleyball, while freestyle wrestler Anastasija Grigorjeva and kayaker Aleksejs Rumyantsevs won bronze medals. Four years later, seven medals were already won in Minsk – gold for Grigorjeva and karate player Kalvi Kalniņas, silver – for sambo wrestler Viktor Reško, Lauri Strautmani and Agatai Rashmani in the team competition in shooting and the men’s 3×3 basketball team (Armands Senkans, Armands Gunters, Mārtiņš Šteinbergs and Roberts Pāže). , but Lauris Strautmanis climbed to the third highest step of the podium in the individual shooting competition, as well as javelin thrower Madara Palameika.
At the third European Games, the Latvian team was represented by 92 athletes in 16 sports.
Athletics: Oskars Bambals, Edgars Berķis, Kristine Blaževiča, Sindija Bukša, Agate Caune, Sandis Dzenītis, Oskars Grava, Anna Gulbe, Patricija Jansone, Walters Jansons, Ugis Jocis, Katrīna Kamarūte, Elizabete Kociņa, Walter Kreis, Paula Kļaviņa, Rūta Lasmane, Līna Mūze, Artūrs Pastors, Richard Peders, Alex Pelcmanis, Ilya Petrushenko, Mikus Pētersons, Jānis Razgalis, Yelizaveta Romanenko, Sigismunds Sirmais, Evelina Sitnika, Igors Sokolovs, Edgars Shumskis, Gunta Vaičule, Līga Vecbērza, Līga Velvere, Alexander Volkov, Kitija Zaula , Ralfs Zazerskis, Roberts Zālītis (35)
3×3 basketball: Kārlis Apsītis, Francis Lācis, Zigmārs Raimo, Kristaps Gludītis, Paula Mauriņa, Marta Leimane, Ieva Korzane, Katrīna Trankale (8)
Archery: Yulia Oleksejenko, Dāvis Blaže (2)
Badminton: Ekaterina Romanova (1)
Boxing: Matvej Prokudins, Martins Blumenthals, Rudolfs Ozols, Marcis Grundulis, Beatrice Rozentāle (5)
Rowing slalom: Emīls Varslavāns, Ritvars Celminņš, Mārtiņš Plaudis, Edgars Grāvītis (4)
Climbing sport: Edvards Gruzītis (1)
Fencing: Sofija Prošina, Kristaps Supe, Gints Baķis, Aleksandr Ostapenko, Daniels Loginov, Ernests Cimborevičs, Anna Orlova, Artūrs Trams (8)
Shooting: Lauris Strautmanis, Emīls Wasermanis, Daniels Vilcinņš, Agate Rashmane, Anda Vāvere, Dainis Upelnieks (6)
Taekwondo: Jolanta Tarvida, Inese Tarvida (2)
Triathlon: Artūrs Liepa, Baiba Medne (2)
Modern pentathlon: Pavel Shvetsov (1)
MTB cycling: Mārtiņš Blums, Oskars Muižnieks (2)
BMX Freestyle: Ernests Seebold, Thomas Greenberg (2)
Rowing sprint: Ansis Grišāns, Melanija Čamane, Kārlis Dumpis, Roberts Akmens, Krista Berziņa, Aleksejs Rumyantsevs, Aldis Vilde, Stanislavs Leščinskis, Madara Aldiņa, Roberts Pumpa (10)
Show jumping: Jay Patrick (1)
A total of 254 sets of medals were distributed in 29 sports at the third European Games, with several of them also distributing medals at the European Championships in individual disciplines. [sīkāk par atšķirībām – šeit]as well as fulfilling the qualification criteria for participation in the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
The Italian athletes’ delegation won convincingly in the medal tally with 100 medals. Followed by Spain and Ukraine, whose athletes earned 21 medals for each country. In terms of the total number of awards, Germany is second with 63. The Lithuanians collected one more medal than the Latvians (8), but they are one gold medal behind. Estonian athletes have a total of three medals. The last medal of the third European Games will go to Croatia after winning the team shooting competition.
The next European Games are scheduled for four years from now, but their venue is not yet known.
