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Europe > Latvia > Sports

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2000 Summer Paralympics > Bronze 39 [39th of 58]
2000 Summer Paralympics > Total 52 [52nd of 66]
Air Games > Bronze medals 20 [20th of 24]
Air Games > Gold Medals 14 [14th of 16]
Air Games > Total medals 23 [23rd of 27]
Chess > GrandMasters 30 [30th of 135]
Chess > International Masters 58 [58th of 135]
Chess > World Chess Rankings 33 [33rd of 135]
FIFA World Ranking > Men 66 [66th of 198]
FIFA World Ranking > Women 58 [58th of 117]
Ice hockey > Number of registered players > % of Population 7 % [7th of 18]
Ice hockey > Number of registered players > Players 13 [13th of 18]
Mt Everest ascents > Duration 1953-2001 40 [40th of 59]
Mt Everest ascents > Duration 1991-2001 38 [38th of 57]
Olympic medals > Bronze > Sydney 2000 47 [47th of 64]
Olympic medals > Gold > Sydney 2000 37 [37th of 48]
Olympic medals > Silver > Sydney 2000 38 [38th of 50]
Olympic medals > Total > Sydney 2000 47 [47th of 75]
Olympic point totals > Sydney 2000 47 [47th of 79]
Summer olympic medals > All time 53 [53rd of 116]

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SOURCES: ; Bronze medals won in the First Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included parachuting, sky-surfing, hang-gliding, and ballooning.; Gold medals won in the First Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included parachuting, sky-surfing, hang-gliding, and ballooning.; Total medals won in the First Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included parachuting, sky-surfing, hang-gliding and ballooning.; Number of GrandMaster chess champions, by country. A GrandMaster is the highest level of recognition in chess.; Number of International Masters in chess, by country. International Master is the second highest recognition in chess.; Country rank by average rating of top 10 players; World football rankings, point totals, March 2006.; FIFA world women's ranking, total points.; Mt Everest ascents 1953 - 2001; Mt Everest ascents 1991 - 2001; Bronze medals won at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.; Gold medals won at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.; Silver medals won at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games; Total of all Gold, Silver and Bronze medals won by each nation at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.; National Medal Standings are not recognized by the IOC. The unofficial point totals are based on three points for every gold medal, two for each silver and one for each bronze.; All-time Summer Games medal standings, based on The Golden Book of the Olympic Games. Medal counts include the 1906 Intercalated Games, which are not recognized by the IOC.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija

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