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Wikitree Olympics Project

Contents 1 Olympics-Team Latvia 1.1 Background 1.2 Olympians Representing Latvia on Wikitree 1.3 Process 1.4 Stickers 1.5 Latvia sent a team to the following games 1.5.1 Summer Olympics 1.5.2 Winter Olympics 1.5.3 Summer Paralympics 1.5.4 Winter Paralympics 1.6 Sources

Olympics-Team Latvia

Background

Prior to its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvia competed at the Olympic Games of 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936, winning three medals. Latvia also competed at the Olympic Winter Games of 1924, 1928, and 1936. From 1952 to 1988, many Latvians competed for the Soviet Union (USSR). During this time the most successful Latvians were the volleyballer Ivans Bugajenkovs (two gold in 1964 and 1968), the basketballers Uļjana Semjonova (two gold in 1976 and 1980), Jānis Krūmiņš, Valdis Muižnieks, and Maigonis Valdmanis (all three silver each between 1952 and 1964) as well as the javelin thrower Jānis Lūsis, who won a full set of medals between 1964 and 1972. The canoeist Ivans Klementjevs won gold in 1988 while representing the Soviet Union and added two silver medals in 1992 and 1996 as a member of the Latvian team. At the 1988 Winter Olympics the Latvian Jānis Ķipurs won gold and bronze in bobsleigh.

After the Soviet revolution of 1991, Latvia declared and was granted its independence. Latvia returned to the Olympic fold in 1992 by competing at both Albertville and Barcelona, and has competed at all Olympic Games since. ^[1]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented Mexico are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing Latvia on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing Latvia shows all Latvian Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing Latvia]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing Latvia]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they representedLatvia. e.g. "[[Category: 1920 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Latvia in Athletics in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to the Global Tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Latvia in Athletics in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.