Liechtenstein at the Olympics

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Liechtenstein at the
Olympics
IOC codeLIE
NOCLiechtenstein Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.li (in German and English)
Medals
Ranked 92nd
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Liechtenstein first participated in the Olympic Games in 1936, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. The Liechtenstein Olympic Committee was created in 1935.

Liechtenstein is the smallest country in the world by population and the second smallest by area (after Bermuda, but smallest sovereign state) to have won an Olympic gold medal, although San Marino is the smallest country to have won any medal.[1] Athletes from Liechtenstein have won a total of ten medals, all in alpine skiing. It is the only country to have won medals at the Winter, but not Summer Olympic Games. Liechtenstein has the most medals per capita of any country, with nearly one medal for every 3,600 inhabitants.[2] Seven of its ten medals have been won by members of the same family: siblings Hanni and Andreas Wenzel, and Hanni's daughter Tina Weirather.[3] Further, the brothers Willi and Paul Frommelt have won two of the other three; only Ursula Konzett has medaled for her country without being related to Wenzels or Frommelts.

Xaver Frick, a founding member of the country's national olympic committee, is the only Liechtenstein athlete to have competed in both the summer and winter Olympic games.[4]

Medal tables[edit]

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

List of medalists[edit]

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Willi Frommelt 1976 Innsbruck Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Bronze Hanni Wenzel 1976 Innsbruck Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Gold Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
 Gold Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Silver Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's downhill
 Silver Andreas Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
 Bronze Andreas Wenzel 1984 Sarajevo Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
 Bronze Ursula Konzett 1984 Sarajevo Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Bronze Paul Frommelt 1988 Calgary Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Bronze Tina Weirather 2018 Pyeongchang Alpine skiing Women's super-G

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tokyo Olympics digest: Sunisa Lee takes gold in women's all-around | DW | 29.07.2021".
  2. ^ Manning, Nevill (16 February 2018). "Medals per Capita". medalspercapita.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ Dunbar, Graham (23 December 2013). "Liechtenstein skier Tina Weirather follows in her family's rich Olympic tradition". Courier Islander. Campbell River, British Columbia. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Xaver Frick". Principality of Liechtenstein. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

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