Liechtenstein at the Olympics

Liechtenstein at the Olympics
IOC code	LIE
NOC	Liechtenstein Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.li (in German and English)
Medals Ranked 92nd	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 6 Total 10
Summer appearances
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 <i>2024</i>
Winter appearances
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Alpine skiing 2 2 6 10 Totals (1 entries) 2 2 6 10

List of medalists

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

• List of flag bearers for Liechtenstein at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Liechtenstein
• Liechtenstein at the Paralympics

References

External links

• "Liechtenstein". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Liechtenstein". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/LIE". olympanalyt.com.

This page was last edited on 19 August 2022, at 12:26