Liechtenstein at the Olympics

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Liechtenstein at the
Olympics
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
IOC code LIE
NOC Liechtenstein Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.li  (in German and English)
Medals
Ranked 95th
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.

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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

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Willi Frommelt 1976 Innsbruck Alpine skiing Men's slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hanni Wenzel 1976 Innsbruck Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's downhill
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Andreas Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Andreas Wenzel 1984 Sarajevo Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ursula Konzett 1984 Sarajevo Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Paul Frommelt 1988 Calgary Alpine skiing Men's slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tina Weirather 2018 Pyeongchang Alpine skiing Women's super-G

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References

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