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

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeWilli Frommelt1976 InnsbruckAlpine skiingMen's slalom
 BronzeHanni Wenzel1976 InnsbruckAlpine skiingWomen's slalom
 GoldHanni Wenzel1980 Lake PlacidAlpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
 GoldHanni Wenzel1980 Lake PlacidAlpine skiingWomen's slalom
 SilverHanni Wenzel1980 Lake PlacidAlpine skiingWomen's downhill
 SilverAndreas Wenzel1980 Lake PlacidAlpine skiingMen's giant slalom
 BronzeAndreas Wenzel1984 SarajevoAlpine skiingMen's giant slalom
 BronzeUrsula Konzett1984 SarajevoAlpine skiingWomen's slalom
 BronzePaul Frommelt1988 CalgaryAlpine skiingMen's slalom
 BronzeTina Weirather2018 PyeongchangAlpine skiingWomen's super-G

See also

References

  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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