Liechtenstein at the Olympics: Difference between revisions

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[[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.

AthletesLiechtenstein fromis the smallest country in the world by population and the second smallest by area (after [[LiechtensteinBermuda at the Olympics|Bermuda]], but smallest ''sovereign'' state) to have won an Olympic gold medal, although [[San Marino at the Olympics|San Marino]] is the smallest country to have won any medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/tokyo-olympics-digest-san-marino-become-smallest-nation-to-win-medal/a-58681685|title = Tokyo Olympics digest: Sunisa Lee takes gold in women's all-around &#124; DW &#124; 29.07.2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medalspercapita.com/#medals-per-capita:all |title=Medals per Capita |last1=Manning |first1=Nevill |date=16 February 2018 |website=medalspercapita.com |publisher= |accessdateaccess-date=17 February 2018 }}</ref> Seven of its ten medals have been won by members of the same family: siblings [[Hanni Wenzel|Hanni]] and [[Andreas Wenzel]], and Hanni's daughter [[Tina Weirather]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.courierislander.com/sports/liechtenstein-skier-tina-weirather-follows-in-her-family-s-rich-olympic-tradition-1.768885 |newspaper=Courier Islander |location=[[Campbell River, British Columbia]] |agency=Associated Press |last=Dunbar |first=Graham |title=Liechtenstein skier Tina Weirather follows in her family's rich Olympic tradition |date=23 December 2013 |accessdateaccess-date=24 January 2014}}</ref> (Further, the brothers [[Willi Frommelt|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.<ref name=pl> {{cite news |first=|last=|title=Xaver Frick |url=http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-sport-sport/fl-sport-goldeneslorbeerblatt/fl-sport-goldeneslorbeerblatt-frick.htm |work=[[Principality of Liechtenstein]] |publisheraccess-date=2009-07-11 |archive-date=2009-06-06 |accessdatearchive-url=2009https://web.archive.org/web/20090606000334/http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-07sport-11sport/fl-sport-goldeneslorbeerblatt/fl-sport-goldeneslorbeerblatt-frick.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal counttable}}

!style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Olympic medal table|Rank]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1936 Summer Olympics|6]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1936 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1948 Summer Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1948 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1952 Summer Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1952 Summer Olympics medal table|-–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} || colspan=6; rowspan=1 | ''did not participate''

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1960 Summer Olympics|5]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1960 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1964 Summer Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1964 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1968 Summer Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1968 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1972}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1972 Summer Olympics|6]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1972 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1976}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1976 Summer Olympics|6]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1976 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} || colspan=6; rowspan=1 | ''did not participate''

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1984}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1984 Summer Olympics|7]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1984 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1988}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1988 Summer Olympics|12]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1988 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1992 Summer Olympics|7]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1992 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1996 Summer Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1992 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2000 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2004 Summer Olympics|1]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2004 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2008 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2012 Summer Olympics|3]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2012 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2016 Summer Olympics|3]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || ''' 0''' || [[2016 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || colspan=6;[[Liechtenstein rowspan=1at the 2020 Summer Olympics|5]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || ''future event'0''' || [[2020 Summer Olympics medal table|–]]

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!style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Olympic medal table|Rank]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1936}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1936 Winter Olympics|4]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1936 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1948}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1948 Winter Olympics|10]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1948 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1956}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1956 Winter Olympics|8]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1956 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1960}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1960 Winter Olympics|3]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1960 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1964}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1964 Winter Olympics|6]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1964 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1968}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1968 Winter Olympics|9]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1968 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1972}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1972 Winter Olympics|4]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1972 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1976}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1976 Winter Olympics|9]] || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''2''' || [[1976 Winter Olympics medal table|14]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1980}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1980 Winter Olympics|7]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''4''' || [[1980 Winter Olympics medal table|6]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1984}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1984 Winter Olympics|10]] || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''2''' || [[1984 Winter Olympics medal table|16]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1988}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1988 Winter Olympics|13]] || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''1''' || [[1988 Winter Olympics medal table|16]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1992}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1992 Winter Olympics|7]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1992 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1994}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1994 Winter Olympics|10]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1994 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1998}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 1998 Winter Olympics|8]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[1998 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2002}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2002 Winter Olympics|8]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2002 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2006}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2006 Winter Olympics|5]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2006 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2010}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2010 Winter Olympics|7]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2010 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2014}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2014 Winter Olympics|4]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || [[2014 Winter Olympics medal table|–]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2018}} || [[Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics|3]] || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''1''' || [[2018 Winter Olympics medal table|28]]

|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2022}} || [[Liechtenstein colspan=6at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || ''Future event'0''' || [[2022 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]

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* {{cite web |title=Liechtenstein |date=27 July 2021 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=httphttps://www.olympic.org/liechtenstein }}

* {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal WinnersAnalytics/LIE |publisher=International Olympic Committeeolympanalyt.com |url=http://wwwolympanalyt.olympic.orgcom/athletesOlympAnalytics.php?searchparam_pagetype=1MedalsByGames&countrynameparam_country=liechtensteinLIE }}