Olympic history of Liechtenstein

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Liechtenstein first took part in the Olympic Games in1936. For the first time, athletes from the Principality competedfor their countryat the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .

Liechtenstein sent a total of 132 participants. The youngest participant was the alpine ski racer August Wolfinger , who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck at the age of 14. The oldest athlete was the shooter Theobald Schurte in Los Angeles in 1984 , who took part at the age of 44. Xaver Frick , one of the founders of the NOK for Liechtenstein , is the only athlete who took part in both summer and winter games ( 1936 in Berlin as a track and field athlete, 1948 in St. Moritz as a cross-country skier).

All ten medals were won at winter games in alpine skiing . Liechtenstein is thus the only nation that won all of its medals at the Winter Games. Liechtenstein has won the most Olympic medals in relation to the number of inhabitants worldwide. The most successful female athlete with four medals (2 | 1 | 1) is ski racer Hanni Wenzel .

Participation

With two exceptions, Liechtenstein took part in all Summer Olympic Games . Only in 1956 was it not possible to participate in Melbourne because of the high travel costs . In 1980 , Liechtenstein joined the boycott of the Moscow Games to protest against the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviet troops .

The country took part in the Olympic Winter Games 15 times.

year	Flag bearer	Attendees	Men	Women	sports
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen		4th	4th	0	2
1936 Berlin	Oskar Ospelt	6th	6th	0	3
1948 Sankt Moritz	Christof Frommelt	10	10	0	2
1948 London		2	2	0	1
1952 Helsinki		2	2	0	1
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Eduard, Baron von Falz-Fein	8th	8th	0	2
1960 Squaw Valley		3	3	0	1
1960 Rome	Alois Büchel	5	5	0	3
1964 Innsbruck		6th	6th	0	2
1964 Tokyo	Alois Büchel	2	2	0	1
1968 Grenoble		9	8th	1	2
1968 Mexico City		2	2	0	1
1972 Sapporo		4th	3	1	2
1972 Munich	Eduard, Baron von Falz-Fein	6th	6th	0	4th
1976 Innsbruck	Ursula Konzett	9	6th	3	3
1976 Montreal		6th	4th	2	2
1980 Lake Placid	Petra Wenzel	7th	4th	3	2
1984 Sarajevo	Günther Marxer	10	7th	3	3
1984 Los Angeles	Manuela Marxer	7th	5	2	3
1988 Calgary	Andreas Wenzel	13	11	2	3
1988 Seoul	Yvonne Elkuch	12	9	3	5
1992 Albertville	Birgit Heeb	7th	6th	1	2
1992 Barcelona	Manuela Marxer	7th	4th	3	4th
1994 Lillehammer	Markus Hasler	10	9	1	3
1996 Atlanta	Birgit Blum	2	0	2	2
1998 Nagano	Tamara Schädler	8th	5	3	2
2000 Sydney	Oliver Geissmann	2	1	1	2
2002 Salt Lake City	Marco Büchel	8th	7th	1	2
2004 Athens	Oliver Geissmann	1	1	0	1
2006 Turin	Jessica Walter	5	3	2	2
2008 Beijing	Marcel Tschopp	2	2	0	2
2010 Vancouver	Richard miracle	6th	5	1	2
2012 London	Stephanie Vogt	3	1	2	3
2014 Sochi	Tina Weirather	4th	2	2	2
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Julia Hassler	3	1	2	3
2018 Pyeongchang	Marco Pfiffner	3	2	1	2

Medals

→ See: List of Olympic medal winners from Liechtenstein

Web links

• Liechtenstein in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Liechtenstein on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)