RSU and LASE students and graduates participate in the Paris Olympic Games
As the Paris Olympic Games begin, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) wishes the Latvian Olympic team great success, hoping they delight and inspire Latvian supporters with their outstanding results. We particularly keep our fingers crossed for the 22 students and graduates from RSU and the RSU Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE), who have travelled to the Olympic Games as part of the Latvian Olympic delegation. We wish them success, good health, and a strong spirit in their quest for Olympic achievements.
Photo: Latvian Olympic Committee / Romāns Kokšarovs
Among the participants are three athletes who are currently studying or have graduated from RSU LASE, alongside nineteen members of the Olympic team’s management, coaches, medical, and technical staff who are RSU and LASE graduates.
“We are proud that Latvia has so many outstanding professionals in Olympic sports. We are especially pleased for our graduates and students representing the national team at the Paris Olympic Games.
This is an excellent testament not only to their personal abilities but also to our universities’ ability to give these sports and healthcare talents the opportunity to develop and grow to the highest level of excellence on an international scale.”
said RSU Vice-Rector for Administration and Development Toms Baumanis.
Currently, pole vaulter Valters Kreišs is a full-time sports science student at the RSU LSPA. While, shooter Agate Rašmane and javelin thrower Līna Mūze-Sirmā are among the academy graduates.
Other graduates include three representatives of the Latvian Olympic delegation's management: Deputy Head of Delegation Andris Lupiks, Press Secretary Marita Vilciņa, and cycling expert Igo Japiņš.
The athletes are accompanied by their coaches, RSU LASE graduates: athletics coaches Gints Palameiks, Mareks Ārents, Raitis Ravinskis, and Andrejs Vaivads; weightlifting coaches Eduards Andruškevičs and Viktors Ščerbatihs; swimming coaches (PhD) Germans Jakubovskis and Jeļena Maļuka; former coach of the two-time Olympic champion in BMX cycling Māris Štrombergs, Ivo Lakučs; and shooting coach Vilnis Celmiņš.
The medical staff of the Latvian Olympic team take care of the health, injury prevention, and rehabilitation of the Latvian Olympic team’s athletes. Among the medical staff are RSU graduates doctor Jānis Kaupe; physiotherapists Arnis Noveičuks, Oskars Urbanovičs, Valters Brikšis, and Jānis Lācis, as well as RSU LASE graduate Rolands Admidiņš.
Latvian athletes are competing in 14 disciplines in Paris: 3x3 basketball, athletics, beach volleyball, tennis, road cycling, mountain biking (MTB), BMX and freestyle, weightlifting, shooting, equestrian, modern pentathlon, swimming, and diving.
The Latvian Olympic delegation includes 29 athletes, 35 coaches, and support staff, as well as 13 representatives of management, medical, and support staff.
