XXI Olympic Winter Games are Over

A very successful second year student from the study programme Teacher of Health and Physical Education at the Faculty of Education and Psychology (FEP) is Liene Fimbauere, Olympic alpine skier. Her debut is a great achievement - in the giant slalom from 86 participants Liene ranked 51st, but the slalom she finished as 49th (out of 87). We believe that the personal satisfaction will motivate the athlete to attain spectacular results in future. Biathlonist Līga Glāzere is a third year student in the same programme. The road to the Olympic Games took her four years. Although the results: 69^th place in the sprint, 78^th in the individual race and 19^th in the relay, are not indicative of high quality, we still hope for better results in future. Raivis Broks graduated from the FEP programme Teacher of Health and Physical Education in 2008. He begun bobsleigh racing in his final years at the University and joined the crew in the period between the last two Olympics. In Vancouver he was a member of the four-man bobsleigh piloted by Edgars Maskalāns and successfully presented Latvia in sports by finishing in 11^th place in a four-man team bobsleigh competition. The Faculty of Economics and Management graduate Madara Līduma proved to be more successful in the previous Olympic Winter Games in Turin (15 km biathlon she finished 10^th ), whereas in Vancouver Madara’s results were more modest. She arrived 57^th in the sprint (out of 89 participants), 67^th in the pursuit and 19^th in the relay race. Martin Dukurs’ outstanding achievement in skeleton – a silver medal, makes us very proud as he also is one of our graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Management. The University of Latvia takes pride in the accomplishments of its students and graduates in Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Best of luck in their future studies and sports careers!


Translated by students of the professional study programme Translator of the University of Latvia.