Elīna Ieva Bota
 Vītola in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Elīna Ieva Bota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 April 2000 Sigulda, Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Luge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elīna Ieva Bota (née Vītola; born 14 May 2000) is a Latvian luger who represented Latvia at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
Career
Bota represented Latvia at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in the singles event, where she finished in 18th place.[1][2]
At the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships, she won bronze medals in the sprint event and the team relay.[3]
On February 10, 2026, at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, Bota won the silver medal in the luge women's singles,[4] which made her the first Latvian woman to win any Olympic luge singles medal.[5]
Personal life
On 5 July 2024, Bota married luger Mārtiņš Bots, who has also represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]
References
- ^ "Elīna Ieva Vītola". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Elīna Ieva Vītola". fil-luge.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Germany triumphs in the Team Relay at the end of the World Championships". fil-luge.org. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ The Official Website of the Olympics (10 February 2026). "Results for Luge Women's Singles".
- ^ "Ashley Farquharson takes shock bronze for USA in singles luge | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com.
- ^ "Turpmāk Boti". instagram.com. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elīna Ieva Bota.
- Elīna Ieva Bota at FIL
- Elīna Ieva Bota at Olympics.com
- Elīna Ieva Bota at the Latvian Olympic Committee (archived) (in Latvian)
- Elīna Ieva Bota at Olympedia
- Elīna Ieva Bota at InterSportStats