Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarch ...

first participated in the

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in 1936, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games and

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since then. The

Liechtenstein Olympic Committee Liechtenstein Olympic Committee (german: Liechtensteinisches Olympisches Komitee) is the National Olympic Committee representing Liechtenstein. Before the organisation was renamed in 2013 it was called "Liechtensteinischer Olympischer Sportverban ...

was created in 1935. Liechtenstein is the smallest country in the world by population and the second smallest by area (after

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, but smallest ''sovereign'' state) to have won an Olympic gold medal, although

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is the smallest country to have won any medal. 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. Seven of its ten medals have been won by members of the same family: siblings Hanni and

Andreas Wenzel Andreas Wenzel (born 18 March 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, active from 1976 to 1988. Born in Planken, he was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the w ...

, and Hanni's daughter

Tina Weirather Christina "Tina" Weirather (born 24 May 1989) is a retired Liechtensteiner World Cup alpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Racing career Weirather made her World Cup ...

. Further, the brothers

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and

Paul Frommelt Paul Frommelt (born 9 August 1957) is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein and young brother of Willi Frommelt. Career In the 1970s and 1980s he belonged to the Liechtenstein skiing team together with the siblings Andreas Wenzel and Hanni We ...

have won two of the other three; only

Ursula Konzett Ursula Gregg (née Konzett, born 15 November 1959 in Grabs, Switzerland) is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein. Career Olympic Games * Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics (in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia). ** Bronze medal in sla ...

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.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists

See also

References

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