Aiva Aparjode (born 18 February 1977) is a Latvian

luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...

r who competed from 1998 to 2006. She finished 18th in the women's singles event at the

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. Aparjode's best finish at the

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was 17th at Nagano in

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. Her son,

Kristers Aparjods Kristers Aparjods (born 24 February 1998) is a Latvian luger. He started competing in luge in 2006. Career He took the gold medal in the singles event in the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, where he was also selected as the f ...

, and daughter,

Kendija Aparjode Kendija Aparjode (born 24 December 1996) is a Latvian luger, who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she finished 22nd in the women's singles. She started competing in the sport at the age of 13 and was part of the Latvian team that to ...

, also are lugers who have represented Latvia internationally.

References

2006 luge women's singles results
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* * * * 1977 births Latvian female lugers Living people Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Latvia {{Latvia-luge-bio-stub