Poļina Rožkova

Poļina Rožkova
Curler
Born (1985-10-12) 12 October 1985
Riga, Latvian SSR
Team
Curling clubKērlinga klubs Rīga
Mixed doubles
partner		Agris Lasmans
Curling career
Member Association Latvia
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances		5 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025)
Paralympic
appearances		3 (2016 Summer, 2022 Winter, 2026 Winter)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing  Latvia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2026 Milano CortinaMixed doubles
World Mixed Doubles Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 Richmond

Poļina Rožkova (born 12 October 1985 in Riga)[1] is a Latvian wheelchair fencer and wheelchair curler[2][3] from Riga.

Career

As a wheelchair fencer she competed on 2016 Summer Paralympics in Women's Individual Épée Category A event and finished on sixth place in Pool 1.[4][5]

At the national wheelchair curling level, she is a seven-time Latvian champion curler.

At the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy, Rožkova and Agris Lasmans become the first athletes representing Latvia to win a medal in the Paralympics after achieving bronze in the mixed doubles curling.[6]

Wheelchair curling teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2011–12 Aleksandrs DimbovskisOjārs BriedisMāris DzelzkalnsPoļina RožkovaVita MiezīteArtis ZentelisWWhCQ 2011 (9th)
2012–13 Ojārs BriedisPoļina RožkovaIlmārs NicmanisAleksandrs DimbovskisVita MiezīteArtis ZentelisWWhCQ 2012 (4th)
2013–14 Ojārs BriedisIlmārs NicmanisAgris LasmansPoļina RožkovaLWhCC 2014 1st place, gold medalist(s)[7]
2014–15 Ojārs BriedisPoļina RožkovaIlmārs NicmanisAgris LasmansSergejs ČerniševsArtis ZentelisWWhCQ 2014 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sergejs Djačenko (fourth)Agris LasmansOjārs Briedis (skip)Poļina RožkovaKārlis GabranovsLWhCC 2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[8]
2015–16 Maksims Voroņeckis (fourth)Sergejs DjačenkoOjārs Briedis (skip)Poļina RožkovaAgris LasmansLWhCC 2016 1st place, gold medalist(s)[9]
2016–17 Poļina Rožkova (fourth)Ojārs Briedis (skip)Ilmārs NicmanisSergejs DjačenkoAgris LasmansPēteris ŠveisbergsWWhBCC 2016 (11th)
Oļegs Lihuta (fourth)Agris LasmansSergejs Djačenko
(ex Černiševs)		Poļina Rožkova (skip)Arnis VeidemanisLWhCC 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s)[10]
2017–18 Poļina RožkovaSergejs DjačenkoAgris LasmansOjārs BriedisArnis VeidemanisLWhCC 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)[11]
2018–19 Poļina RožkovaSergejs DjačenkoAgris LasmansOjārs BriedisVita Miezīte (LWhCC)Arnis Veidemanis,
Signe Rinkule (WWhCC)		WWhBCC 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
LWhCC 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s)[12]
WWhCC 2019 (9th)
2019–20 Agris Lasmans (fourth)Sergejs DjačenkoOjārs BriedisPoļina Rožkova (skip)Diāna DadzīteArnis VeidemanisLWhCC 2020 1st place, gold medalist(s)[13]
Poļina RožkovaSergejs DjačenkoAgris LasmansOjārs BriedisArnis Veidemanis,
Rihards Jeske		WWhCC 2020 (7th)
2020–21 Agris Lasmans (fourth)Sergejs DjačenkoOjārs BriedisPoļina Rožkova (skip)Diāna DadzīteRihards Jeske,
Arnis Veidemanis		LWhCC 2021 1st place, gold medalist(s)[14]
Poļina RožkovaSergejs DjačenkoAgris LasmansOjārs BriedisAleksandrs DimbovskisArnis Veidemanis,
Rihards Jeske		WWhCC 2021 (8th)
2023–24 Agris Lasmans (fourth)Sergejs DjačenkoOjārs Briedis (skip)Linda MeijerePoļina RožkovaRihards JeskeWWhCC 2024 (5th)
2024–25 Agris Lasmans (fourth)Sergejs DjačenkoOjārs Briedis (skip)Linda MeijerePoļina RožkovaRihards JeskeWWhCC 2025 (12th)

Mixed doubles

Season Female Male Coach Events
2021–22 Poļina RožkovaAgris LasmansWWhMDCC 2022 (5th)
2022–23 Poļina RožkovaAgris LasmansErkki LillWWhMDCC 2023 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Latvijas Paralimpiskā komiteja - Mūsu sportiste Poļina Rožkova avīzē "Sports"" [Latvian Paralympic Committee - Our athlete Poļina Rozhkova in "Sports" newspaper] (in Latvian). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2022 – via Facebook.
  2. ↑ "Polina Rozkova". results.worldcurling.org. World Curling.
  3. ↑ "Poļina Rožkova". curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  4. ↑ "Polina Rozkova". International Paralympic Committee.
  5. ↑ "ROZKOVA Polina - Wheelchair Fencing". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  6. ↑ "Latvia's achievement: the first Winter Paralympic medal won at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium". Olympics. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  7. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2014" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2014]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  8. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2015" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2015]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  9. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2016" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2016]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  10. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2017" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2017]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  11. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2018" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2018]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  12. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2019" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2019]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  13. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2020" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2020]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
  14. ↑ "Latvijas ratiņkērlinga čempionāts 2021" [Latvian wheelchair curling championship 2021]. curling.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Curling Association.
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