Australia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Australia
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	47 in 8 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Duncan Cowan & Tara Baker
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Australia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024, This will be Australia's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The Australian team consisted of 47 athletes (16 men and 31 women) competing in eight sports. ^[1] This was the largest ever team the country has sent to the Winter Youth Olympics. Freestyle skier Duncan Cowan and ice hockey player Tara Baker were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	3	3	6
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Figure skating	1	2	3
Freestyle skiing	4	4	8
Ice hockey	0	13	13
Short track speed skating	1	0	1
Snowboarding	4	6	10
Total	16	31	47

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Lottie Lodge	Freestyle skiing	Women's dual moguls	27 January
Silver	Daisy Thomas	Freestyle skiing	Women's big air	28 January
Bronze	William Martin Abbey Wilson	Snowboarding	Mixed team snowboard cross	21 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two alpine skiers (one per gender). ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Max Kelly	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	51.41	37	55.77	18	1:47.18	22
Arkie Lennon	Women's giant slalom	DNF
	Women's slalom	55.01	32	DNF

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified six biathletes (three per gender). ^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Phoenix Sparke	Sprint	23:59.9	5 (4+1)	33
	Individual	48:13.5	8 (0+3+3+2)	39
Matthew Wilby	Sprint	30:02.8	3 (1+2)	92
	Individual	58:46.2	6 (2+2+1+1)	95
Edward Woodhouse-Bedak	Sprint	27:50.8	5 (2+3)	84
	Individual	55:54.2	12 (4+3+2+3)	88

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Bridget Harvey	Sprint	26:15.4	7 (3+4)	68
	Individual	46:06.2	7 (1+2+2+2)	62
Ava McCann	Sprint	25:02.0	3 (0+3)	56
	Individual	44:43.0	6 (0+2+2+2)	53
Alessandra Sydun-West	Sprint	25:19.8	4 (1+3)	61
	Individual	49:17.7	8 (2+2+1+3)	81

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ava McCann Phoenix Sparke	Single mixed relay	48:45.3	17 (2+15)	14
Bridget Harvey Alessandra Sydun-West Phoenix Sparke Edward Woodhouse-Bedak	Mixed relay	LAP	20 (5+15)	17

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender). ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samuel Johnson	7.5 km classical	—	23:19.4	52
	Sprint freestyle	3:22.63	43	Did not advance
Clancy Merrick Harvey	7.5 km classical	—	22:43.1	48
	Sprint freestyle	3:29.93	56	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rosie Franzke	7.5 km classical	—	25:32.7	38
	Sprint freestyle	3:59.58	43	Did not advance
Satara Moon	7.5 km classical	—	26:23.2	44
	Sprint freestyle	4:11.55	54	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rosie Franzke Clancy Merrick Harvey Satara Moon Samuel Johnson	Mixed relay	59:40.8	18

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified three figure skaters (one man and two women). The pairs quota of two athletes was secured at the 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. The singles quota was earned based on the results of the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix ranking. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sienna Kaczmarczyk	Women's singles	39.97	17	72.49	17	112.46	17
Peyton Bellamy-Martins / Kryshtof Pradeaux	Pairs	29.03	4	59.33	4	88.36	4

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified 8 athletes in freestyle skiing.

Dual moguls

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edward Hill	Men's dual moguls	Nakamura  (JPN) L 2–3	Koehler  (CAN) W 3–2	Kim  (KOR) W 3–2	Dooley  (IRL) W 3–DNF	11	3	Did not advance
Lottie Lodge	Women's dual moguls	Joly  (FRA) L 2–3	Feklistova  (KAZ) W 3–2	Sakai  (JPN) W 3–2	Kisil  (UKR) W 3–2	11	1 Q	McLarnon  (USA) W 20–15	Lemley  (USA) L 13–22

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lottie Lodge Edward Hill	Mixed team	Lamontagne / Koehler  (CAN) W 52–18	Sakai / Nakamura  (JPN) L 20–50	Did not advance

Ski cross

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Duncan Cowan	Men's ski cross	16	3 Q	DNF SF	6
Bayley Sadler		13	9	Did not advance
Dakota Turner	Women's ski cross	15	7	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Duncan Cowan Dakota Turner	Team ski cross	—	4	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Joey Elliss	Men's big air	74.00	91.75	91.75	2 Q	87.00	45.00	47.00	134.00	5
	Men's slopestyle	31.00	59.00	59.00	13	Did not advance
Lucinda Laird	Women's big air	4.50	6.50	6.50	15	Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	33.00	18.50	33.00	16	Did not advance
Daisy Thomas	Women's big air	53.50	84.25	84.25	2 Q	91.00	81.75	31.75	171.75
	Women's slopestyle	69.00	53.50	69.00	6 Q	64.75	67.25	62.25	67.25	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament. ^{[6] [7]}

Roster

Remi Harvey was the team's head coach. ^[8]

• Tara Baker – C
• Hannah Cryan
• Gwen Ellis – A
• Olivia Gargano
• Grace Kalambokas
• Jasmin Mayor
• Johanna Meissner – A
• Katie Meyer
• Poppy Noone
• Sophie Reader
• Annika Schmitz
• Elin Schmitz
• Georgia Watts

Women's 3x3 tournament

Summary

Key:

• GWS – Game winning shots

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final
		Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank
Australia	Women's 3x3 tournament	Netherlands W 6–1	South Korea L 2–12	Italy L 4–15	Hungary L 1–22	Mexico W 5–4	Turkey L 2–10	China L 3–11	6	Did not advance

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	7	7	0	0	0	130	5	+125	21	Semifinals
2	China	7	6	0	0	1	70	25	+45	18
3	South Korea (H)	7	4	1	0	2	48	30	+18	14
4	Italy	7	4	0	1	2	67	31	+36	13
5	Turkey	7	3	0	0	4	36	41	−5	9
6	Australia	7	2	0	0	5	23	75	−52	6
7	Mexico	7	1	0	0	6	18	71	−53	3
8	Netherlands	7	0	0	0	7	5	119	−114	0

Source: IOC ^{[9] [10]}
(H) Host

20 January 2024 16:00

Netherlands

1–6 (1–0, 0–4, 0–2)

Australia

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Beatrice Fortin Anhelina Maifeld

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21 January 2024 13:30

Australia

2–12 (0–3, 0–5, 2–4)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: María Chávez Anhelina Maifeld

21 January 2024 20:30

Italy

15–4 (5–1, 9–2, 1–1)

Australia

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Beatrice Fortin Mei Wah Wan

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22 January 2024 12:00

Australia

1–22 (0–5, 0–8, 1–9)

Hungary

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Beatrice Fortin Ilona Silander

22 January 2024 19:00

Mexico

4–5 (0–1, 2–1, 2–3)

Australia

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: María Chávez Anhelina Maifeld

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23 January 2024 13:30

Turkey

10–2 (3–1, 2–1, 5–0)

Australia

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Beatrice Fortin Anhelina Maifeld

23 January 2024 20:30

Australia

3–11 (1–4, 1–5, 1–2)

China

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: María Chávez Anhelina Maifeld

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one male short track speed skater. ^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aditya Nghiem	500 m	47.879	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:43.999	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:41.252	5	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Australia qualified 10 athletes in snowboarding.

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
William Martin	Men's snowboard cross	14	6	Did not advance
Cameron Turner		13	8	Did not advance
Lara Walsh	Women's snowboard cross	12	9	Did not advance
Abbey Wilson		18	3 Q	2 Q	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
William Martin Abbey Wilson	Team snowboard cross	—	1 Q	2 Q
Cameron Turner Lara Walsh		—	4	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Milo Botterill	Men's big air	8.50	34.00	34.00	18	Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	6.50	18.00	18.00	20	Did not advance
Tai Vaughan	Men's halfpipe	40.00	43.50	43.50	14	Did not advance
Sascha Elvy	Women's halfpipe	42.75	41.00	42.75	12	Did not advance
Amelie Haskell	Women's halfpipe	47.25	31.75	47.25	11	Did not advance
Ally Hickman	Women's big air	19.25	78.75	78.75	7 Q	59.75	26.50	66.00	125.75	9
	Women's slopestyle	53.75	28.50	53.75	9 Q	16.25	50.75	61.00	61.00	8
Halle McRae	Women's big air	14.75	64.00	64.00	11	Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	10.25	21.50	21.50	18	Did not advance

See also

• Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

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5. "ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION FIGURE SKATING – TEAM EVENT (SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE)". International Skating Union. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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