Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Bosnia and Herzegovina at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
IOC code BIH
NOC Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website www.okbih.ba  (in Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian)
in Turin
Competitors6 (3 men, 3 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer Aleksandra Vasiljević (opening)
Mojca Rataj (closing) [1] [2]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1992)

Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Contents

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
Mojca Rataj Women's giant slalom Did not start
Women's slalom 45.3449.03n/a1:34.3731
Marco Schafferer Men's giant slalom 1:39.281:25.18n/a3:04.4637
Men's slalom 1:01.1156.06n/a1:57.1730

Biathlon

AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Miro Ćosić Men's sprint 32:56.1485
Men's individual 1:08:32.7783
Aleksandra Vasiljević Women's sprint 28:10.9178
Women's individual 1:01:11.8174

Cross-country skiing

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Bojan Samardžija Men's 15 km classical 51:28.889
Vedrana Vučićević Women's 10 km classical 42:45.870

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References

  1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony" . Retrieved Feb 22, 2009.
  2. "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony" . Retrieved Feb 22, 2009.