| Chile at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CHI |
| NOC | Chilean Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 9 (5 men, 4 women) in 2 sports |
| Flag bearers | Daniela Anguita (opening) Marco Zúñiga (closing) [1] [2] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Chile competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
7 of Chile's 9 athletes in Turin participated in alpine skiing, including the country's top finisher, Noelle Barahona, who was 30th in the women's combined. The 15-year-old was more than 35 seconds behind the gold medal winner, and more than 20 behind the next-to-last finisher, but did complete all three runs, something 15 other competitors were unable to do. [3] [4]
| Athlete [4] | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Daniela Anguita | Women's super-G | did not finish | ||||
| Noelle Barahona | Women's combined | 47.62 | 56.39 | 1:42.61 | 3:26.62 | 30 |
| Macarena Benvenuto | Women's super-G | n/a | 1:41.52 | 50 | ||
| Mikael Gayme | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:55.73 | 41 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:39.68 | 54 | |||
| Maui Gayme | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:56.10 | 42 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:36.85 | 47 | |||
| Duncan Grob | Men's super-G | n/a | 1:36.24 | 44 | ||
| Men's giant slalom | did not finish | |||||
| Jorge Mandrú | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:58.77 | 49 | ||
| Men's combined | 1:45.81 | 52.92 | disqualified | |||
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Zúñiga finished second-to-last in both his events, while Isbej was last in each of hers. [5]
| Athlete [5] | Event | Final | ||
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| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Verónica Isbej | Women's sprint | 33:52.0 | 4 | 83 |
| Women's individual | 1:14:55.3 | 7 | 81 | |
| Marco Zúñiga | Men's sprint | 33:38.1 | 1 | 89 |
| Men's individual | 1:11:02.5 | 5 | 87 | |
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