Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr  (in Croatian and English)
in Turin
Competitors	22 in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Janica Kostelić (opening) Ivan Šola (closing) [1] [2]
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
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Croatia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Janica Kostelić	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	18 February
Silver	Ivica Kostelić	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	14 February
Silver	Janica Kostelić	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	20 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Ivica Kostelić	Super-G	n/a			1:33.53	31
	Slalom	54.43	50.02	n/a	1:44.45	6
	Combined	1:40.44	44.61	44.83	3:09.88
Danko Marinelli	Slalom	DNF
Ivan Olivari	Super-G	—			1:37.43	49
Ivan Ratkić	Super-G	—			1:34.77	36
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Combined	1:44.71	48.48	DNF
Dalibor Šamšal	Slalom	DNF
Tin Široki	Combined	1:44.75	47.40	48.01	3:20.16	26
Natko Zrnčić-Dim	Super-G	—			1:34.49	35
	Giant slalom	1:22.57	1:23.02	n/a	2:45.59	25
	Slalom	57.69	1:01.34	n/a	1:59.03	33
	Combined	1:41.23	56.55	46.37	3:24.15	33

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Matea Ferk	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	1:06.67	DNF
Nika Fleiss	Super-G	—			1:36.65	40
	Giant slalom	1:03.27	1:10.16	n/a	2:13.43	19
	Slalom	44.31	48.30	n/a	1:32.61	23
	Combined	40.29	45.00	DNS
Ana Jelušić	Giant slalom	1:05.19	DNF
	Slalom	43.42	48.36	n/a	1:31.78	15
Janica Kostelić	Women's downhill	DNS
	Super-G	—			1:32.74
	Giant slalom	DNS
	Slalom	43.07	46.87	n/a	1:29.94	4
	Combined	38.65	43.03	1:29.40	2:51.08

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.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Petra Starčević	Women's sprint	28:11.9	2	79
	Women's individual	1:06:49.6	8	79

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Ivan Šola Slaven Krajačić Alek Osmanović Jurica Grabušić	Four-man	56.67	56.57	56.51	Did not advance		23

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Alen Abramović	Men's 15 km classical	46:52.1	81
Damir Jurčević	Men's 15 km classical	44:20.8	70
Maja Kezele	Women's 10 km classical	35:04.2	66
	Women's 15 km pursuit	51:36.3	64
Denis Klobučar	Men's 15 km classical	43:55.4	66
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:27:16.4	64

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Alen Abramović	Men's sprint	2:34.61	75	Did not advance					75
Damir Jurčević	Men's sprint	2:28.21	60	Did not advance					60
Maja Kezele	Women's sprint	2:27.16	58	Did not advance					58
Denis Klobučar	Men's sprint	2:33.10	73	Did not advance					73
Damir Jurčević Denis Klobučar	Men's team sprint	—				19:43.1	11	Did not advance	22

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Idora Hegel	Ladies'	—		47.06	17	80.01	19	127.07	19

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Nikola Nimac	Men's	1:01.86	1:02.44	2.04.30	26

References

1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony" . Retrieved 22 February 2009.
2. "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

• "Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Croatia". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2016.