| Denmark at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | DEN |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 5 (5 women) in 1 sport |
| Flag bearers | Dorthe Holm (opening) Daniel Mckay (non-athlete) (closing) [1] [2] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Denmark competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, but only competed in one sport: women's curling. Denmark's only medal at the Winter Olympics came in women's curling in 1998.
The Danish team consisted of the following five women: Denise Dupont, Dorthe Holm, Malene Krause, Lene Nielsen and Maria Poulsen. [3]
Team: Dorthe Holm, Denise Dupont, Lene Nielsen, Malene Krause and Maria Poulsen (alternate)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Great Britain (Martin)  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Denmark (Holm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
;Draw 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy (Gaspari) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Denmark (Holm) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
;Draw 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark (Holm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 United States (Johnson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
;Draw 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Denmark (Holm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
;Draw 6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark (Holm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
 Switzerland (Ott) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | X | X | X | 10 |
;Draw 8
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden (Norberg) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
| Denmark (Holm) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 5 |
;Draw 10
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russia (Privivkova) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Denmark (Holm) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
;Draw 11
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark (Holm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
 Norway (Nordby) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
;Draw 12
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark (Holm) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
 Canada (Kleibrink) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | Anette Norberg | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Switzerland | Mirjam Ott | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada | Shannon Kleibrink | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Norway | Dordi Nordby | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain | Rhona Martin | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Russia | Ludmila Privivkova | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan | Ayumi Onodera | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | United States | Cassandra Johnson | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Denmark | Dorthe Holm | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Italy | Diana Gaspari | 1 | 8 |
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