Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's moguls

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Women's moguls
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venue Sauze d'Oulx
Dates11 February
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jennifer Heil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Kari Traa Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Sandra Laoura Flag of France.svg  France
  2002
2010  

The Women's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy took place on 11 February. [1]

Results

Qualification

Hannah Kearney, the winner of the event at the 2005 World Championship, [2] failed to qualify for the final, while Canadian Jennifer Heil, the World Cup leader [3] finished over a point ahead of the competition in her qualifying race. [4]

RankNameCountryScoreNotes
1 Jennifer Heil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.67Q
2 Sandra Laoura Flag of France.svg  France 25.45Q
3 Sara Kjellin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.85Q
4 Michelle Roark Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.45Q
5 Aiko Uemura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24.20Q
6 Margarita Marbler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 24.15Q
7 Kari Traa Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24.06Q
8 Kristi Richards Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.76Q
9 Tae Satoya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.63Q
10 Daria Serova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.49Q
11 Nikola Sudová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23.31Q
12 Audrey Robichaud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.73Q
13 Deborah Scanzio Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 22.72Q
14 Ingrid Berntsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22.45Q
15 Miki Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22.34Q
16 Manuela Berchtold Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.19Q
17 Stephanie St. Pierre Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.15Q
18 Shannon Bahrke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.07Q
19 Marina Cherkasova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.82Q
20 Jillian Vogtli Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.79Q
21 Lyudmila Dymchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.42
22 Hannah Kearney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.80
23 Mariangela Parravicini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 19.62
24 Nina Bednarik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 19.54
25 Darya Rybalova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 18.70
26 Sarka Sudova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 18.64
27 Miyuki Hatanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 18.61
28 Yuliya Rodonova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 16.76
29 Nuria Montané Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11.76
30 Yun Chae-rin Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 7.07

Final

Heil, the top qualifier, started last, and was up against the time of Norwegian Kari Traa, who improved on her qualifying sum by 1.39 points. However, Heil's total of 26.50 was nearly a point better than Traa, which gave her the gold. [5]

RankAthleteScore
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jennifer Heil  (CAN)26.50
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Kari Traa  (NOR)25.65
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  Sandra Laoura  (FRA)25.37
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sara Kjellin  (SWE)24.74
5Flag of Japan.svg  Aiko Uemura  (JPN)24.01
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Nikola Sudová  (CZE)23.58
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kristi Richards  (CAN)23.30
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Audrey Robichaud  (CAN)23.10
9Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Deborah Scanzio  (ITA)23.00
10Flag of the United States.svg  Shannon Bahrke  (USA)22.82
11Flag of the United States.svg  Jillian Vogtli  (USA)22.72
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Stephanie St. Pierre  (CAN)22.52
13Flag of Russia.svg  Daria Serova  (RUS)22.44
14Flag of Australia.svg  Manuela Berchtold  (AUS)22.21
15Flag of Japan.svg  Tae Satoya  (JPN)22.12
16Flag of Russia.svg  Marina Cherkasova  (RUS)22.05
17Flag of Austria.svg  Margarita Marbler  (AUT)20.79
18Flag of the United States.svg  Michelle Roark  (USA)20.04
19Flag of Norway.svg  Ingrid Berntsen  (NOR)19.84
20Flag of Japan.svg  Miki Ito  (JPN)17.78

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References

  1. "Freestyle Skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics: Moguls, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Results - World Ski Championships 2005 - Moguls
  3. 2006 Freestyle FIS World Cup – Ladies' Overall World Cup Standings as of 05/02/2006
  4. Qualification results
  5. Final results