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| Great Britain at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer | |
| Competitors | 16 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | George Johnston |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Great Britain competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Madison Rowlands | Freestyle skiing | Girls' halfpipe | 14 February |
| Gold | Ashleigh Pittaway | Skeleton | Girls' | 19 February |
 Bronze | Madison Rowlands | Freestyle skiing | Girls' slopestyle | 19 February |
| Bronze | Kelsea Purchall | Bobsleigh | Girls' monobob | 20 February |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Ross Whyte | Curling | Mixed doubles | 21 February |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Iain Innes | Slalom | 52.11 | 20 | 52.14 | 20 | 1:44.25 | 20 |
| Giant slalom | 1:21.22 | 21 | 1:20.72 | 19 | 2:41.94 | 17 | |
| Super-G | — | 1:14.52 | 32 | ||||
| Combined | 1:16.32 | 35 | did not finish | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yasmin Cooper | Slalom | 1:00.63 | 23 | 53.98 | 19 | 1:54.61 | 20 |
| Giant slalom | DNF | did not advance | |||||
| Super-G | — | DNF | |||||
| Combined | 1:17.49 | 19 | 45.40 | 16 | 2:02.89 | 13 | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| George Johnston | Boys' | 57.31 | 3 | 58.17 | 9 | 1:55.48 | 6 |
| Annabel Chaffey | Girls' | 58.68 | 2 | 59.14 | 5 | 1:57.82 | 4 |
| Aimee Davey | Girls' | 58.94 | 5 | 58.94 | 2 | 1:57.88 | 5 |
| Kelsea Purchall | Girls' | 58.70 | 4 | 58.97 | 3 | 1:57.67 | |
| Group B | Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
 Canada | Mary Fay | 7 | 0 |
 Great Britain | Ross Whyte | 6 | 1 |
 Sweden | Johan Nygren | 5 | 2 |
 Norway | Maia Ramsfjell | 4 | 3 |
 South Korea | Hong Yun-jeong | 3 | 4 |
 Czech Republic | Pavel Mareš | 2 | 5 |
 Estonia | Eiko-Siim Peips | 1 | 6 |
 Brazil | Victor Santos | 0 | 7 |
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| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Whyte) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
 Russia (Karelina)  | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Athletes | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
 Han Yu (CHN) Ross Whyte (GBR) | Mixed doubles | Fay (CAN) Rocha (BRA) W 9 – 5 | Oh (KOR) Esenboga (TUR)W 8 – 6 |  Witschonke (SUI) Gustsin (EST)W 6 – 5 |  Sasaki (JPN) Tardi (CAN)W 6 – 3 | Matsuzawa (JPN) Hoesli (SUI) L 5 – 11 | |
| Amy Bryce (GBR) Martin Blahovec (CZE) | Sasaki (JPN) Tardi (CAN) L 1 – 12 | did not advance | |||||
| Mili Smith (GBR) Hong Jun-yeong (KOR) |  Thompson (NZL) Middleton (CAN)L 2 – 8 | did not advance | |||||
 Stefania Constantini (ITA) Callum Kinnear (GBR) | Burgess (CAN) Peips (EST) W 9 – 1 | Karelina (RUS) Aita (JPN) W 7 – 3 | Zhao (CHN) Haarstad (NOR) L 9 – 10 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Madison Rowlands | Girls' halfpipe | 83.20 | 88.60 | 41.60 | 88.60 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Group heats | Semifinal | Final | ||
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| Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Position | Position | ||
| Isobel Brown | Girls' ski cross | 48.69 | 14 | 2 | 16 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | |||
| Cal Sandieson | Boys' slopestyle | 72.80 | 81.00 | 81.00 | 4 | |
| Madison Rowlands | Girls' slopestyle | 67.20 | 67.80 | 67.80 | | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Verity Lewis | Girls' individual skills challenge | 11 | 10 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lucas Gebauer-Barrett | Boys | 48.821 | 11 | 48.650 | 10 | 1:37.471 | 10 |
| Athlete | Event | Girls | Boys | Doubles | Total | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
 Anastassiya Bogacheva (KAZ) Lucas Gebauer-Barrett (GBR) Roman Yefremov (KAZ) Denis Tatyanchenko (KAZ) | Team relay | 59.432 | 12 | 59.536 | 11 | 1:02.099 | 11 | 3:01.067 | 12 |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ashleigh Pittaway | Girls | 55.08 | 1 | 55.15 | 1 | 1:50.23 | |
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