| Greece at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | GRE |
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer | |
| Competitors | 3 in 3 sports |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
Greece competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anastasia Mantsiou | Slalom | 1:07.30 | 33 | 1:02.73 | 28 | 2:10.03 | 28 |
| Giant slalom | 1:36.87 | 38 | 1:32.36 | 32 | 3:09.23 | 32 | |
| Super-G | — | DNF | |||||
| Combined | 1:29.27 | 35 | did not finish | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaos Mavridis | Sprint | 26:46.7 | 7 | 49 |
| Pursuit | 42:18.3 | 3 | 47 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Nikolaos Tsourekas | 10 km freestyle | — | 27:47.5 | 38 | |||
| Cross-country cross | 3:36.17 | 40 | did not advance | ||||
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