Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | ITA |
NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Turin | |
Competitors | 185 (111 men, 74 women) in 15 sports |
Flag bearers | Carolina Kostner (opening) Armin Zöggeler (closing) [1] [2] |
Medals Ranked 9th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo) and the third time overall (after the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome). Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Armin Zöggeler | Luge | Men's singles | 12 February |
Gold | Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | Speed skating | Men's team pursuit | 16 February |
Gold | Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 x 10 km relay | 19 February |
Gold | Enrico Fabris | Speed skating | Men's 1500 m | 21 February |
Gold | Giorgio Di Centa | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km freestyle | 26 February |
Bronze | Enrico Fabris | Speed skating | Men's 5000 m | 11 February |
Bronze | Pietro Piller Cottrer | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km pursuit | 12 February |
Bronze | Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder | Luge | Doubles | 15 February |
Bronze | Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 x 5 km relay | 18 February |
Bronze | Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco | Bobsleigh | Two-woman | 21 February |
Bronze | Marta Capurso Mara Zini Arianna Fontana Katia Zini | Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 m relay | 22 February |
Italy were hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time. The 1956 Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cortina d'Ampezzo had also been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics which were cancelled due to World War II.
Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Massimiliano Blardone | Super-G | n/a | 1:33.48 | 29 | ||
Giant slalom | 1:17.21 | 1:19.74 | n/a | 2:36.95 | 11 | |
Peter Fill | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.88 | 19 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:31.54 | 13 | |||
Combined | 1:39.22 | 47.46 | 45.43 | 3:12.21 | 9 | |
Kristian Ghedina | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.98 | 23 | ||
Manfred Mölgg | Giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
Slalom | did not finish | |||||
Giorgio Rocca | Slalom | did not finish | ||||
Combined | 1:41.39 | 44.88 | 44.47 | 3:10.74 | 5 | |
Alberto Schieppati | Giant slalom | 1:18.21 | 1:19.62 | n/a | 2:37.83 | 15 |
Hannes Paul Schmid | Slalom | 55.26 | 1:13.37 | n/a | 2:08.63 | 39 |
Davide Simoncelli | Giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
Patrick Staudacher | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.29 | 9 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:31.91 | 17 | |||
Combined | 1:40.52 | did not finish | ||||
Kurt Sulzenbacher | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.84 | 18 | ||
Patrick Thaler | Slalom | did not finish |
Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Daniela Ceccarelli | Super-G | n/a | 1:35.26 | 31 | ||
Annalisa Ceresa | Slalom | 44.55 | 48.22 | n/a | 1:32.77 | 24 |
Chiara Costazza | Slalom | 44.15 | 46.93 | n/a | 1:31.08 | 8 |
Elena Fanchini | Downhill | n/a | 2:01.06 | 29 | ||
Super-G | did not finish | |||||
Nadia Fanchini | Downhill | n/a | 1:57.84 | 10 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:36.46 | 38 | |||
Giant slalom | 1:01.77 | 1:09.69 | n/a | 2:11.46 | 8 | |
Combined | 40.90 | 46.21 | 1:30.04 | 2:57.15 | 20 | |
Denise Karbon | Giant slalom | 1:02.90 | did not finish | |||
Daniela Merighetti | Downhill | n/a | 2:01.76 | 32 | ||
Slalom | did not finish | |||||
Combined | 41.41 | disqualified | ||||
Manuela Mölgg | Giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
Slalom | 43.59 | 48.58 | 1:32.17 | n/a | 19 | |
Karen Putzer | Giant slalom | 1:02.46 | 1:10.01 | 2:12.47 | n/a | 14 |
Lucia Recchia | Downhill | n/a | 1:58.30 | 13 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:33.48 | 8 | |||
Wendy Siorpaes | Combined | 42.66 | 48.48 | 1:31.71 | 3:02.85 | 27 |
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.
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Misses | Rank | ||
Sergio Bonaldi | Sprint | 30:06.7 | 3 | 67 |
Paolo Longo | Individual | 1:01:27.9 | 5 | 55 |
Christian de Lorenzi | Sprint | 28:14.5 | 2 | 27 |
Pursuit | 37:28.53 | 4 | 14 | |
Mass start | 49:59.6 | 4 | 26 | |
Individual | 56:04.0 | 1 | 7 | |
Wilfried Pallhuber | Sprint | 28:05.6 | 1 | 22 |
Pursuit | 37:30.36 | 3 | 17 | |
Mass start | 49:41.5 | 2 | 24 | |
Individual | 56:08.4 | 1 | 9 | |
Rene Laurent Vuillermoz | Sprint | 28:46.7 | 4 | 40 |
Pursuit | 37:27.33 | 6 | 13 | |
Mass start | 49:53.1 | 4 | 25 | |
Individual | 58:17.9 | 4 | 25 | |
Christian de Lorenzi Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Paolo Longo Wilfried Pallhuber | Relay | 1:23:40.9 | 12 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Misses | Rank | ||
Barbara Ertl | Individual | 55:30.0 | 2 | 38 |
Katja Haller | Sprint | 25:22.6 | 1 | 53 |
Pursuit | did not finish | |||
Michela Ponza | Sprint | 23:27.2 | 1 | 13 |
Pursuit | 38:51.79 | 2 | 5 | |
Mass start | 42:21.6 | 1 | 11 | |
Individual | 53:01.4 | 2 | 17 | |
Nathalie Santer | Sprint | 24:09.5 | 2 | 26 |
Pursuit | 43:31.68 | 10 | 38 | |
Individual | 57:08.4 | 6 | 52 | |
Saskia Santer | Sprint | 25:42.6 | 3 | 57 |
Pursuit | Lapped | |||
Individual | 56:52.1 | 6 | 51 | |
Michela Ponza Saskia Santer Nathalie Santer Barbara Ertl | Relay | 1:22:42.7 | 12 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Simone Bertazzo Matteo Torchio | Two-man | 55.78 | 55.99 | 56.43 | 56.95 | 3:45.15 | 9 |
Fabrizio Tosini Samuele Romanini | Two-man | 56.06 | 56.02 | 56.93 | 57.10 | 3:46.11 | 13 |
Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco | Two-woman | 57.50 | 57.67 | 57.71 | 58.13 | 3:51.01 | |
Jessica Gillarduzzi Fabiana Mollica | Two-woman | 58.26 | 57.77 | 58.38 | 58.55 | 3:52.96 | 12 |
Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini Matteo Torchio Omar Sacco | Four-man | 55.63 | 56.13 | 55.46 | 55.62 | 3:42.84 | 12 |
Fabrizio Tosini Luca Ottolino Antonio De Sanctis Giorgio Morbidelli | Four-man | 55.80 | 55.73 | 55.57 | 55.51 | 3:42.61 | 11 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Valerio Checchi | 15 km classical | 41:01.5 | 38 |
30 km pursuit | 1:17:37.8 | 19 | |
Giorgio Di Centa | 30 km pursuit | 1:17:03.2 | 4 |
50 km freestyle | 2:06:11.8 | ||
Pietro Piller Cottrer | 30 km pursuit | 1:17:01.7 | |
50 km freestyle | 2:06:14.0 | 5 | |
Fabio Santus | 15 km classical | 40:47.0 | 33 |
30 km pursuit | 1:17:25.5 | 16 | |
50 km freestyle | 2:06:38.2 | 19 | |
Cristian Saracco | 15 km classical | 41:12.0 | 40 |
Fulvio Valbusa | 15 km classical | 39:18.8 | 12 |
50 km freestyle | 2:07:22.5 | 30 | |
Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi | 4 x 10 km relay | 1:43:45.7 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Antonella Confortola | 10 km classical | 30:26.9 | 34 |
15 km pursuit | 45:11.9 | 22 | |
30 km freestyle | Did not finish | ||
Arianna Follis | 15 km pursuit | 46:40.9 | 36 |
30 km freestyle | 1:24:46.1 | 12 | |
Magda Genuin | 10 km classical | 31:37.8 | 48 |
Cristina Paluselli | 10 km classical | 30:46.0 | 39 |
Gabriella Paruzzi | 10 km classical | 29:24.0 | 13 |
15 km pursuit | 43:18.9 | 5 | |
30 km freestyle | 1:23:00.8 | 5 | |
Sabina Valbusa | 15 km pursuit | 44:44.7 | 17 |
30 km freestyle | 1:23:37.6 | 10 | |
Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa | 4 x 5 km relay | 54:58.7 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Arianna Follis | Women's sprint | 2:12.90 | 2 Q | 2:14.7 | 2 Q | 2:16.2 | 3 | Final B 2:20.3 | 7 |
Loris Frasnelli | Men's sprint | 2:16.30 | 8 Q | 2:20.4 | 2 Q | 2:26.8 | 3 | Final B 2:25.2 | 6 |
Magda Genuin | Women's sprint | 2:16.41 | 18 Q | 2:17.9 | 4 | Did not advance | 19 | ||
Barbara Moriggl | Women's sprint | 2:19.12 | 33 | Did not advance | 33 | ||||
Renato Pasini | Men's sprint | 2:16.87 | 11 Q | 2:23.7 | 4 | Did not advance | 18 | ||
Freddy Schwienbacher | Men's sprint | 2:18.59 | 17 Q | 2:20.4 | 1 Q | 2:22.8 | 3 | Final B 2:23.9 | 5 |
Cristian Zorzi | Men's sprint | 2:16.23 | 5 Q | 2:25.9 | 1 Q | 2:26.1 | 2 Q | 2:31.7 | 4 |
Freddy Schwienbacher Giorgio Di Centa | Men's team sprint | n/a | 17:26.2 | 4 Q | 17:31.3 | 9 | |||
Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi | Women's team sprint | n/a | 17:32.6 | 3 Q | 17:24.8 | 7 |
Team: Joël Retornaz (skip), Fabio Alvera, Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo , Antonio Menardi, Marco Mariani (alternate)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Italy (Retornaz) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Great Britain (Murdoch) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
;Draw 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy (Retornaz) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Sweden (Lindholm) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
;Draw 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany (Kapp) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Italy (Retornaz) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
;Draw 5
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States (Fenson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Italy (Retornaz) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
;Draw 7
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy (Retornaz) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
Norway (Trulsen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | X | X | 11 |
;Draw 8
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Zealand (Becker) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Italy (Retornaz) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
;Draw 9
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada (Gushue) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Italy (Retornaz) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
;Draw 10
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy (Retornaz) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
;Draw 12
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Switzerland (Stöckli) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
Italy (Retornaz) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
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1 | Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 7 | 2 |
2 | Canada | Brad Gushue | 6 | 3 |
3 | United States | Pete Fenson | 6 | 3 |
4 | Great Britain | David Murdoch | 6 | 3 |
5 | Norway | Pål Trulsen | 5 | 4 |
6 | Switzerland | Ralph Stockli | 5 | 4 |
7 | Italy | Joel Retornaz | 4 | 5 |
8 | Sweden | Peter Lindholm | 3 | 6 |
9 | Germany | Andy Kapp | 3 | 6 |
10 | New Zealand | Sean Becker | 0 | 9 |
Team: Diana Gaspari (skip), Giulia Lacedelli, Rosa Pompanin, Violetta Caldart, Eleonora Alvera (alternate)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Switzerland (Ott) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | X | 11 |
Italy (Gaspari) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
;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 |
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Italy (Gaspari) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Russia (Privivkova) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
;Draw 5
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden (Norberg) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Italy (Gaspari) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
;Draw 7
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
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Norway (Nordby) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Italy (Gaspari) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
;Draw 8
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Britain (Martin) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Italy (Gaspari) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
;Draw 9
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy (Gaspari) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |
United States (Johnson) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
;Draw 10
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy (Gaspari) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Canada (Kleibrink) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 11 |
;Draw 11
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy (Gaspari) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
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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 | Denmark | Dorthe Holm | 2 | 7 |
9 | United States | Cassandra Johnson | 2 | 7 |
10 | Italy | Diana Gaspari | 1 | 8 |
Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.
Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Silvia Fontana | Ladies' | n/a | 42.47 | 23 Q | 77.90 | 22 | 120.37 | 22 | |
Carolina Kostner | Ladies' | n/a | 53.77 | 11 Q | 99.73 | 9 | 153.50 | 9 | |
Karel Zelenka | Men's | n/a | 53.46 | 25 | did not advance | 25 | |||
Federica Faiella Massimo Scali | Ice dance | 33.20 | 10 | 43.25 | 21 | 87.92 | 10 | 164.37 | 13 |
Barbara Fusar-Poli Maurizio Margaglio | Ice dance | 38.78 | 1 | 51.73 | 10 | 92.95 | 8 | 183.46 | 6 |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Walter Bormolini | Men's moguls | 22.87 | 18 Q | 21.36 | 18 |
Claudio Bosia | Men's moguls | 19.62 | 31 | did not advance | 31 |
Simone Galli | Men's moguls | 21.98 | 21 | did not advance | 21 |
Mariangela Parravicini | Women's moguls | 19.62 | 23 | did not advance | 23 |
Mattia Pegorari | Men's moguls | 16.25 | 34 | did not advance | 34 |
Deborah Scanzio | Women's moguls | 22.72 | 13 Q | 23.00 | 9 |
The following is the Italian roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics. [3]
Head coach: Michel Goulet
Assistant coaches: Ron Ivany, Fabio Polloni
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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2 | F | Stefan Zisser | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | 185 lb (84 kg) | March 6, 1980 (aged 25) | HC Bolzano |
3 | D | Carter Trevisani | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | 198 lb (90 kg) | June 15, 1982 (aged 23) | Asiago |
6 | D | Michele Strazzabosco ( A ) | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | 223 lb (101 kg) | February 6, 1976 (aged 30) | Milano |
7 | D | Bob Nardella | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | 170 lb (77 kg) | February 2, 1968 (aged 38) | Rockford IceHogs |
8 | D | Florian Ramoser | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | 198 lb (90 kg) | October 7, 1979 (aged 26) | HC Bolzano |
9 | F | Giorgio De Bettin | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | 185 lb (84 kg) | August 7, 1972 (aged 33) | Cortina |
10 | F | Giulio Scandella | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 183 lb (83 kg) | September 18, 1983 (aged 22) | Asiago |
11 | D | Andrè Signoretti | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg) | January 16, 1979 (aged 27) | Cortina |
14 | D | Carlo Lorenzi | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | 170 lb (77 kg) | September 2, 1974 (aged 31) | Alleghe |
16 | F | John Parco | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 192 lb (87 kg) | August 25, 1971 (aged 34) | Asiago |
17 | F | Anthony Iob | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 205 lb (93 kg) | January 2, 1971 (aged 35) | EC KAC |
21 | F | Giuseppe Busillo ( C ) | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | 212 lb (96 kg) | May 13, 1970 (aged 35) | Milano |
22 | F | Stefano Margoni | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 181 lb (82 kg) | May 12, 1975 (aged 30) | HC Bolzano |
24 | F | Mario Chitaroni ( A ) | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | 176 lb (80 kg) | June 11, 1967 (aged 38) | Milano |
26 | D | Armin Helfer | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | 218 lb (99 kg) | May 31, 1980 (aged 25) | Milano |
27 | F | Lucio Topatigh | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | 203 lb (92 kg) | October 19, 1965 (aged 40) | Asiago |
28 | F/D | Manuel De Toni | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | 192 lb (87 kg) | January 10, 1979 (aged 27) | Alleghe |
29 | G | Jason Muzzatti | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg) | February 3, 1970 (aged 36) | HC Bolzano |
33 | F | Tony Tuzzolino | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | 201 lb (91 kg) | October 9, 1975 (aged 30) | MODO Hockey |
34 | F | Jason Cirone | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | 209 lb (95 kg) | February 21, 1971 (aged 34) | Asiago |
50 | D | Christian Borgatello | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | 181 lb (82 kg) | February 10, 1982 (aged 24) | Milano |
71 | F | Luca Ansoldi | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | 196 lb (89 kg) | January 5, 1982 (aged 24) | Ritten/Renon |
73 | G | Günther Hell | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | 176 lb (80 kg) | August 30, 1978 (aged 27) | HC Bolzano |
85 | G | René Baur | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | 176 lb (80 kg) | January 19, 1985 (aged 21) | Pustertal/Val Pusteria |
19 | F | Nicola Fontanive | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | 163 lb (74 kg) | October 25, 1985 (aged 20) | Alleghe |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Finland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | |
3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | |
4 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 4 | |
5 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2 | |
6 | Italy (H) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 2 |
15 February 2006 13:05 | Italy | 2–7 (0–1, 2–5, 0–1) | Canada | Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,575 |
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20 | Shots | 50 |
16 February 2006 12:05 | Finland | 6–0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0) | Italy | Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,776 |
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51 | Shots | 16 |
18 February 2006 13:05 | Italy | 3–3 (1–0, 0–1, 2–2) | Germany | Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,908 |
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Jason Muzzatti | Goalies | Olaf Kölzig | Referee: Timo Favorin Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Milan Mášik | |||||||||||||||||
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19 February 2006 20:05 | Czech Republic | 4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1) | Italy | Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,776 |
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Tomáš Vokoun | Goalies | Günther Hell (out 27:32) Jason Muzzatti (in 27:32) | Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Joacim Karlsson | ||||||||||||||
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43 | Shots | 16 |
21 February 2006 12:35 | Switzerland | 3–3 (2–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Italy | Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,529 |
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25 | Shots | 35 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | +35 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 | |
3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
4 | Italy (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | −31 | 0 |
11 February 2006 20:35 | Canada | 16–0 (5–0, 4–0, 7–0) | Italy | Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,399 |
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Kim St-Pierre | Goalies | Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli | Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Ilse Robben | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 February 2006 15:05 | Sweden | 11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0) | Italy | Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,156 |
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Cecilia Andersson | Goalies | Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli | Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marte Hove Johanna Suban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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52 | Shots | 4 |
14 February 2006 13:05 | Italy | 1–5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3) | Russia | Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,046 |
Debora Montanari | Goalies | Irina Gashennikova | Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Michaela Kiefer | |||||||||||||||||
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17 February 2006 18:35 | Germany | 5–2 (3–2, 0–0, 2–0) | Italy | Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,750 |
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Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten | Goalies | Debora Montanari | Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Marte Hove Jana Zítková | ||||||||||||||||||||
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20 February 2006 13:05 | Switzerland | 11–0 (4–0, 6–0, 1–0) | Italy | Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,500 |
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Florence Schelling | Goalies | Luana Frasnelli Debora Montanari | Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Sanna Mattila | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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Wilfried Huber | Men's singles | 52.095 | 51.748 | 51.848 | 51.984 | 3:27.675 | 10 |
Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova | Women's singles | did not finish | |||||
Sarah Podorieszach | Women's singles | 47.858 | 47.647 | 47.519 | 47.850 | 3:10.874 | 11 |
Reinhold Rainer | Men's singles | 51.926 | 51.696 | 51.647 | 51.733 | 3:27.002 | 8 |
Armin Zoeggeler | Men's singles | 51.718 | 51.414 | 51.430 | 51.526 | 3:26.088 | |
Patrick Gruber Christian Oberstolz | Doubles | 47.620 | 47.336 | n/a | 1:34.956 | 5 | |
Oswald Haselrieder Gerhard Plankensteiner | Doubles | 47.236 | 47.694 | n/a | 1:34.930 |
Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.
Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | ||||||
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Davide Bresadola | Sprint | 102.0 | 31 | 1:35 | 21:43.3 +3:14.3 | 44 | |||
Giuseppe Michielli | Sprint | 104.7 | 26 | 1:24 | 19:32.0 +1:03.0 | 16 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 219.5 | 21 | 2:52 | 42:05.5 +2:20.9 | 14 | ||||
Daniele Munari | Sprint | 89.2 | 44 | 2:26 | 21:03.1 +2:34.1 | 38 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 196.5 | 35 | 4:24 | 45:06.3 +5:21.7 | 39 | ||||
Alessandro Pittin | Individual Gundersen | 161.5 | 47 | 6:44 | 48:50.2 +9:05.6 | 46 | |||
Jochen Strobl | Sprint | 96.0 | 37 | 1:59 | 20:09.8 +1:40.8 | 30 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 190.5 | 41 | 4:48 | 44:42.3 +4:57.7 | 34 | ||||
Davide Bresadola Jochen Strobl Daniele Munari Giuseppe Michielli | Team | did not start |
Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Marta Capurso | Women's 500 m | 45.217 | 2 Q | 44.438 | 2 Q | 45.204 | 4 | Final B 46.899 | 5 |
Women's 1000 m | disqualified | ||||||||
Women's 1500 m | 2:31.053 | 2 Q | n/a | 2:27.291 | 4 | Final B 2:30.054 | 9 | ||
Fabio Carta | Men's 1000 m | 1:27.826 | 2 Q | 1:27.656 | 3 | did not advance | 8 | ||
Men's 1500 m | 2:27.799 | 3 Q | n/a | 2:19.724 | 3 | Final B 2:24.658 | 7 | ||
Arianna Fontana | Women's 500 m | 45.398 | 2 Q | 44.948 | 3 | did not advance | 11 | ||
Women's 1000 m | 1:32.033 | 2 Q | 1:33.401 | 1 Q | 1:33.228 | 4 | Final B 1:34.269 | 6 | |
Nicola Rodigari | Men's 500 m | 42.189 | 2 Q | 43.701 | 2 Q | 42.131 | 4 | Final B 42.398 | 7 |
Men's 1000 m | 1:27.184 | 2 Q | 1:27.240 | 3 | did not advance | 7 | |||
Men's 1500 m | 2:29.885 | 2 Q | n/a | 2:18.615 | 6 | did not advance | 14 | ||
Roberto Serra | Men's 500 m | 43.120 | 2 Q | 42.773 | 3 | did not advance | 9 | ||
Katia Zini | Women's 1500 m | 2:41.561 | 3 Q | n/a | 2:23.141 | 4 | Final B 2:30.164 | 10 | |
Fabio Carta Nicola Rodigari Nicola Franceschina Yuri Confortola | Men's 5000 m relay | n/a | 7:07.358 | 3 ADV | 6:48.597 | 4 | |||
Marta Capurso Arianna Fontana Katia Zini Mara Zini | Women's 3000 m relay | n/a | 4:19.797 | 2 Q | 4:20.030 |
Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.
Athlete | Event | Final | |||
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Maurizio Oioli | Men's | 59.28 | 59.24 | 1:58.52 | 12 |
Costanza Zanoletti | Women's | 1:00.99 | 1:01.18 | 2:02.17 | 5 |
Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
Alessio Bolognani | Normal hill | 100.5 | 40 | did not advance | 40 | |||
Large hill | 74.9 | 33 Q | 70.7 | 44 | did not advance | 44 | ||
Sebastian Colloredo | Normal hill | 118.0 | 14 Q | 113.5 | 30 Q | 113.0 | 226.5 | 27 |
Large hill | 94.1 | 13 Q | 90.2 | 36 | did not advance | 36 | ||
Andrea Morassi | Normal hill | 107.5 | 30 Q | 108.5 | 36 | did not advance | 36 | |
Large hill | 45.7 | 50 | did not advance | 50 | ||||
Alessio Bolognani Davide Bresadola Sebastian Colloredo Andrea Morassi | Team | n/a | 328.4 | 11 | did not advance | 11 |
Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.
Athlete | Event | Qualifying run 1 | Qualifying run 2 | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
Tania Detomas | Women's halfpipe | 29.7 | 13 | 33.6 | 8 | did not advance | 14 | |
Giacomo Kratter | Men's halfpipe | 12.8 | 36 | 37.0 | 7 | did not advance | 13 | |
Romina Masolini | Women's halfpipe | 12.7 | 27 | 20.5 | 19 | did not advance | 25 | |
Manuel Pietropoli | Men's halfpipe | 12.3 | 37 | 4.1 | 37 | did not advance | 43 |
Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
Corinna Boccacini | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:23.40 | 19 | did not advance | 19 | |||
Isabella Dal Balcon | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:22.55 | 13 Q | Boldikova (RUS) (4) L+18.13 (-0.32+18.45) | did not advance | 13 | ||
Meinhard Erlacher | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:13.22 | 22 | did not advance | 22 | |||
Roland Fischnaller | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:11.61 | 12 Q | Jaquet (SUI) (5) L+0.51 (0.00+0.51) | did not advance | 13 | ||
Rudi Galli | Men's parallel giant slalom | disqualified | ||||||
Marion Posch | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:22.89 | 15 Q | Fletcher (USA) (2) L+0.96 (+0.47+0.49) | did not advance | 15 | ||
Carmen Ranigler | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:25.23 | 26 | did not advance | 26 | |||
Simone Salvati | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:13.48 | 24 | did not advance | 24 |
Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Simone Malusa | Men's snowboard cross | 1:23.53 | 33 | did not advance | 33 | |||
Stefano Pozzolini | Men's snowboard cross | 1:22.23 | 19 Q | 3 | did not advance | 24 | ||
Carmen Ranigler | Women's snowboard cross | 1:32.91 | 18 | did not advance | 18 | |||
Alberto Schiavon | Men's snowboard cross | 1:22.38 | 22 Q | 3 | did not advance | 26 | ||
Tommaso Tagliaferri | Men's snowboard cross | 1:20.93 | 4 Q | 2 | 3 | did not advance | Classification 9-12 3 | 11 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Matteo Anesi | Men's 1500 m | n/a | 1:49.88 | 29 | |
Maurizio Carnino | Men's 500 m | 36.24 | 36.43 | 1:12.67 | 31 |
Men's 1000 m | n/a | 1:11.44 | 30 | ||
Stefano Donagrandi | Men's 1500 m | n/a | 1:48.85 | 22 | |
Men's 5000 m | n/a | 6:33.45 | 16 | ||
Men's 10000 m | n/a | 13:47,67 | 13 | ||
Enrico Fabris | Men's 1500 m | n/a | 1:45.97 | ||
Men's 5000 m | n/a | 6:18.25 | |||
Men's 10000 m | n/a | 13:21.54 | 8 | ||
Ermanno Ioriatti | Men's 500 m | 35.88 | 35.80 | 1:11.68 | 21 |
Men's 1000 m | disqualified | ||||
Adelia Marra | Women's 1500 m | n/a | 2:03.07 | 31 | |
Women's 3000 m | n/a | 4:16.27 | 20 | ||
Ippolito Sanfratello | Men's 1500 m | n/a | 1:48.44 | 18 | |
Men's 5000 m | n/a | 6:32.58 | 14 | ||
Men's 10000 m | n/a | 13:41.91 | 12 | ||
Chiara Simionato | Women's 500 m | 39.02 | 38.66 | 1:17.68 | 10 |
Women's 1000 m | n/a | 1:17.53 | 13 | ||
Women's 1500 m | n/a | 1:58.76 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
From: Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | Men's team pursuit | 3:47.79 | 2 | United States (7) W3:43.64 OR | Netherlands (3) WOvertaken | Canada (1) W3:44.46 |
Italian skier Giorgio Rocca delivered the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.
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