Monaco at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | MON |
NOC | Comité Olympique Monégasque |
Website | www |
in Turin | |
Competitors | 4 (3 men, 1 woman) in 2 sports |
Flag bearers | Patrice Servelle (opening) Patrice Servelle (closing) [1] [2] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Monaco competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. For the first time since 1984, the team did not include Prince Albert of Monaco, who in 2005 became the ruler of the principality following the death of his father Rainier III.
Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Alexandra Coletti | Women's downhill | n/a | 2:01.34 | 31 | ||
Women's super-G | n/a | 1:37.02 | 41 | |||
Women's giant slalom | did not finish | |||||
Women's slalom | 45.38 | 50.58 | n/a | 1:35.96 | 33 | |
Women's combined | did not finish | |||||
Olivier Jenot | Men's super-G | n/a | 1:37.03 | 48 | ||
Men's giant slalom | did not finish | |||||
Men's slalom | 1:03.85 | 55.28 | n/a | 1:59.13 | 34 |
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.
Despite the absence of Prince Albert, a bobsleigh team from Monaco competed.
Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Jeremy Bottin Patrice Servelle | Two-man | 56.21 | 56.13 | 56.67 | 57.08 | 3:46.09 | 12 |
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France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France.
Chile competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Croatia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Georgia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Romania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Lithuania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Lithuania is represented by the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee.
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Liechtenstein competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Latvia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Mārtiņš Rubenis won Latvia's first Winter Olympic medal.
Lebanon competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Poland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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