| Monaco at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MON |
| NOC | Monaco Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer | |
| Competitors | 1 in 1 sport |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
Monaco competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
Prince Albert of Monaco attended Day 2 of the olympic games, Saturday 13 February, to support Monaco's one athlete. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Paul Croesi | Slalom | 54.30 | 30 | 52.91 | 24 | 1:47.21 | 25 |
| Giant slalom | DNF | did not advance | |||||
| Super-G | — | 1:16.22 | 41 | ||||
| Combined | 1:16.67 | 37 | did not finish | ||||
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