New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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New Zealand at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Flag of New Zealand.svg
IOC code NZL
NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.org.nz
in Turin
Competitors18 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Sean Becker (opening and closing) [1] [2]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Contents

The nation sent its largest team ever to the games with 18 athletes, 7 more than in Salt Lake City in 2002. New Zealand has only won a single Winter Olympics medal, a silver medal in Albertville.

Alpine skiing

New Zealand's top finisher in alpine skiing, Mickey Ross, survived a fall in the first run of the men's slalom to record a 31st-place finish. [3] [4]

Athlete [4] EventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
Nicola Campbell Women's giant slalom did not finish
Women's slalom 45.9050.92n/a1:36.8235
Erika McLeod Women's giant slalom did not finish
Women's slalom 47.9652.61n/a1:40.5740
Mickey Ross Men's slalom 1:03.3054.50n/a1:57.8031

Bobsleigh

The New Zealand team did not compete in the four-man bobsleigh due to injuries from a training run. [5] Mathew Dallow and Alan Henderson did compete in the two-man event, but did not qualify for the final run. [6]

Athlete [6] EventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Mathew Dallow
Alan Henderson
Two-man 56.6156.7957.46did not advance23
Mathew Dallow
Steve Harrison
Alan Henderson
Aaron Orangi
Four-man did not start

Curling

The New Zealand national men's team qualified for the games after placing 8th at the 2005 World Championships. The team heading to Turin was skipped by Sean Becker, out of Ranfurly CC. The New Zealand men's team is the first team from the southern hemisphere to compete in curling as an official sport at the Olympics. Australia had previously competed in curling at the Olympics, but that was as a demonstration sport.

Sean Becker's rink twice lost games late, including giving up two in the final end to fall to the eventual silver medalists from Finland. However, these were the only bright spots for the New Zealand side, which finished the round robin in last place, without a victory. [7]

Men's

Team: Sean Becker (skip), Hans Frauenlob, Dan Mustapic, Lorne Depape, Warren Dobson (alternate)

Round Robin
Draw 1
Team12345678910Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker)00010101003
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Lindholm) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00103010106

;Draw 2

Team12345678910Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg014000302X9
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker)100021010X5

;Draw 3

Team12345678910Final
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Fenson)02202103XX10
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20000020XX4

;Draw 4

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00200020026
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker)02001101005

;Draw 6

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (Stöckli) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20002013019
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker)02010200207

;Draw 8

Team1234567891011Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker)010100101105
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy (Retornaz) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002020010016

;Draw 10

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Trulsen)02003010219
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10100202006

;Draw 11

Team12345678910Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0000100XXX1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Gushue)1101033XXX9

;Draw 12

Team12345678910Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker)010000XXXX1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg203221XXXX10
Standings
RankTeamSkipWonLost
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 72
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Brad Gushue 63
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pete Fenson 63
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain David Murdoch 63
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Pål Trulsen 54
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Ralph Stockli 54
7Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy Joel Retornaz 45
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peter Lindholm 36
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 36
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sean Becker 09

Skeleton

Skeleton provided New Zealand with its two best finishes in Turin, including its only top-10, from Ben Sandford. Sandford had the fifth fastest second run, but his slower first run left him in 10th place. [8]

Athlete [8] EventFinal
Run 1Run 2TotalRank
Louise Corcoran Women's 1:01.061:02.032:03.0912
Ben Sandford Men's 59.1658.601:57.7610

Snowboarding

All three New Zealand snowboarders in Turin competed in the halfpipe, with Juliane Bray being the closest to qualifying for the final, finishing 16th overall. Bray also entered the snowboard cross, but was unable to qualify for the knockout rounds. [8]

Halfpipe
Athlete [8] EventQualifying Run 1Qualifying Run 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2Rank
Juliane Bray Women's halfpipe 17.12332.210did not advance16
Kendall Brown Women's halfpipe 22.91822.418did not advance24
Mitchell Brown Men's halfpipe 16.33328.319did not advance25

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.

Snowboard Cross
AthleteEventQualifying1/8 FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Juliane Bray Women's snowboard cross 1:34.4520did not advance20

Flag bearer

Sean Becker, the captain of New Zealand's curling team, carried the flag for the New Zealand team in both the opening and closing ceremonies. There was some controversy about the later of these, as the position of closing ceremony flag bearer is usually reserved for the best-performed competitor from the country and the curling team had finished last in their competition.

Traditionally the New Zealand team flag bearer at an Olympic games wears a blessed Māori cloak called the Kotahu.

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