New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | NZL |
NOC | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Turin | |
Competitors | 18 in 5 sports |
Flag bearers | Sean Becker (opening and closing) [1] [2] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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.
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] | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Nicola Campbell | Women's giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
Women's slalom | 45.90 | 50.92 | n/a | 1:36.82 | 35 | |
Erika McLeod | Women's giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
Women's slalom | 47.96 | 52.61 | n/a | 1:40.57 | 40 | |
Mickey Ross | Men's slalom | 1:03.30 | 54.50 | n/a | 1:57.80 | 31 |
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] | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Mathew Dallow Alan Henderson | Two-man | 56.61 | 56.79 | 57.46 | did not advance | 23 | |
Mathew Dallow Steve Harrison Alan Henderson Aaron Orangi | Four-man | did not start |
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]
Team: Sean Becker (skip), Hans Frauenlob, Dan Mustapic, Lorne Depape, Warren Dobson (alternate)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
New Zealand (Becker) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Sweden (Lindholm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
;Draw 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Great Britain (Murdoch) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
New Zealand (Becker) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
;Draw 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
United States (Fenson) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 10 |
New Zealand (Becker) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
;Draw 4
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
New Zealand (Becker) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
;Draw 6
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Switzerland (Stöckli) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
New Zealand (Becker) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
;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 10
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Norway (Trulsen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
New Zealand (Becker) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
;Draw 11
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
New Zealand (Becker) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
Canada (Gushue) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | X | X | 9 |
;Draw 12
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
New Zealand (Becker) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Germany (Kapp) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
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 |
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] | Event | Final | |||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
Louise Corcoran | Women's | 1:01.06 | 1:02.03 | 2:03.09 | 12 |
Ben Sandford | Men's | 59.16 | 58.60 | 1:57.76 | 10 |
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]
Athlete [8] | Event | Qualifying Run 1 | Qualifying Run 2 | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
Juliane Bray | Women's halfpipe | 17.1 | 23 | 32.2 | 10 | did not advance | 16 | |
Kendall Brown | Women's halfpipe | 22.9 | 18 | 22.4 | 18 | did not advance | 24 | |
Mitchell Brown | Men's halfpipe | 16.3 | 33 | 28.3 | 19 | did not advance | 25 |
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 | Qualifying | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Juliane Bray | Women's snowboard cross | 1:34.45 | 20 | did not advance | 20 |
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.
The United States sent 204 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Chris Witty, a four-time Olympian, who competed in both Summer and Winter games, and won a gold medal in speed skating at the 2002 Games, served as the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Speed skater Joey Cheek, who won gold in the 500 m and silver in the 1000 m, was the flag bearer at the closing ceremonies. One athlete, Sarah Konrad, became the first American woman to compete in two different disciplines at the same Winter Olympics – biathlon and cross-country skiing.
Australia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 40 athletes was the largest ever for Australia, surpassing the team of 31 that participated at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.
Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the 2002 Winter Olympics Norway won the most gold medals, and before the Turin games, Norwegian sports officials were aiming for more than the 25 medals they won in Salt Lake City — the president of the Norwegian Skiing Federation Sverre Seeberg was quoted saying he thought Norway would win 25 medals in the skiing events alone. The Norwegian Olympic Committee aimed for Norway to be the best nation measured in the number of gold medals. However, Norway won only two gold medals in the games, the lowest amount since 1988.
The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland. Forty-one athletes were selected for these Winter Games.
Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. A total of 99 athletes were selected, and they competed in nine of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports. When the medals were summed up, Sweden had managed seven gold medals, two silver and five bronze, making it Sweden's best result ever in the Winter Olympics in terms of both medals and gold medals earned, and gave Sweden a 6th place in the medal table.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.
Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.
Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. This was the confederation's largest Winter Olympics team ever, because two ice hockey teams qualified.
Argentina competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Isabel Clark Ribeiro, a snowboarder, carried the flag at the opening ceremonies. Clark is also the Brazilian athlete who achieved the best result in the Brazilian delegation, making it to the quarterfinals in women's snowboard cross, finishing ninth overall.
Chile competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Serbia and Montenegro competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. This was the last appearance of a team representing a joint Montenegrin and Serbian state at the Olympic venue.
Spain competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Ukraine competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Three men from South Africa competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. One of them, Alexander Heath, became the first African to compete in all 5 alpine events. The three-man South African team was the largest from the continent in Turin.
Slovenia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 and 25 February, at Cesana Pariol.
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The British team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, whose athletes may have elected to hold Irish citizenship, allowing them to represent either Great Britain or Ireland. Additionally some British overseas territories competed separately from Britain in Olympic competition. A total of 56 athletes competed in 11 sports making it the biggest contingent that Great Britain had sent to a Winter Olympic Games for twenty-six years.