New Zealand at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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New Zealand at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of New Zealand.svg
IOC code NZL
NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.org.nz
in Lillehammer, Norway
Competitors11 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Finn Bilous
Medals
Ranked =22nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

New Zealand competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. It was New Zealand's second appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at the inaugural Games four years earlier.

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The New Zealand team consisted of 11 athletes (eight men and five women) competing in five sports. The flag bearer for the team was freestyle skier Finn Bilous, who won both of New Zealand's medals at the Games. [1] [2]

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Finn Bilous Freestyle skiing Boys' halfpipe 14 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Finn Bilous Freestyle skiing Boys' slopestyle 19 February

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Elizabeth Reid Girls' slalom 58.0716DNF
Girls' giant slalom DNFDid not advance
Girls' super-G —1:16.8720
Girls' combined 1:17.251545.39152:02.6411
Jackson Rich Boys' slalom 1:00.7041DNF
Boys' giant slalom 1:24.5434Did not advance
Boys' super-G —DNF
Boys' combined 1:16.763846.28272:03.0425

Curling

Mixed team

Team
Round Robin
Group ASkipWL
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Luc Violette 61
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Selina Witschonke 61
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Nadezhda Karelina 61
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Oğuzhan Karakurt 34
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luca Rizzolli 34
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Du Hongrui 25
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Matthew Neilson 16
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kota Ito 16

Mixed doubles

AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Holly Thompson  (NZL)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sterling Middleton  (CAN)		 Mixed doubles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Smith  (GBR)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Hong  (KOR)
W 8 – 2		Flag of Turkey.svg  Polat  (TUR)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang  (CHN)
W 9 – 2		Flag of Japan.svg  Matsuzawa  (JPN)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Hoesli  (SUI)
L 1 – 11		Did not advance
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Courtney Smith  (NZL)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Henwy Lockmann  (SUI)		Flag of Norway.svg  Ramsfjell  (NOR)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim  (KOR)
L 4 – 10		Did not advance
Flag of Russia.svg  Maria Arkhipova  (RUS)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Matthew Neilson  (NZL)		Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee  (KOR)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Nygren  (SWE)
L 4 – 11		Did not advance
Flag of the United States.svg  Cora Farrell  (USA)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Ben Smith  (NZL)		Flag of South Korea.svg  Oh  (KOR)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Esenboga  (TUR)
L 1 – 8		Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3BestRank
Finn Bilous Boys' halfpipe 89.6090.8092.2092.20Silver medal icon.svg
Boys' slopestyle 86.0061.20—86.00Bronze medal icon.svg
Jackson Wells Boys' slopestyle 61.4079.00—79.006

Ice hockey

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Ollie Curtis Boys' individual skills challenge 814Did not advance

Snowboarding

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3BestRank
Tiarn Collins Boys' halfpipe 72.2514.0076.2576.255
Boys' slopestyle 65.5086.25—86.254
Rakai Tait Boys' halfpipe 67.2575.7567.0075.756
Boys' slopestyle 53.0011.50—53.0013

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cook, Marjorie (11 February 2016). "Wanaka's Finn Bilous to carry flag for New Zealand at Youth Winter Olympics". Stuff . Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Finn Bilous". New Zealand Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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