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| New Zealand at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NZL |
| NOC | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer | |
| Competitors | 11 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Finn Bilous |
| Medals Ranked 22nd |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
New Zealand competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Finn Bilous | Freestyle skiing | Boys' halfpipe | 14 February |
 Bronze | Finn Bilous | Freestyle skiing | Boys' slopestyle | 19 February |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jackson Rich | Slalom | 1:00.70 | 41 | did not finish | |||
| Giant slalom | 1:24.54 | 34 | did not advance | ||||
| Super-G | — | DNF | |||||
| Combined | 1:16.76 | 38 | 46.28 | 27 | 2:03.04 | 25 | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Elizabeth Reid | Slalom | 58.07 | 16 | did not finish | |||
| Giant slalom | DNF | did not advance | |||||
| Super-G | — | 1:16.87 | 20 | ||||
| Combined | 1:17.25 | 15 | 45.39 | 15 | 2:02.64 | 11 | |
| Group A | Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | Luc Violette | 6 | 1 |
 Switzerland | Selina Witschonke | 6 | 1 |
 Russia | Nadezhda Karelina | 6 | 1 |
 Turkey | Oğuzhan Karakurt | 3 | 4 |
 Italy | Luca Rizzolli | 3 | 4 |
 China | Du Hongrui | 2 | 5 |
 New Zealand | Matthew Neilson | 1 | 6 |
 Japan | Kota Ito | 1 | 6 |
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| Athletes | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Holly Thompson (NZL) Sterling Middleton (CAN) | Mixed doubles |  Smith (GBR) Hong (KOR)W 8 – 2 | Polat (TUR) Zhang (CHN) W 9 – 2 | Matsuzawa (JPN) Hoesli (SUI) L 1 – 11 | did not advance | ||
| Courtney Smith (NZL) Henwy Lockmann (SUI) |  Ramsfjell (NOR) Kim (KOR)L 4 – 10 | did not advance | |||||
| Maria Arkhipova (RUS) Matthew Neilson (NZL) | Lee (KOR) Nygren (SWE)L 4 – 11 | did not advance | |||||
| Cora Farrell (USA) Ben Smith (NZL) | Oh (KOR) Esenboga (TUR) L 1 – 8 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Finn Bilous | Boys' halfpipe | 89.60 | 90.80 | 92.20 | 92.20 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | |||
| Finn Bilous | Boys' slopestyle | 86.00 | 61.20 | 86.00 | | |
| Jackson Wells | Boys' slopestyle | 61.40 | 79.00 | 79.00 | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ollie Curtis | Boys' individual skills challenge | 8 | 14 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Tiarn Collins | Boys' halfpipe | 72.25 | 14.00 | 76.25 | 76.25 | 5 |
| Rakai Tait | Boys' halfpipe | 67.25 | 75.75 | 67.00 | 75.75 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | |||
| Tiarn Collins | Boys' slopestyle | 65.50 | 86.25 | 86.25 | 4 | |
| Rakai Tait | Boys' slopestyle | 53.00 | 11.50 | 53.00 | 13 | |
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