Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Turin
Competitors	140 in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Philipp Schoch (opening) [1] Maya Pedersen-Bieri (closing) [2]
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 5 Total 14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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 (men and women).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Skeleton	Women's	16 February
Gold	Tanja Frieden	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross	17 February
Gold	Evelyne Leu	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials	22 February
Gold	Philipp Schoch	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom	22 February
Gold	Daniela Meuli	Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slalom	23 February
Silver	Martina Schild	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	15 February
Silver	Stéphane Lambiel	Figure skating	Men's singles	16 February
Silver	Simon Schoch	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom	22 February
Silver	Mirjam Ott Binia Beeli Valeria Spälty Michèle Moser Manuela Kormann	Curling	Women's tournament	23 February
Bronze	Bruno Kernen	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	12 February
Bronze	Gregor Stähli	Skeleton	Men's	17 February
Bronze	Ambrosi Hoffmann	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	18 February
Bronze	Martin Annen Beat Hefti	Bobsleigh	Two-man	19 February
Bronze	Martin Annen Beat Hefti Cédric Grand Thomas Lamparter	Bobsleigh	Four-man	25 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Switzerland won three medals in alpine skiing, with the best performance a silver from Martina Schild in the women's downhill. Bruno Kernen finished 17th in the final men's downhill training run, but improved in the race itself, winning the bronze medal. ^[3]

Men

Athlete [3]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Daniel Albrecht	Giant slalom	did not finish
	Slalom	55.33	did not finish
	Combined	1:40.47	45.31	44.95	3:10.73	4
Marc Berthod	Giant slalom	1:19.05	1:19.20	n/a	2:38.25	17
	Slalom	56.22	49.78	n/a	1:46.00	14
	Combined	1:41.24	45.21	44.77	3:11.22	7
Didier Cuche	Super-G	n/a			1:31.50	12
	Giant slalom	1:19.08	1:20.25	n/a	2:39.33	19
Didier Défago	Downhill	n/a			1:51.51	26
	Super-G	n/a			1:31.90	16
	Giant slalom	1:18.03	1:19.57	n/a	2:37.60	14
	Combined	1:38.68	did not finish
Tobias Grünenfelder	Downhill	n/a			1:50.44	12
Ambrosi Hoffmann	Downhill	n/a			1:50.72	17
	Super-G	n/a			1:30.98
Bruno Kernen	Downhill	n/a			1:49.82
	Super-G	n/a			1:31.95	18
Silvan Zurbriggen	Slalom	55.17	50.93	n/a	1:46.10	15
	Combined	1:41.08	did not finish

Women

Athlete [3]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Fraenzi Aufdenblatten	Downhill	n/a			1:57.96	12
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.10	17
	Giant slalom	1:03.46	1:09.16	n/a	2:12.62	16
	Combined	41.22	47.23	did not start
Sylviane Berthod	Downhill	n/a			1:58.36	14
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.00	15
Martina Schild	Downhill	n/a			1:56.86
	Super-G	n/a			1:33.33	6
Nadia Styger	Downhill	n/a			1:57.62	5
	Super-G	n/a			1:35.57	35
	Giant slalom	1:01.87	1:12.58	n/a	2:14.45	24

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Matthias Simmen earned Switzerland's only top 25 finish in Biathlon, as a near-clean shooting performance left him solidly positioned in the men's pursuit. ^[4]

Athlete [4]	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Simon Hallenbarter	Men's sprint	30:05.7	5	66
	Men's individual	1:04:37.0	8	76
Matthias Simmen	Men's sprint	28:56.3	3	45
	Men's pursuit	38:08.85	4	23
	Men's individual	1:01:04.9	5	52

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Martin Annen piloted the Switzerland-1 sled in the two-man and the four-man, and in both events won a bronze medal. In each case, his team fell behind on the third run, but then performed well on the final run to earn a medal. ^[5]

Athlete [5]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Martin Annen Beat Hefti	Two-man	55.54	55.67	56.18	56.34	3:43.73
Ivo Rüegg Cédric Grand	Two-man	55.85	55.74	56.37	56.90	3:44.86	8
Maya Bamert Martina Feusi	Two-woman	57.72	57.78	58.00	58.54	3:52.04	8
Sabina Hafner Cora Huber	Two-woman	57.86	57.92	58.73	58.35	3:52.86	10
Martin Annen Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter Cédric Grand	Four-man	55.26	55.37	55.00	55.20	3:40.83
Ivo Rüegg Andy Gees Roman Handschin Christian Aebli	Four-man	55.65	55.63	55.22	55.30	3:41.80	8

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Swiss cross-country team had only a single top-10 finish, a 7th place from the men's relay. The women's relay team, which earned a bronze medal in Salt Lake City, finished 11th. ^[6]

Distance

Athlete [6]	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Seraina Boner	Women's 10 km classical	30:58.0	41
Reto Burgermeister	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:25:49.9	59
Remo Fischer	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:20:19.7	36
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:06:40.9	21
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	Women's 15 km pursuit	45:34.3	24
	Women's 30 km freestyle	1:25:32.0	16
Toni Livers	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:21:08.2	40
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:07:25.4	32
Seraina Mischol	Women's 10 km classical	29:30.4	15
Laurence Rochat	Women's 10 km classical	30:02.2	25
Christian Stebler	Men's 15 km classical	40:38.6	29
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:11:13.0	50
Reto Burgermeister Christian Stebler Toni Livers Remo Fischer	Men's 4 x 10 km relay	1:45:10.9	7
Seraina Mischol Laurence Rochat Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Seraina Boner	Women's 4 x 5 km relay	56:52.4	11

Sprint

Athlete [6]	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Christoph Eigenmann	Men's sprint	2:20.46	30 Q	2:25.6	6	Did not advance			30
Seraina Mischol	Women's sprint	2:18.83	32	Did not advance					32
Laurence Rochat	Women's sprint	2:17.73	26 Q	2:18.9	3	Did not advance			15
Reto Burgermeister Christoph Eigenmann	Men's team sprint	n/a				18:00.6	8	Did not advance	15

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

In the men's event, 2006 European champion Ralph Stöckli finished the round robin at 5 wins, one short of the mark needed to progress to the medal round. On the women's side, Mirjam Ott, who won a silver medal as a third in 2002, made the final in 2006 as well, this time as a skip. Her rink finished second in the round robin before beating Canada in the semifinals. In the final, the Swiss managed to tie the game in the 10th end, forcing an extra, but Swedish skip Anette Norberg made a difficult shot to leave the Swiss with silver again. ^[7]

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Men's

Team: Ralph Stöckli (skip), Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Strübin, Marco Battilana (alternate)

Round Robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	7

;Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	X	5
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	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 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	8
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	7
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6

;Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	X	8

;Draw 12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	4	0	1	0	3	2	X	X	X	X	10
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
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

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Women's

: Mirjam Ott (skip), Binia Beeli, Valeria Spälty, Michèle Moser, Manuela Kormann (alternate)

Round Robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	4	0	2	0	3	2	X	X	11
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

;Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5

;Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	6
Switzerland (Ott)	2	0	1	1	1	0	4	X	X	X	5

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Kleibrink)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	6

;Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Holm)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Switzerland (Ott)	0	3	0	0	1	3	3	X	X	X	10

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Sweden (Norberg)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	9

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Privivkova)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4
Switzerland (Ott)	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	9
United States (Johnson)	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	8

;Draw 12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	4	X	X	11
Japan (Onodera)	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	X	X	5

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Sweden	Anette Norberg	7	2
2	Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	7	2
3	Canada	Shannon Kleibrink	6	3
4	Norway	Dordi Nordby	6	3
5	Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
6	Russia	Ludmila Privivkova	5	4
7	Japan	Ayumi Onodera	4	5
8	Denmark	Dorthe Holm	2	7
9	United States	Cassandra Johnson	2	7
10	Italy	Diana Gaspari	1	8

Playoffs

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	-	7
Canada (Kleibrink)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	-	5

;Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2005 World champion Stéphane Lambiel was one of the few medal challengers to have two consistent performances, and his 4th-placed free skate and 3rd-placed short program were good enough to earn him a silver medal. ^[8]

Athlete [8]	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Lambiel	Men's	n/a		79.04	3 Q	152.17	4	231.21
Sarah Meier	Ladies'	n/a		55.57	10 Q	100.56	8	156.13	8
Jamal Othman	Men's	n/a		52.18	27	did not advance			27

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2005 World Championships silver medalist Evelyne Leu sat 5th after the first jump in the |women's aerials final, but on her second jump, she put up the highest score of the competition, earning her a gold medal. ^[9]

Athlete [9]	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thomas Lambert	Men's aerials	214.77	14	did not advance	14
Evelyne Leu	Women's aerials	180.37	4 Q	202.55
Manuela Müller	Women's aerials	168.31	9 Q	159.14	7
Renato Ulrich	Men's aerials	225.75	11 Q	204.75	11

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Swiss men's team had the two biggest upsets of the Olympic ice hockey tournament, beating the 1998 and 2002 gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada in back-to-back games. The win against Canada was the first time the Swiss had beaten that nation in an international competition, and required a stellar goaltending show from Martin Gerber, who earned a shutout. ^[10] The team made the medal round, but lost in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Sweden. The women's team was less successful, losing each of its first four games before eventually finishing 7th. ^[11]

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Men's competition

Players

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters § Switzerland

The following is the Swiss roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics. ^[12]

Head coach: / Ralph Krueger

Assistant coaches: Jakob Kölliker, Peter John Lee

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	D	Julien Vauclair	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1979-10-02)October 2, 1979 (aged 26)	HC Lugano
4	F	Flavien Conne	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	179 lb (81 kg)	(1980-04-10)April 10, 1980 (aged 25)	HC Lugano
5	D	Severin Blindenbacher	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1983-03-15)March 15, 1983 (aged 22)	ZSC Lions
7	D	Mark Streit ( C )	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1977-12-11)December 11, 1977 (aged 28)	Montreal Canadiens
10	F	Andres Ambühl 1	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 22)	HC Davos
12	F	Patric Della Rossa	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1975-07-28)July 28, 1975 (aged 30)	EV Zug
15	F	Paul DiPietro ( A )	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1970-09-08)September 8, 1970 (aged 35)	EV Zug
21	F	Patrick Fishcer	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1975-10-06)October 6, 1975 (aged 30)	EV Zug
22	D	Olivier Keller	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	(1971-03-20)March 20, 1971 (aged 34)	EHC Basel
23	F	Thierry Paterlini	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1975-04-27)April 27, 1975 (aged 30)	ZSC Lions
26	G	Martin Gerber	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	(1974-10-03)October 3, 1974 (aged 31)	Carolina Hurricanes
28	F	Martin Plüss	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	170 lb (77 kg)	(1977-04-05)April 5, 1977 (aged 28)	Frölunda HC
29	D	Beat Forster	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	218 lb (99 kg)	(1982-02-02)February 2, 1982 (aged 20)	ZSC Lions
31	D	Mathias Seger	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1977-12-17)December 17, 1977 (aged 28)	ZSC Lions
32	F	Ivo Rüthemann ( A )	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	174 lb (79 kg)	(1976-12-12)December 12, 1976 (aged 29)	SC Bern
33	D	Steve Hirschi	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1981-09-18)September 18, 1981 (aged 24)	HC Lugano
35	F	Sandy Jeannin	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	183 lb (83 kg)	(1976-02-28)February 28, 1976 (aged 29)	HC Lugano
38	F	Marcel Jenni	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1974-03-02)March 2, 1974 (aged 31)	Kloten Flyers
38	F	Thomas Ziegler	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1978-06-09)June 9, 1978 (aged 27)	SC Bern
40	G	David Aebischer	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1978-02-07)February 7, 1978 (aged 28)	Colorado Avalanche
44	G	Marco Bührer	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1979-10-09)October 9, 1979 (aged 26)	SC Bern
57	D	Goran Bezina	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	220 lb (100 kg)	(1980-03-21)March 21, 1980 (aged 25)	Genève-Servette HC
67	F	Romano Lemm	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1984-06-25)June 25, 1984 (aged 21)	Kloten Flyers
97	F	Adrian Wichser	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1980-03-18)March 18, 1980 (aged 25)	ZSC Lions

• ¹ Andres Ambühl replaced Thomas Ziegler on the team roster after the first five games of the tournament. ^[13]

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	+17	10	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	10	12	−2	6
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	15	9	+6	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	14	12	+2	4
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
6	Italy (H)	5	0	2	3	9	23	−14	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts

15 February 2006 15:35

Switzerland

0–5 (0–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Finland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,960

Game reference
	Martin Gerber (out 40:00) David Aebischer (in 40:00)	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Thor Nelson
	0–1 13:07 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) 0–2 23:35 – T. Numminen (T. Selänne, J. Lehtinen) (PP) 0–3 28:04 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, J. Jokinen) (PP) 0–4 33:25 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu) 0–5 39:25 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, O. Jokinen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	37

16 February 2006 13:05

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Tony Sericolo Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 5:11 – T. Ziegler (I. Rüthemann) J. Jágr (M. Straka, V. Prospal) – 22:55 1–1 1–2 29:44 – T. Paterlini (SH) M. Židlický (A. Hemský, M. Ručinský) – 41:00 2–2 2–3 46:42 – M. Streit (M. Seger, M. Plüss) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	19

18 February 2006 15:35

Canada

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,769

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Kevin Redding
	0–1 18:19 – P. DiPietro (P. Della Rossa) 0–2 28:47 – P. DiPietro (G. Bezina, M. Streit) (PP2)
	34 min	Penalties	42 min
	49	Shots	18

19 February 2006 12:05

Germany

2–2 (0–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,756

Game reference
	Olaf Kölzig	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Kevin Redding Sergei Shelyanin
	S. Felski (C. Ehrhoff) – 22:20 1–0 1–1 28:17 – F. Conne (P. Fischer) 1–2 38:05 – P. DiPietro (P. Della Rossa) T. Boos (E. Lewandowski) – 52:09 2–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	25

21 February 2006 12:35

Switzerland

3–3 (2–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,529

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Milan Mášik Tony Sericolo
	R. Lemm (G. Bezina, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) − 3:06 1–0 P. Fischer (M. Plüss) – 6:33 2–0 2–1 15:41 – J. Busillo (B. Nardella) (PP) 2–2 20:53 – C. Trevisani (J. Cirone, J. Busillo) (PP) 2–3 46:13 – T. Iob (G. de Bettin) I. Rüthemann – 56:38 3–3
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 16:35

Switzerland

2–6 (1–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,970

Game reference
	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Thor Nelson Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 3:05 – H. Sedin (D. Sedin, N. Lidström) M. Streit (P. Della Rossa, M. Plüss) – 8:37 1–1 1–2 13:49 – F. Modin (P. Forsberg, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 1–3 22:17 – H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström, K. Jönsson) 1–4 29:07 – M. Sundin (N. Lidström, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 1–5 32:52 – M. Sundin (P. Forsberg, D. Tjärnqvist) R. Lemm (I. Rüthemann) – 40:49 2–5 2–6 48:36 − S. Påhlsson (D. Alfredsson, P. Axelsson)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	27

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Women's competition

Players

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters § Switzerland

No.	Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 Team
22	F	Silvia Bruggmann	168	54	02/20/78	Luetisburg	EV Zug
10	D	Nicole Bullo	160	54	05/18/87	Bellinzona	HC Lugano
21	F	Sandra Cattaneo	166	64	01/25/75	Zürich	EHC Illnau-Effretikon
4	F	Daniela Diaz – A	170	66	06/16/82	Baar	EV Zug
25	G	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	166	67	02/28/79	Schaffhausen	Roseau / United States
11	D	Angela Frautschi	168	67	06/05/87	Interlaken	DHC Langenthal
15	D	Ramona Fuhrer – C	163	68	04/13/79	Aarberg Be	DHC Lyss
9	D	Ruth Künzle	166	65	03/29/72	Gaiserwald-Waldkirch	HC Lugano
20	F	Kathrin Lehmann – A	172	68	02/27/80	Zürich	Lady Kodiaks Kornwestheim
23	D	Monika Leuenberger	180	82	04/11/73	Zürich	EV Zug
75	F	Jeanette Marty	173	74	08/11/75	Zug	EV Zug
6	D	Julia Marty	170	72	04/16/88	Zürich	EV Zug
69	F	Stefanie Marty	167	70	04/16/88	Zürich	EV Zug
66	F	Christine Meier	169	66	05/24/86	Buelach	EHC Illnau-Effretikon
55	D	Prisca Mosimann	184	75	03/19/75	Langenthal	DHC Langenthal
24	F	Sandrine Ray	163	60	05/11/83	Orbe	HC Lugano
49	F	Rachel Rochat	180	68	09/10/72	Summit, New Jersey	Needham / USA
27	F	Laura Ruhnke	172	74	12/25/83	Biel	HC Lugano
41	G	Florence Schelling	174	73	03/09/89	Zürich	GCK Lions
17	F	Tina Schumacher	160	60	03/20/78	Biel	DHC Lyss

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	+15	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

11 February 2006 18:05

United States

6–0 (1–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,900

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Kim Robichaud
	Ka. King (Potter) – 02:38 1–0 Dunn-Luoma (SH2) – 32:27 2–0 Wendell (Ruggiero, Potter) – 47:53 3–0 Darwitz (Parsons) – 50:33 4–0 Wendell (Potter) – 52:40 5–0 Potter (Ruggiero) (PP) – 58:50 6–0
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	56	Shots	9

13 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 4,259

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Annica Flödén Jana Zítková
	Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) – 14:10 1–0 Rantamäki – 45:21 2–0 Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) – 51:58 3–0 Pehkonen (Rantamaki) – 52:50 4–0
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

14 February 2006 18:05

Switzerland

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Ilse Robben
	0–1 23:16 – M. Lanzl (Becker) Schumacher (Ju. Marty) (PP) – 29:00 1–1 1–2 29:36 – Oswald (M. Lanzl, Ritter) (PP)
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	31

Medal round

Classification 5–8

17 February 2006 13:05

Russia

6–2 (1–1, 4–1, 1–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter Florence Schelling	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Annica Flödén
	Trefilova – 02:03 1–0 1–1 10:52 – Rochat Burina (Mishina, Barykina) – 25:14 2–1 Mishina (Smolentseva) – 26:19 3–1 Mishina (Byalkovskaya) (PP) – 30:00 4–1 4–2 31:55 – Lehmann (Cattaneo, Bullo) Mishina (Smolentseva) – 39:18 5–2 Kapustina (Shchelchkova) (PP) – 52:17 6–2
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	18

7th place game

20 February 2006 13:05

Switzerland

11–0 (4–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Luana Frasnelli Debora Montanari	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Sanna Mattila
	Diaz – 04:33 1–0 Diaz (Mosimann) (PP) – 09:54 2–0 Ju. Marty (Diaz) (PP) – 16:06 3–0 Lehmann (S. Marty) – 16:41 4–0 Ruhnke (Rochat) – 22:36 5–0 Ju. Marty (Ruhnke) – 26:51 6–0 Meier (Kunzle) – 31:09 7–0 Lehmann (Mosimann) – 32:48 8–0 Ruhnke (Rochat) – 33:16 9–0 S. Marty (Lehmann) – 35:37 10–0 S. Marty (Lehmann) – 56:08 11–0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	29

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Neither Swiss luger managed to challenge for the top positions. ^[14]

Athlete [14]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Stefan Höhener	Men's singles	52.459	51.989	52.124	52.212	3:28.784	15
Martina Kocher	Women's singles	47.548	47.410	47.276	47.357	3:09.591	9

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics

No individual Swiss athlete finished in the top 20 in Nordic Combined, but the team put on a strong run in the last two legs of the cross-country portion to finish fourth, though they were more than a minute back of a medal spot. ^[15]

Athlete [15]	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Ronny Heer	Sprint	105.6	22	1:20	19:37.7 +1:08.7	20
	Individual Gundersen	213.5	26	3:16	43:27.0 +3:42.4	24
Andreas Hurschler	Sprint	98.1	33	1:50	19:41.6 +1:12.6	21
	Individual Gundersen	193.5	39	4:36	43:21.9 +3:37.3	23
Seppi Hurschler	Sprint	105.3	24	1:22	19:51.4 +1:22.4	24
	Individual Gundersen	211.0	30	3:26	43:18.4 +3:33.8	22
Ivan Rieder	Sprint	105.5	23	1:21	20:42.0 +2:13.0	36
	Individual Gundersen	230.0	14	2:10	43:58.6 +4:14.0	27
Ronny Heer Andreas Hurschler Ivan Rieder Jan Schmid	Team	839.6	7	1:14	51:14.9 +1:22.3	4

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Maya Pedersen-Bieri won gold at both the 2001 and 2005 World championships, and comfortably took the Olympic title, winning by more than a full second and being the only woman to complete a run in less than a minute. Her 59.64 second time in the first run was a new women's track record at Cesana Pariol. Gregor Stähli was fifth after the first run, bu when others ahead of him faltered, he put together a solid run to earn a bronze medal. ^[16]

Athlete [16]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Tanja Morel	Women's	1:00.85	1:01.65	2:02.50	7
Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Women's	59.64	1:00.19	1:59.83
Gregor Stähli	Men's	58.41	58.39	1:56.80

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Simon Ammann, a double gold medalist in Salt Lake, could not recapture that form in Turin, where his best finish was 15th in the large hill event. Andreas Küttel was pre-qualified in both events, but poor second jumps in both left him outside the medals. ^[17]

Athlete [17]	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Simon Ammann	Normal hill	106.0	33 Q	107.0	38	did not advance		38
	Large hill	111.7	4 Q	104.4	20 Q	113.6	218.0	15
Andreas Küttel	Normal hill	134.5	1 PQ	133.5	4 Q	129.0	262.5	5
	Large hill	132.6	4 PQ	120.0	6 Q	119.1	239.1	6
Guido Landert	Normal hill	116.0	19 Q	97.0	48	did not advance		48
	Large hill	74.4	34 Q	85.3	37	did not advance		37
Michael Möllinger	Normal hill	127.0	4 Q	126.5	12 Q	122.5	249.0	13
	Large hill	91.3	17 Q	104.9	19 Q	120.0	224.9	13
Simon Ammann Andreas Küttel Guido Landert Michael Möllinger	Team	n/a		424.2	8 Q	462.7	886.9	7

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Swiss Olympic team won four medals in snowboarding, more than in any other sport. Three of these came in the parallel giant slalom, as the Swiss swept the golds in both the men's and women's events. Daniela Meuli was seeded 6th after the qualifying run, but overcame deficits twice to make the final, and then won after her German opponent fell. Philipp Schoch earned his second consecutive gold medal in the men's event, winning the final against his brother Simon. ^[18] In the women's snowboard cross final, Tanja Frieden was the beneficiary of American Lindsey Jacobellis's fall on the final hill, sweeping past the American to claim the gold medal. ^[19]

Halfpipe

Athlete [18]	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Therry Brunner	Men's halfpipe	23.0	26	9.2	33	did not advance		39
Frederik Kalbermatten	Men's halfpipe	16.8	32	30.8	18	did not advance		24
Markus Keller	Men's halfpipe	33.7	12	38.3	5 Q	(29.3)	38.5	7
Manuela Pesko	Women's halfpipe	7.1	32	36.9	3 Q	35.9	(14.2)	7
Gian Simmen	Men's halfpipe	32.0	14	33.8	13	did not advance		19

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.

Parallel GS

Athlete [18]	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ursula Bruhin	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:21.47	7 Q	Krings  (AUT) (10) W-2.06 (-0.06-2.00)	Fletcher  (USA) (2) L+0.15 (+0.12+0.03)	Classification 5–8   Pomagalski  (FRA) (3) L+4.76 (-1.50+6.26)	7th place final   Boldikova  (RUS) (4) W-1.74 (-0.71-1.03)	7
Heinz Inniger	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:09.96	3 Q	Walder  (AUT) (3) W-0.66 (-0.25-0.41)	Grabner  (AUT) (6) L+0.61 (+1.35-0.74)	Classification 5–8   Flander  (SLO) (10) W-0.14 (+0.18-0.32)	5th place final   Kosir  (SLO) (8) W-0.42 (-0.94+0.52)	5
Gilles Jaquet	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:10.47	5 Q	Fischnaller  (ITA) (12) W-0.51 (0.00-0.51)	Bozzetto  (FRA) (13) L+1.54 (+0.86+0.68)	Classification 5–8   Kosir  (SLO) (8) L+4.55 (-0.85+5.40)	7th place final   Flander  (SLO) (10) L+0.41 (+0.12+0.29)	8
Daniela Meuli	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:21.36	6 Q	Krings  (AUT) (11) W-1.00 (-0.24-0.76)	Pomagalski  (FRA) (3) W-1.43 (-1.50+0.07)	Fletcher  (USA) (2) W-3.70 (+0.24-3.94)	Kober  (GER) (5) W-15.97 (-0.21-15.76)
Philipp Schoch	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:09.83	2 Q	Oppliger  (AUS) (15) W-1.37 (-0.89-0.48)	Flander  (SLO) (10) W-1.07 (-1.35+0.28)	Grabner  (AUT) (6) W-0.34 (-0.42+0.08)	Schoch  (SUI) (1) W-0.73 (-0.88+0.15)
Simon Schoch	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:09.38	1 Q	Biveson  (SWE) (16) W-0.52 (-0.14-0.38)	Kosir  (SLO) (8) W-1.27 (-0.59-0.68)	Bozzetto  (FRA) (13) W-0.38 (+0.31-0.69)	Schoch  (SUI) (2) L+0.73 (+0.88-0.15)

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard cross

Athlete [18]	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Mellie Francon	Women's snowboard cross	1:32.30	14 Q	n/a	1 Q	3	Classification 5–8 1	5
Tanja Frieden	Women's snowboard cross	1:29.77	4 Q	n/a	1 Q	2 Q	1 Q
Marco Huser	Men's snowboard cross	1:20.26	2 Q	2 Q	3	did not advance	Classification 9–12 1	9
Ueli Kestenholz	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.32	21 Q	4	did not advance			25
Olivia Nobs	Women's snowboard cross	1:30.44	7 Q	n/a	3	did not advance	Classification 9–12 3	11

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Further reading

• Bis heute selektionierte Athleten (in German), from the Swiss Olympic Association, retrieved 26 January 2006