Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the Olympic Games

Flag of Switzerland
IOC code: SUI
NOC: Swiss Olympic Association
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2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 140 in 13 sports
Flag Bearer Philipp Schoch
Medals Gold
5		 Silver
4		 Bronze
5		 Total
14
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. This is the confederation's largest team ever, because two ice hockey teams qualified (men and women).

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

  • Curling
    • Women's Team: Mirjam Ott, Binia Beeli, Valeria Spälty, Michèle Moser, Manuela Kormann (alternate)

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

[edit] Downhill

Men:

Ladies:

[edit] Super-G

Men:

Ladies:

[edit] Giant Slalom

Men:

[edit] Combined

Men:

[edit] Biathlon

  • Simon Hallenbarter
  • Matthias Simmen

[edit] Bobsleigh

[edit] Two-man:

Men:

  • Martin Annen (pilot)
  • Beat Hefti
    1. Heat 1 - 55.54 (2nd place)
    2. Heat 2 -1:51.21 (3rd place)
    3. Heat 3 - 2:47.39 (3rd place)
    4. Final - 3:43.73 Bronze medal
  • Ivo Rüegg (pilot)
  • Cédric Grand
    1. Heat 1 - 55.85 (8th place)
    2. Heat 2 - 1:51.59 (7th place)
    3. Heat 3 - 2:47.96 (8th place)
    4. Final - 3:44.86 8th place

Ladies:

  • Maya Bamert (pilot)
  • Martina Feusi
    1. Heat 1 - 57.72 (7th place)
    2. Heat 2 - 1:55.50 (8th place)
    3. Heat 3 - 2:53.50 (7th place)
    4. Final - 3:52.04 (8th place)
  • Sabina Hafner
  • Cora Huber
    1. Heat 1 - 57.86 (9th place)
    2. Heat 2 - 1:57.38 (10th place)
    3. Heat 3 - 2:54.51 (11th place)
    4. Final - 3:52.86 (10th place)

[edit] Four-man:

Men:

  • Ivo Rüegg (pilot)
  • Andy Gees
  • Roman Handschin
  • Christian Aebli

[edit] Reserves:

Men:

  • Martin Galliker (reserve pilot)
  • Einar Schaufelberger (reserve runner)
  • Regula Sterki

[edit] Cross country skiing

[edit] Curling

====Men==== CC St. Galler Bär:

  • Ralph Stöckli (Skip)
  • Claudio Pescia (Third)
  • Pascal Sieber (Second)
  • Simon Strübin (Lead)
  • Marco Battilana (Reserve)
    1. Final - 5th place

====Ladies==== CC Flims:

  • Mirjam Ott (Skip)
  • Binia Beeli (Third)
  • Valeria Spälty (Second)
  • Michèle Moser-Knobel (Lead)
  • Manuela Kormann (Reserve)
    1. Final - Silver medal

[edit] Figure skating

  • Stéphane Lambiel
    1. Short - 79.04 (3rd place)
    2. Free - 152.17 (4th place)
    3. Final - 231.21 (Silver Medal)
  • Jamal Othman
    1. Short - 52.18 (27th place)
  • Sarah Meier
    1. Short - 55.57 (10th place)
    2. Free - 100.56 (8th place)
    3. Final - 156.13 (8th place)

[edit] Freestyle skiing

Ladies' Aerials

  • Evelyne Leu
    1. Jump 1 - 94.62 (5th place)
    2. Jump 2 - 107.93 (1st place)
    3. Final - 202.55 Gold medal
  • Manuela Müller
    1. Jump 1 - 73.49 (9th place)
    2. Jump 2 - 85.65 (6th place)
    3. Final - 159.14 (7th place)
  • Thomas Lambert
  • Renato Ulrich
  • Christian Kaufmann (substitute)

[edit] Ice hockey

Men's competition:

Goaltenders:

Defensemen:

Forwards:

  • Flavien Conne (HC Lugano), Patric Della Rossa (EV Zug), Paul DiPietro (EV Zug), Patrick Fischer (EV Zug), Sandy Jeannin (HC Lugano), Marcel Jenni (Kloten Flyers), Romano Lemm (Kloten Flyers), Thierry Paterlini (ZSC Lions), Martin Plüss (Frölunda HC), Kevin Romy (HC Lugano), Ivo Rüthemann (SC Bern), Adrian Wichser (ZSC Lions)
  • Thomas Ziegler (SC Bern)

Women's competition:

Goaltenders:

  • Patricia Elsmore-Sautter (Roseau/USA), Florence Schelling (GCK Lions)

Defense:

  • Nicole Bullo (HC Lugano), Angela Frautschi (DHC Langenthal), Ramona Fuhrer (DHC Lyss), Ruth Künzle (HC Lugano), Monika Leuenberger (EV Zug), Julia Marty (EV Zug), Prisca Mosimann (DHC Langenthal)

Forwards:

  • Silvia Bruggmann (EV Zug), Sandra Cattaneo (EHC Illnau-Effretikon), Daniela Diaz (EV Zug), Kathrin Lehmann (Lady Kodiaks Kornwestheim), Jeanette Marty (EV Zug), Stefanie Marty (EV Zug), Christine Meier (EHC Illnau-Effretikon), Sandrine Ray (HC Lugano), Rachel Rochat (Needham/USA), Laura Ruhnke (HC Lugano), Tina Schumacher (DHC Lyss)

[edit] Luge

Men's Singles Luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final Rank
Stefan Hoehener 52.459 51.989 52.124 52.212 3:28.784 15th place

Women's Singles Luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final Rank
Martina Kocher 47.548 47.410 47.276 47.357 3:09.591 9th place

[edit] Nordic combined

Individual Gundersen 15 km

Name 1st Round Final Round Jump Total 15 km Final Rank
Seppi Hurschler 106.5 104.5 211.0 39:52.4
(3:33.8 behind)		 22nd place
Andreas Hurschler 98.0 95.5 193.5 38:45.9
(3:37.3 behind)		 23rd place
Ronny Heer 106.0 107.5 213.5 40:11.0
(3:42.4 behind)		 24th place
Ivan Rieder 116.5 113.5 230.0 41:48.6
(4:14.0 behind)		 27th place

Large Hill Sprint

Name LH Jump Sprint 7.5 km Final Rank
Ronny Heer 105.6 points 18:17.7 (+1:08.7 behind) 20th place
Andreas Hurschler 98.1 points 17:51.6 (+1:12.6 behind) 21st place
Seppi Hurschler 105.3 points 18:29.4 (+1:22.4 behind) 24th place
Ivan Rieder 105.5 points 19:21.0 (+2:13.0 behind) 36th place

Team Event

Name 1st Round Final Round Jump Total 4x5 km Final Rank
Ronny Heer 111.5 100.5 212.0 11:42.5
Jan Schmid 112.8 109.4 222.2 13:23.0
Andreas Hurschler 103.1 90.3 193.4 12:02.5
Ivan Rieder 100.1 111.9 212.0 12:52.9
Team Total 427.5 412.1 839.6 51:14.9
(1:22.3 behind)		 4th place

[edit] Skeleton

Men's Skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final Rank
Gregor Stähli 58.39 58.41 1:56.80 Bronze medal

Women's Skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final Rank
Maya Pedersen-Bieri 59.64 01:00.19 01:59.83 Gold medal
Tanja Morel 01:00.85 01:01.65 02:02.50 7th place

[edit] Ski jumping

Men's Large Hill Individual

    Final Round Jumps  
Name Qualification 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
Andreas Küttel 132.6 points (Pre-qualified) 120.0 points 119.1 points 239.1 points 6th place
Michael Moellinger 91.3 points 104.9 points 120.0 points 224.9 points 13th place
Simon Ammann 111.7 points 104.4 points 113.6 points 218.0 points 15th place
Guido Landert 74.4 points 85.3 points - - 37th place

Men's Normal Hill Individual

    Final Round Jumps  
Name Qualification 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
Andreas Küttel 134.5 points (Pre-qualified) 133.5 points 129.0 points 262.5 points 5th place
Michael Moellinger 127.0 points 126.5 points 122.5 points 249.0 points 13th place
Simon Ammann 106.0 points 107.0 points - - -
Guido Lander 116.0 points 97.0 points - - -

Men's Large Hill Team Jump

Name 1st Round Final Round Total Final Rank
Michael Moellinger 107.20 points 108.70 points
Simon Ammann 108.50 points 107.60 points
Guido Landert 95.70 points 108.60 points
Andreas Küttel 112.80 points 137.80 points
Total 424.20 points 462.70 points 886.90 points 7th place

[edit] Snowboarding

[edit] Halfpipe

Men’s Halfpipe

In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final Rank
Markus Keller 33.7 points 38.3 points 29.3 points 38.5 points 7th place
Gian Simmen 32.0 points 33.8 points - - -
Frederik Kalbermatten 16.8 points 30.8 points - - -
Therry Brunner 23.0 points 9.2 points - - -

Women’s Halfpipe

In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of the Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final Rank
Manuela Pesko 7.1 points 36.9 points 35.9 points 14.2 points 7th place

[edit] Parallel giant slalom

Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue Course Red Course Total 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Philipp Schoch 35.42 34.41 01:09.83 Heat 8
1st place		 Quarterfinal 4
1st place		 Semifinal 2
1st place		 Big final Gold medal
Simon Schoch 33.98 35.40 01:09.38 Heat 1
1st place		 Quarterfinal 1
1st place		 Semifinal 1
1st place		 Big final Silver medal
Heinz Inniger 35.51 34.45 01:09.96 Heat 5
1st place		 Quarterfinal 3
2nd place		 Classification 5-6 5th place
Gilles Jaquet 34.55 35.92 01:10.47 Heat 3
1st place		 Quarterfinal 2
2nd place		 Classification 7-8 8th place

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue Course Red Course Total 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Daniela Meuli 40.56 40.80 01:21.36 Heat 6
1st place		 Quarterfinal 3
1st place		 Semifinal 2
1st place		 Big final Gold medal
Ursula Bruhin 40.74 40.73 01:21.47 Heat 7
1st place		 Quarterfinal 4
2nd place		 Consolation 2
2nd place		 Classification 7-8 7th place

[edit] Snowboard cross

Men's Snowboard Cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Marco Huser 1:22.39 1:20.26 Heat 8
2nd place		 Quarterfinal 4
3rd place		 - Classification 9-12 9th place
Ueli Kestenholz 1:23.16 1:22.32 Heat 3
4th place		 - - - -

Women's Snowboard Cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Tanja Frieden 1:30.76 1:29.77 Quarterfinal 2
1st place		 Semifinal 1
2nd place		 Big final Gold medal
Mellie Francon 1:32.31 1:32.30 Quarterfinal 3
1st place		 Semifinal 2
3rd place		 Small final 5th place
Olivia Nobs 1:32.02 1:30.44 Quarterfinal 2
3rd place		 - Classification 9-12 11th place

[edit] References


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