New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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New Zealand at the Olympic Games

Flag of New Zealand
IOC code  NZL
NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 18 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Sean Becker
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
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*with Australia as Australasia
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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. Although New Zealand has not found great success in the games having only managed to win one medal ever (a silver medal in 1992), New Zealand’s performance in winter sports is improving with Kiwi athletes starting to take advantage of the world class winter sporting alpine environment in New Zealand.

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[edit] Flag bearer

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.

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Men's slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Mickey Ross 1:03.30 54.50 1:57.80 31st place
Women's giant slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Nicola Campbell Did not finish - - -
Erika Mcleod Did not finish - - -
Women's slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Nicola Campbell 45.90 50.92 1:36.82 35th place
Erika Mcleod 47.96 52.61 1:40.57 40th place

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men’s two-man competition

  • Mathew Dallow
  • Alan Henderson
Run 1 - 56.61
Run 2 - 56.79
Run 3 - 57.46
Run 4 - Did not qualify
Total - 2:50.86 (23rd place)

Men’s four-man competition

  • Mathew Dallow
  • Alan Henderson
  • Aaron Orangi
  • Angus Ross
Run 1 - Did not start

New Zealand did not compete in four man bobsleigh due to injuries from a training run. [1]

[edit] Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men’s team

  • Sean Becker
  • Lorne Depape
  • Warren Dobson
  • Hans Frauenlob
  • Dan Mustapic

Round robin round
0 wins, 9 losses, 10th place, failed to qualify for elimination round

[edit] Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Ben Sandford 59.16 58.60 01:57.76 10th place

Women's skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Louise Corcoran 01:01.06 01:02.03 02:03.09 12th place

[edit] Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[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
Mitchell Brown 16.3 points 28.3 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 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
Juliane Bray 17.1 points 32.2 points - - -
Kendall Brown 22.9 points 22.4 points - - -

[edit] Snowboard cross

Women's snowboard cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Juliane Bray 1:34.45 1:39.81 - - - - -

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Alpine skiing

Mickey Ross will contest the Slalom, Erika McLeod the Giant slalom and Nicola Campbell the Giant slalom and Super G

[edit] Bobsleigh

Alan Henderson, Matt Dallow, Stephen Harrison, Angus Ross will contest the 4 man event and the Aaron Orangi the 2 man.

[edit] Curling

The New Zealand national men's team qualified for the games after placing 8th at the 2005 World Championships. The team heading to Turin comprised Sean Becker, Hans Frauenlob, Dan Mustapic, Lorne DePape and Warren Dobson, 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.

[edit] Skeleton

New Zealand's men's and women's national standing on the world Olympics circuit has met qualification standards. Ben Sandford and Louise Corcoran will both contest the skeleton event at Turin.

[edit] Snowboarding

Team

Junior world halfpipe champion Mitchell Brown will contest the halfpipe, Kendall Brown will also be competing in the halfpipe and Juliane Bray will contest both the halfpipe and snowboard cross.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Television New Zealand Kiwi team out after crash Feb 24, 2006.

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