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 external link (German)
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	140 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Philipp Schoch
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 5	Silver 4	Bronze 5	Total 14
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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 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Events 2.1 Alpine skiing 2.2 Biathlon 2.3 Bobsleigh 2.3.1 Two-man: 2.3.2 Four-man: 2.3.3 Reserves: 2.4 Cross-country skiing 2.5 Curling 2.6 Figure skating 2.7 Freestyle skiing 2.8 Ice hockey 2.9 Luge 2.10 Nordic combined 2.11 Skeleton 2.12 Ski jumping 2.13 Snowboarding 2.13.1 Halfpipe 2.13.2 Parallel giant slalom 2.13.3 Snowboard cross 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Freestyle skiing
  • Women's aerials: Evelyne Leu

• Skeleton
  • Women's skeleton: Maya Pedersen-Bieri

• Snowboarding
  • Women's snowcross: Tanja Frieden
  • Men's parallel giant slalom: Philipp Schoch
  • Women's parallel giant slalom: Daniela Meuli

[edit] Silver

• Alpine skiing
  • Women's downhill: Martina Schild

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

• Figure skating
  • Men's singles: Stéphane Lambiel

• Snowboarding
  • Men's parallel giant slalom: Simon Schoch

[edit] Bronze

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's downhill: Bruno Kernen
  • Men's Super-G: Ambrosi Hoffmann

• Bobsleigh
  • Two-man event: Martin Annen and Beat Hefti
  • Four-man event: Martin Annen, Cedric Grand, Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter

• Skeleton
  • Men's skeleton: Gregor Stähli

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's combined

Name	Downhill	Slalom run 1	Slalom run 2	Total	Final rank
Daniel Albrecht	1:40.47	45.31	44.95	3:10.73	4th place
Marc Berthod	1:41.24	45.21	44.77	3:11.22	7th place
Didier Defago	1:38.68	Did not finish	-	-	-
Silvan Zurbriggen	1:41.08	Did not finish	-	-	-

Men's downhill

Name	Time	Final rank
Bruno Kernen	1:49.82	Bronze medal
Tobias Gruenenfelder	1:50.44	12th place
Ambrosi Hoffmann	1:50.72	17th place
Didier Defago	1:51.51	26th place

Men's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Didier Defago	1:18.03	1:19.57	2:37.60	14th place
Marc Berthod	1:19.05	1:19.20	2:38.25	17th place
Didier Cuche	1:19.08	1:20.25	2:39.33	19th place
Daniel Albrecht	Did not finish	-	-	-

Men's slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Marc Berthod	56.22	49.78	1:46.00	14th place
Silvan Zurbriggen	55.17	50.93	1:46.10	15th place
Daniel Albrecht	55.33	Did not finish	-	-

Men's Super-G

Name	Time	Final rank
Ambrosi Hoffman	1:30.98	Bronze medal
Didier Cuche	1:31.50	12th place
Didier Defago	1:31.90	16th place
Bruno Kernen	1:31.95	18th place

Women's combined

Name	Downhill	Slalom run 1	Slalom run 2	Total	Final rank
Fraenzi Aufdenblatten	Did not start	41.22	47.23	-	-

Women's downhill

Name	Time	Final rank
Martina Schild	1:56.86	Silver medal
Nadia Styger	1:57.62	5th place
Fraenzi Aufdenblatten	1:57.96	12th place
Sylviane Berthod	1:58.36	14th place

Women's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Fraenzi Aufdenblatten	1:03.46	1:09.16	2:12.62	16th place
Nadia Styger	1:01.87	1:12.58	2:14.45	24th place

Women's Super-G

Name	Time	Final rank
Martina Schild	1:33.33	6th place
Sylviane Berthod	1:34.00	15th place
Fraenzi Aufdenblatten	1:34.10	17th place
Nadia Styger	1:35.57	35th place

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 10 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Matthias Simmen	3	28:56.3	45th place
Simon Hallenbarter	5	30:05.7	67th place

Men's 12.5 km pursuit

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Matthias Simmen	3	+2:48.6	24th place

Men's 20 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Matthias Simmen	5	1:01:04.9	51st place
Simon Hallenbarter	8	1:04:37.0	77th place

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Two-man: Men: Martin Annen (pilot) Beat Hefti Heat 1 - 55.54 (2nd place) Heat 2 -1:51.21 (3rd place) Heat 3 - 2:47.39 (3rd place) Final - 3:43.73 Bronze medal Ivo Rüegg (pilot) Cédric Grand Heat 1 - 55.85 (8th place) Heat 2 - 1:51.59 (7th place) Heat 3 - 2:47.96 (8th place) Final - 3:44.86 8th place Women: Maya Bamert (pilot) Martina Feusi Heat 1 - 57.72 (7th place) Heat 2 - 1:55.50 (8th place) Heat 3 - 2:53.50 (7th place) Final - 3:52.04 (8th place) Sabina Hafner Cora Huber Heat 1 - 57.86 (9th place) Heat 2 - 1:57.38 (10th place) Heat 3 - 2:54.51 (11th place) Final - 3:52.86 (10th place)

[edit] Four-man: Men: Martin Annen (pilot) Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter Cédric Grand 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

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

• Seraina Mischol
• Laurence Rochat
• Reto Burgermeister
• Christoph Eigenmann
• Remo Fischer
• Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
• Toni Livers

[edit] Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

====Men==== CC St. Galler Bär: Ralph Stöckli (Skip) Claudio Pescia (Third) Pascal Sieber (Second) Simon Strübin (Lead) Marco Battilana (Reserve) Final - 5th place

====Women==== CC Flims: Mirjam Ott (Skip) Binia Beeli (Third) Valeria Spälty (Second) Michèle Moser-Knobel (Lead) Manuela Kormann (Reserve) Final - Silver medal

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

• 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

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women's 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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's competition:

Goaltenders:

• David Aebischer (Colorado Avalanche), Marco Bührer (SC Bern), Martin Gerber (Carolina Hurricanes)

Defensemen:

• Goran Bezina (HC Servette Genève), Severin Blindenbacher (ZSC Lions), Beat Forster (ZSC Lions) Steve Hirschi (HC Lugano), Olivier Keller (EHC Basel), Mathias Seger (ZSC Lions), Mark Streit (Montréal Canadiens), Julien Vauclair (HC Lugano)

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

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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

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
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

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

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