New Zealand competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. It was New Zealand's second appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at the inaugural Games four years earlier.
| New Zealand at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NZL |
| NOC | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer, Norway | |
| Competitors | 11 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Finn Bilous |
| Medals Ranked =22nd |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
The New Zealand team consisted of 11 athletes (eight men and five women) competing in five sports. The flag bearer for the team was freestyle skier Finn Bilous, who won both of New Zealand's medals at the Games.[1][2]
Medallists edit
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver |
Finn Bilous | Freestyle skiing | Boys' halfpipe | 14 February |
 Bronze |
Finn Bilous | Freestyle skiing | Boys' slopestyle | 19 February |
Alpine skiing edit
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Elizabeth Reid | Girls' slalom | 58.07 | 16 | DNF | |||
| Girls' giant slalom | DNF | Did not advance | |||||
| Girls' super-G | — | 1:16.87 | 20 | ||||
| Girls' combined | 1:17.25 | 15 | 45.39 | 15 | 2:02.64 | 11 | |
| Jackson Rich | Boys' slalom | 1:00.70 | 41 | DNF | |||
| Boys' giant slalom | 1:24.54 | 34 | Did not advance | ||||
| Boys' super-G | — | DNF | |||||
| Boys' combined | 1:16.76 | 38 | 46.28 | 27 | 2:03.04 | 25 | |
Curling edit
Mixed team edit
- Team
- Round Robin
| 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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Mixed doubles edit
| 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)
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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)
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 Ramsfjell (NOR) Kim (KOR)L 4 – 10 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Maria Arkhipova (RUS) Matthew Neilson (NZL)
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Lee (KOR) Nygren (SWE)L 4 – 11 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Cora Farrell (USA) Ben Smith (NZL)
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Oh (KOR) Esenboga (TUR) L 1 – 8 |
Did not advance | |||||
Freestyle skiing edit
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Finn Bilous | Boys' halfpipe | 89.60 | 90.80 | 92.20 | 92.20 |
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| Boys' slopestyle | 86.00 | 61.20 | — | 86.00 |
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| Jackson Wells | Boys' slopestyle | 61.40 | 79.00 | — | 79.00 | 6 |
Ice hockey edit
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ollie Curtis | Boys' individual skills challenge | 8 | 14 | Did not advance | |
Snowboarding edit
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Tiarn Collins | Boys' halfpipe | 72.25 | 14.00 | 76.25 | 76.25 | 5 |
| Boys' slopestyle | 65.50 | 86.25 | — | 86.25 | 4 | |
| Rakai Tait | Boys' halfpipe | 67.25 | 75.75 | 67.00 | 75.75 | 6 |
| Boys' slopestyle | 53.00 | 11.50 | — | 53.00 | 13 | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Cook, Marjorie (11 February 2016). "Wanaka's Finn Bilous to carry flag for New Zealand at Youth Winter Olympics". Stuff. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Finn Bilous". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2024.