New Zealand at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
New Zealand at the; 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea; 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024
Competitors	22 in 7 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Jed Nevill & Lucia Georgalli
Flag bearer (closing)	Luke Harrold
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 7
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

New Zealand competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. It was New Zealand's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The New Zealand team consisted of 22 athletes (13 men and nine women) competing in seven sports.^[1] The flag bearers at the opening ceremony were snowboarder Lucia Georgalli and curler Jed Nevill.^[2]^[3] Freestyle skier Luke Harrold was the flag bearer at the closing ceremony.^[4] With the team winning seven medals—one gold, two silver, and four bronze—the event was New Zealand's most successful Winter Youth Olympics to date.^[4]

Medallists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Luke Harrold	Freestyle skiing	Men's halfpipe	31 January
Silver	Lucia Georgalli	Snowboarding	Women's slopestyle	24 January
Silver	Finley Melville Ives	Freestyle skiing	Men's halfpipe	31 January
Bronze	Luke Harrold	Freestyle skiing	Men's big air	28 January
Bronze	Lucia Georgalli	Snowboarding	Women's big air	28 January
Bronze	Campbell Melville Ives	Snowboarding	Men's big air	28 January
Bronze	Dwayne Li	Figure skating	Men's singles	29 January

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	2	3
Biathlon	1	0	1
Curling	2	2	4
Figure skating	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	5	2	7
Luge	0	1	1
Snowboarding	3	2	5
Total	13	9	22

Alpine skiing edit

New Zealand qualified three alpine skiers (one man and two women).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ruby Fullerton	Women's slalom	58.95	47	DNS		DNF
	Women's giant slalom	53.25	27	56.76	24	1:50.01	23
	Women's super-G	57.56	36	—		57.56	36
	Women's combined	1:00.00	37	59.10	29	1:59.10	29
Hemi Meikle	Men's slalom	50.54	34	DNF		DNF
	Men's giant slalom	51.73	28	47.25	19	1:38.98	22
	Men's super-G	55.23	13	—		55.23	13
	Men's conbined	56.08	24	DNF		DNF
Charlotte Wiggins	Women's slalom	55.65	37	54.82	31	1:50.47	30
	Women's giant slalom	DNF		Did not advance
	Women's super-G	57.39	34	—		57.39	34
	Women's combined	59.69	36	57.35	26	1:57.04	27

Biathlon edit

Athlete	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank
Baxter Pollard	Men's sprint	32:02.3	8 (5+3)	95
Baxter Pollard	Men's individual	1:05:01.7	16 (4+5+3+4)	96

Curling edit

New Zealand qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.^[6]^[7] However, only four athletes were selected (two per gender), with two athletes doubling up in both events.

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jed Nevill Olivia Russell Jack Steele Ellie McKenzie	Mixed team	Sweden L 3–9	United States L 4–8	China L 1–9	Nigeria W 12–1	Japan L 2–6	Norway L 2–5	Turkey L 3–6	7	Did not advance			13
Olivia Russell Jed Nevill	Mixed doubles	Brazil W 12–5	Turkey L 3–6	Latvia L 4–9	Japan L 2–11	China L 4–12	—	5	Did not advance			20

Mixed team edit

Group A	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
China	Li Zetai	6	1	1–0	65	25	28	17	0	12	59.04
United States	Kenna Ponzio	6	1	0–1	68	26	31	16	1	15	51.38
Japan	Kaito Fujii	5	2	1–0	64	26	27	17	2	11	39.53
Sweden	Vilmer Nygren	5	2	0–1	55	42	27	19	5	10	58.05
Norway	Alexander Johansen	3	4	–	49	39	25	19	2	11	65.33
Turkey	Muhammed Taha Zenit	2	5	–	41	40	16	26	5	5	82.17
New Zealand	Jed Nevill	1	6	–	27	44	18	23	3	6	86.52
Nigeria	Goodnews Charles	0	7	–	6	133	4	39	1	0	199.60

Round robin

Draw 1

Saturday, 20 January, 10:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Nevill)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	3
Sweden (Nygren)	0	4	0	1	2	2	0	X	9

Draw 2

Saturday, 20 January, 18:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Nevill)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	4
United States (Ponzio)	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	X	8

Draw 3

Sunday, 21 January, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Li)	3	1	3	1	1	0	X	X	9
New Zealand (Nevill)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Draw 4

Monday, 22 January, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Nevill)	4	2	0	0	2	1	3	X	12
Nigeria (Charles)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

Draw 5

Monday, 22 January, 18:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Fujii)	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	X	6
New Zealand (Nevill)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Draw 6

Tuesday, 23 January, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Johansen)	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	X	5
New Zealand (Nevill)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	2

Draw 7

Wednesday, 24 January, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Nevill)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	X	3
Turkey (Zenit)	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	X	6

Mixed doubles edit

Group C	W	L	W–L	DSC
China	5	0	–	56.80
Japan	4	1	–	38.84
Latvia	3	2	–	77.39
Turkey	2	3	–	89.37
New Zealand	1	4	–	94.80
Brazil	0	5	–	112.92

Round robin

Draw 4

Saturday, 27 January, 18:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Russell / Nevill)	2	3	1	0	2	0	4	X	12
Brazil (Gentile / Melo)	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	X	5

Draw 5

Sunday, 28 January, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar)	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	6
New Zealand (Russell / Nevill)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 9

Monday, 29 January, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Russell / Nevill)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Latvia (Regža / Zass)	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	9

Draw 12

Tuesday, 30 January, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Tanaka / Kawai)	3	0	1	1	0	4	2	X	11
New Zealand (Russell / Nevill)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 14

Wednesday, 31 January, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Russell / Nevill)	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	4
China (Gong / Xu)	6	3	0	1	0	2	X	X	12

Figure skating edit

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dwayne Li	Men's singles	68.01	4	140.83	4	208.84

Freestyle skiing edit

Freeski

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best / Total	Rank
Hamish Barlow	Men's slopestyle	19.50	44.25	44.25	18	Did not advance
Hamish Barlow	Men's big air	59.25	56.25	59.25	17	Did not advance
Madeleine Disbrowe	Women's slopestyle	65.25	63.25	65.25	8 Q	34.75	43.50	14.00	43.50	9
Madeleine Disbrowe	Women's big air	DNS				Did not advance
Luke Harrold	Men's halfpipe	88.00	89.25	89.25	2 Q	94.25	25.75	85.50	94.25
	Men's slopestyle	61.00	81.75	81.75	5 Q	51.75	62.50	65.25	65.25	6
	Men's big air	89.75	32.75	89.75	4 Q	84.25	88.00	25.25	172.25
Fin Melville Ives	Men's halfpipe	81.75	92.00	92.00	1 Q	92.50	55.25	42.00	92.50
	Men's slopestyle	20.75	DNS	20.75	23	Did not advance
	Men's big air	DNS				Did not advance
Liam Richards	Men's halfpipe	50.50	62.00	62.00	7 Q	70.25	16.50	20.75	70.25	7
Mischa Thomas	Women's slopestyle	70.50	77.75	77.75	4 Q	DNS				10
Mischa Thomas	Women's big air	DNS				Did not advance

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats							Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Points	Opposition Points	Opposition Points	Opposition Points	Opposition Points	Total points	Rank	Opposition Position	Opposition Position	Rank
Campbell Appel	Men's ski cross	Lee (KOR) Sadler (AUS) Lechner (ITA) 4	Abersten (SWE) Rybar (SVK) – 3	Young Shing (SWE) Yu (KOR) – 3	Robinson (USA) Johnston (CAN) Tresnak (CZE) 1	England (USA) Dade (GBR) Looze (SUI) 2	13	8	Did not advance

Luge edit

New Zealand qualified one female luger.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maggie Dowling	Women's singles	50.256	22	50.051	20	1:40.307	21

Snowboarding edit

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Ava Beer	Women's halfpipe	35.00	33.00	35.00	14	Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	76.50	21.00	76.50	4 Q	22.50	25.75	6.75	25.75	10
	Women's big air	85.25	86.25	86.25	3 Q	20.00	67.25	17.50	84.75	10
Lucia Georgalli	Women's slopestyle	80.75	83.25	83.25	3 Q	19.75	22.00	88.25	88.25
Lucia Georgalli	Women's big air	65.75	83.00	83.00	5 Q	79.25	39.75	72.75	152.00
Joshua Li	Men's slopestyle	31.75	22.25	31.75	16	Did not advance
Txema Mazet-Brown	Men's slopestyle	4.00	18.50	18.50	19	Did not advance
Txema Mazet-Brown	Men's big air	84.75	25.25	84.75	5 Q	21.75	17.50	21.50	21.75	9
Campbell Melville Ives	Men's halfpipe	75.75	43.00	75.75	5 Q	81.50	68.50	77.50	81.50	4
	Men's slopestyle	57.25	80.00	80.00	2 Q	71.00	30.75	89.00	89.00	4
	Men's big air	88.00	16.00	88.00	4 Q	82.75	70.25	25.00	153.00

Officials edit

Chef de Mission – Marty Toomey^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "22 athletes to represent New Zealand at Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ "Lucia Georgalli and Jed Nevill named New Zealand team flag bearers for Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Gold medallist Luke Harrold named closing ceremony flag bearer + most successful ever Winter Youth Olympic Games for New Zealand". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

[NZ_team-1] "22 athletes to represent New Zealand at Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[2] "Lucia Georgalli and Jed Nevill named New Zealand team flag bearers for Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[3] "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[Closing-4] "Gold medallist Luke Harrold named closing ceremony flag bearer + most successful ever Winter Youth Olympic Games for New Zealand". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[5] "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[6] "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[7] Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[8] "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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