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Switzerland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Switzerland's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Switzerland at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Switzerland
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors71 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Jonas Aschilier & Jana Soltermann
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
7
Total
9
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

The Swiss team consisted of 71 athletes (32 men and 39 women) competing in 11 sports.[1] Snowboarder Jonas Aschilier and curler Jana Soltermann were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]

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 3 3 6
Biathlon 4 4 8
Cross-country skiing 2 2 4
Curling 3 3 6
Figure skating 2 1 3
Freestyle skiing 8 3 11
Ice hockey 0 18 18
Nordic combined 2 1 3
Ski jumping 2 1 3
Snowboarding 5 3 8
Speed skating 1 0 1
Total 32 39 71

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Noelie Widmer Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross 20 January
  Silver Shaienne Zehnder Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 January
  Bronze Shaienne Zehnder Alpine skiing Women's super-G 21 January
  Bronze Leena Thommen Freestyle skiing Women's ski cross 21 January
  Bronze Lorenzo Rosset
Valentine Lagger		 Freestyle skiing Mixed team ski cross 24 January
  Bronze Nathan Dryburgh
Alissa Rudolf
Livio Ernst
Jana Soltermann		 Curling Mixed team 25 January
  Bronze Alain Bornet Freestyle skiing Men's halfpipe 31 January
  Bronze Leandra Schöpfer
Nolan Gertsch
Ilaria Gruber
Maximilian Wanger		 Cross-country skiing 4 × 5 kilometres mixed relay 1 February
  Bronze Lura Wick Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 1 February

Alpine skiing edit

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).[3]

Men
  • TBD
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  • TBD
Women
  • TBD
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Cross-country skiing edit

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).[4]

Curling edit

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[5][6]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nathan Dryburgh
Alissa Rudolf
Livio Ernst
Jana Soltermann 		Mixed team   Germany
W 11–2 		  Denmark
L 4–6 		  South Korea
W 8–4 		  Canada
L 5–6 		  Brazil
W 13–2 		  Great Britain
L 3–8 		  Italy
W 8–7 		3 Q   United States
W 4–3 		  Great Britain
L 6–8 		  China
W 10–8 		 
Jana-Tamara Haehlen
Nevio Caccivio 		Mixed doubles   Italy
W 7–2 		  Germany
L 6–9 		  Denmark
W 6–3 		  Kazakhstan
W 9–1 		  Austria
W 9–3 		— 3 Did not advance 12

Mixed team edit

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team
Group B Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
  Great Britain Logan Carson 6 1 – 44 30 26 21 4 7 51.75
  Denmark Jacob Schmidt 5 2 – 48 28 27 20 2 9 34.70
  Switzerland Nathan Dryburgh 4 3 2–0 52 35 25 23 5 7 39.96
  Italy Andrea Gilli 4 3 1–1 46 38 29 23 3 7 50.58
  South Korea Kim Dae-hyun 4 3 0–2 48 33 24 22 3 8 109.88
  Canada Nathan Gray 3 4 – 40 34 24 20 3 11 35.43
  Brazil Pedro Ribeiro 1 6 1–0 17 81 13 31 0 2 103.39
  Germany Lukas Jäger 1 6 0–1 30 46 19 27 2 5 68.51
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Jäger) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
  Switzerland (Dryburgh)   0 3 2 0 4 0 2 X 11
Draw 2

Sunday, January 21, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
  Denmark (Schmidt)   2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Dryburgh)   0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 8
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Gray)   0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
  Switzerland (Dryburgh) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
Draw 5

Tuesday, January 23, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Dryburgh)   4 0 0 4 4 1 X X 13
  Brazil (Ribeiro) 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Dryburgh)   0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
  Great Britain (Carson) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 8
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 13:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Italy (Gilli) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 7
  Switzerland (Dryburgh)   2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 8
Qualification Game

Wednesday, January 24, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Ponzio)   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
  Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
Semifinal

Thursday, January 25, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Great Britain (Carson)   3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8
  Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 6
Bronze medal game

Thursday, January 25, 14:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  China (Li)   1 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 8
  Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 10

Mixed doubles edit

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles
Group D W L W–L DSC
  Denmark 4 1 1–1 30.64
  Germany 4 1 1–1 31.04
  Switzerland 4 1 1–1 79.90
  Austria 2 3 – 40.68
  Kazakhstan 1 4 – 44.33
  Italy 0 5 – 107.78
Round robin
Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti)   0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
  Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 X 7
Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Sutor / Angrick)   0 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 9
  Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
Draw 6

Sunday, January 28, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
  Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 3 1 0 1 1 3 X X 9
  Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir)   0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Draw 11

Tuesday, January 30, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio)   3 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 9
  Austria (Müller / Heinisch) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3

Ice hockey edit

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.[7]

Roster

Celine Abgottspon served as head coach, Melanie Häfliger and Iris Müller were assistant coaches, and Andreas Ellenberger was goalkeeper coach.[8][9][10]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank
Switzerland Women's tournament   France
W 2–0 		  Germany
W 2–1 		Q   Japan
L 1–2 		  Germany
L 1–3 		4

Women's tournament edit

Preliminary round, Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Semifinals
2   Germany 2 1 0 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3   France 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: IOC[11][12]
27 January 2024
17:00		France  0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		  SwitzerlandGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,742
Game reference
Louna IvaldyGoaliesValentina CamenzindReferees:
  María Chávez
  Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
  Domenica Maurer
  Laura Schmidlein
0–113:20 – Tschannen (SH)
0–236:43 – Müller
3 minPenalties3 min
13Shots29
29 January 2024
17:00		Switzerland  2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)		  GermanyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,219
Game reference
Norina SchrupkowskiGoaliesTara BachReferees:
  Ding Siwen
  Wan Mei Wah
Linesmen:
  Anhelina Maifeld
  Domenica Maurer
Tschannen (Birnstiel) – 23:491–0
Rohner (Wälti) – 36:062–0
2–141:38 – Wintgen
4.5 minPenalties4.5 min
19Shots19
Semifinals
30 January 2024
17:00		Switzerland  1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		  JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,083
Game reference
Valentina CamenzindGoaliesSuzuno FukudaReferees:
  María Chávez
  Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
  Anhelina Maifeld
  Domenica Maurer
Müller – 10:061–0
1–110:38 – Fukuzawa (Ruike)
1–224:26 – Numabe (Odaira, Tada) (PP)
7.5 minPenalties1.5 min
12Shots20
Bronze medal match
31 January 2024
10:00		Switzerland  1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)		  GermanyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,911
Game reference
Valentina Camenzind
Norina Schrupkowski		GoaliesTara BachReferees:
  María Chávez
  Wan Mei Wah
Linesmen:
  Lara Fischer
  Domenica Maurer
0–103:32 – Birka (Seyrer)
0–204:20 – Zielinski (Seyrer, Birka) (PP)
Tschannen (Mériguet) – 21:561–2
1–344:32 – Weichenhain (ENG)
6 minPenalties3 min
24Shots26

Ski jumping edit

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified three ski jumpers (two men and one woman).[13]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "71 Schweizer Athletinnen und Athleten nehmen an den Olympischen Jugendspielen teil" [71 Swiss athletes are taking part in the Youth Olympic Games]. www.swissolympic.ch (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Cross-Country 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.
  5. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  6. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Swiss Olympic Youth Team – Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024" (PDF). Swiss Olympic Association (in German and English). 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  9. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Team Roster: SUI - Switzerland" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament, Preliminary round - Group B, Game 2 – Line-ups: FRA-SUI" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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