Switzerland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Switzerland at the; 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch
in Lillehammer
Competitors	48 in 11 sports
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020;

Switzerland competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Aline Danioth	Alpine skiing		14 February
Gold	Talina Gantenbein	Freestyle skiing	Girls' ski cross	15 February
Gold	Mélanie Meillard	Alpine skiing		16 February
Gold	Aline Danioth	Alpine skiing		18 February
Silver	Mélanie Meillard	Alpine skiing		14 February
Silver		Snowboarding		15 February
Silver	Talina Gantenbein	Snowboarding		16 February
Bronze	Aline Danioth	Alpine skiing	Girls' Super-G	13 February
Bronze	Aline Danioth	Alpine skiing		16 February
Bronze		Curling	Mixed Team	17 February
Bronze	Rahel Enzler Janine Hauser Saskia Maurer Lisa Rüedi Noemi Ryhner Jessica Schlegel Nicole Vallario Stefanie Wetli	Ice hockey	Girls' tournament	20 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold		Curling	Mixed doubles	21 February

Alpine skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		52.28	22	Did not finish
		1:19.25	7	1:20.07	13	2:39.32	9
	Super-G	N/A				1:11.41	6
		1:12.46	7	42.32	12	1:54.78	7
		51.52	13	52.85	23	1:44.37	21
		1:20.16	14	1:19.41	10	2:39.57	10
	Super-G	N/A				1:12.25	14
		1:13.49	19	Did not finish

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aline Danioth		53.53	1	49.68	1	1:43.21
		1:18.46	3	1:15.49	3	2:33.95
	Super-G	N/A				1:12.69
		1:13.59	2	42.15	1	1:55.74
Mélanie Meillard		DNF		Did not advance
		1:17.84	2	1:15.44	2	2:33.28
	Super-G	N/A				1:13.05	4
		1:13.44	1	42.68	2	1:56.12

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mélanie Meillard	Parallel mixed team	Belgium (BEL) W 3 – 1	Germany (GER) L 2 – 2⁺	Did not advance

Biathlon[]

Boys

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	21:24.1	4	29
Pursuit	35:03.8	10	37
Sprint	19:57.9	0	10
Pursuit	31:06.9	5	11

Girls

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	21:34.4	4	=41
Pursuit	31:18.0	6	37
Sprint	21:34.4	2	=41
Pursuit	34:34.2	9	44

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Single mixed relay	42:33.9	0+9	7
	Mixed relay	1:25:15.9	3+14	8

Bobsleigh[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		57.53	6	57.47	4	1:55.00	5
		59.32	8	59.61	11	1:58.93	8

Cross-country skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	10 km freestyle	N/A						DNS
	Classical sprint	3:08.57	20 Q	3:04.87	4	Did not advance
		3:11.70	9 Q	N/A		3:11.18	3	Did not advance
	10 km freestyle	N/A						25:36.2	18
	Classical sprint	3:13.13	28 Q	3:37.61	6	Did not advance
		3:16.62	19 Q	N/A		3:10.46	6	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	5 km freestyle	N/A						13:57.0	11
	Classical sprint	3:35.60	8 Q	3:28.51	2 Q	3:29.64	4	Did not advance
		3:47.31	14 Q	N/A		3:41.81	5	Did not advance
	5 km freestyle	N/A						14:18.3	20
	Classical sprint	3:42.98	23 Q	3:38.23	6	Did not advance
		3:57.09	27 Q	N/A		3:52.99	10	Did not advance

Curling[]

Mixed team[]

Team

Round Robin

Group A	Skip	W	L
United States	Luc Violette	6	1
Switzerland		6	1
Russia		6	1
Turkey		3	4
Italy		3	4
China		2	5
New Zealand		1	6
Japan		1	6

Draw 1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Du)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Switzerland (Witschonke)	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	X	7

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Violette)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	6
Switzerland (Witschonke)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	5

Draw 3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Japan (Ito)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Witschonke)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

Draw 4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Witschonke)	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	X	9
New Zealand (Neilson)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Karelina)	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	5
Switzerland (Witschonke)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Witschonke)	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	X	7
Turkey (Karakurt)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Witschonke)	0	2	1	0	2	3	0	1	9
Italy (Rizzolli)	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	6

Quarterfinals

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Witschonke)	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	7
Sweden (Nygren)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	3

Semifinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Witschonke)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	5

Bronze Medal Game

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Witschonke)	3	0	2	1	0	2	3	X	11
Russia (Karelina)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Final Rank:

Mixed doubles[]

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
(JPN) (SUI)	Mixed doubles	(NOR) (CZE) W 9 – 6	(EST) Violette (USA) W 10 – 5	(NZL) (CAN) W 11 – 1	(CHN) Haarstad (NOR) W 7 – 6	Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) W 11 – 5
(NZL) (SUI)		(NOR) (KOR) L 4 – 10	Did not advance
(SUI) (BRA)		(CHN) Haarstad (NOR) L 1 – 9	Did not advance
(SUI) (EST)		(ITA) Mellemseter (NOR) W 9 – 3	(CZE) (SWE) W 11 – 1	Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) L 5 – 6	Did not advance

Freestyle skiing[]

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
	Boys' halfpipe	51.60	64.00	35.20	64.00	6

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
		44.32	7 Q	13	9	Did not advance
Talina Gantenbein	Girls' ski cross	45.76	2	17	2 Q	1 FA

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
	Boys' slopestyle	42.80	45.20	45.20	17
	Boys' slopestyle	58.40	61.40	61.40	11
Mathilde Gremaud	Girls' slopestyle	58.20	12.80	58.20	6

Ice hockey[]

Girls' tournament[]

Roster

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	2	1	1	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to semifinals
2	Czech Republic	4	3	0	0	1	7	4	+3	9
3	Switzerland	4	2	1	0	1	10	6	+4	8
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	6	9	−3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com

13 February 2016
20:00

Sweden

1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0-1)

Switzerland

Youth Hall

15 February 2016
20:00

Switzerland

3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Norway

Youth Hall

16 February 2016
17:00

Slovakia

2–4
(0–0, 1–3, 1–1)

Switzerland

Kristins Hall

18 February 2016
14:00

Switzerland

1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Youth Hall

Semifinals

19 February 2016
14:00

Czech Republic

2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Youth Hall

Bronze medal game

20 February 2016
17:00

Switzerland

5–2
(0–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Slovakia

Kristins Hall

Final Rank:

Skeleton[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Boys	55.35	12	55.09	12	1:50.44	12

Ski jumping[]

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Boys' normal hill	87.0	102.8	11	83.0	92.7	13	195.5	11

Snowboarding[]

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
		46.75	14.25	47.00	47.00	15
		57.00	47.50	62.75	62.75	7
		36.25	38.25	35.75	38.25	13

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
		48.62	5 Q	15	6 Q	3 FB	7
		49.72	2 Q	19	2 Q	1 FA

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
	Boys' slopestyle	46.00	25.25	46.00	16
	Boys' slopestyle	40.50	76.50	76.50	8
		Did not start

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position
Talina Gantenbein		1 Q	2 FA

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating[]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		DSQ		Did not advance
		N/A				2:19.84	25
		N/A				5:56.68	13

Mixed team sprint

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Team 1 (SUI) Kim Min-sun (KOR) (RUS) (ITA)		1:59.75	7

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Switzerland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Medalists in mixed NOCs events[]

Alpine skiing[]

Biathlon[]

Bobsleigh[]

Cross-country skiing[]

Curling[]

Mixed team[]

Mixed doubles[]

Freestyle skiing[]

Ice hockey[]

Girls' tournament[]

Skeleton[]

Ski jumping[]

Snowboarding[]

Speed skating[]

See also[]

References[]