New Zealand at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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New Zealand at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Lillehammer, Norway
Competitors11 in 5 sports
Flag bearerFinn Bilous
Medals
Ranked =22nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

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.

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]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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]

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Mixed team[edit]

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team
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

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) 		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) 		 Ramsfjell (NOR)
 Kim (KOR)
L 4 – 10 		Did not advance
 Maria Arkhipova (RUS)
 Matthew Neilson (NZL) 		 Lee (KOR)
 Nygren (SWE)
L 4 – 11 		Did not advance
 Cora Farrell (USA)
 Ben Smith (NZL) 		 Oh (KOR)
 Esenboga (TUR)
L 1 – 8 		Did not advance

Freestyle skiing[edit]

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Finn Bilous Boys' halfpipe 89.60 90.80 92.20 92.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Boys' slopestyle 86.00 61.20 — 86.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jackson Wells Boys' slopestyle 61.40 79.00 — 79.00 6

Ice hockey[edit]

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ollie Curtis Boys' individual skills challenge 8 14 Did not advance

Snowboarding[edit]

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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]

  1. ^ Cook, Marjorie (11 February 2016). "Wanaka's Finn Bilous to carry flag for New Zealand at Youth Winter Olympics". Stuff. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Finn Bilous". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2024.


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