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New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
The nation sent its largest team ever to the games with 18 athletes, 7 more than in Salt Lake City in 2002. Although New Zealand has not found great success in the games having only managed to win one medal ever (a silver medal in 1992), New Zealand’s performance in winter sports is improving with Kiwi athletes starting to take advantage of the world class winter sporting alpine environment in New Zealand.
Becker, the captain of New Zealand's curling team, carried the flag for the New Zealand team in both the opening and closing ceremonies.
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New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
The nation sent its largest team ever to the games with 18 athletes, 7 more than in Salt Lake City in 2002. Although New Zealand has not found great success in the games having only managed to win one medal ever (a silver medal in 1992), New Zealand’s performance in winter sports is improving with Kiwi athletes starting to take advantage of the world class winter sporting alpine environment in New Zealand.
Flag bearer
Sean Becker, the captain of New Zealand's curling team, carried the flag for the New Zealand team in both the opening and closing ceremonies. There was some controversy about the later of these, as the position of closing ceremony flag bearer is usually reserved for the best-performed competitor from the country and the curling team had finished last in their competition.
Traditionally the New Zealand team flag bearer at an Olympic games wears a blessed Maori cloak called the Kotahu.
Events
Alpine skiing
Men's slalom
| Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Final rank |
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| Mickey Ross | 1:03.30 | 54.50 | 1:57.80 | 31st place |
Women's giant slalom
| Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Final rank |
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| Nicola Campbell | Did not finish | - | - | - | | Erika Mcleod | Did not finish | - | - | - |
Women's slalom
| Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Final rank |
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| Nicola Campbell | 45.90 | 50.92 | 1:36.82 | 35th place | | Erika Mcleod | 47.96 | 52.61 | 1:40.57 | 40th place |
Bobsleigh
Men’s two-man competition
- Mathew Dallow
- Alan Henderson
- Run 1 - 56.61
- Run 2 - 56.79
- Run 3 - 57.46
- Run 4 - Did not qualify
- Total - 2:50.86 (23rd place)
Men’s four-man competition
- Mathew Dallow
- Alan Henderson
- Aaron Orangi
- Angus Ross
- Run 1 - Did not start
New Zealand did not compete in four man bobsleigh due to injuries from a training run.
Curling
Men’s team
- Sean Becker
- Lorne Depape
- Warren Dobson
- Hans Frauenlob
- Dan Mustapic
Round robin round
0 wins, 9 losses, 10th place, failed to qualify for elimination round
Skeleton
Men's skeleton
| Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Final rank |
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| Ben Sandford | 59.16 | 58.60 | 01:57.76 | 10th place |
Women's skeleton
| Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Final rank |
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| Louise Corcoran | 01:01.06 | 01:02.03 | 02:03.09 | 12th place |
Snowboarding
Halfpipe
Men’s halfpipe
In men’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.
| | Qualification | Final | | | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final rank | | Mitchell Brown | 16.3 points | 28.3 points | - | - | - |
Women’s halfpipe
In women’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.
| | Qualification | Final | | | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final rank | | Juliane Bray | 17.1 points | 32.2 points | - | - | - | | Kendall Brown | 22.9 points | 22.4 points | - | - | - |
Snowboard cross
Women's snowboard cross
| | Qualification | | | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank | | Juliane Bray | 1:34.45 | 1:39.81 | - | - | - | - | - |
Athletes
Alpine skiing
Mickey Ross will contest the Slalom, Erika McLeod the Giant slalom and Nicola Campbell the Giant slalom and Super G
Bobsleigh
Alan Henderson, Matt Dallow, Stephen Harrison, Angus Ross will contest the 4 man event and the Aaron Orangi the 2 man.
Curling
The New Zealand national men's team qualified for the games after placing 8th at the 2005 World Championships. The team heading to Turin comprised Sean Becker, Hans Frauenlob, Dan Mustapic, Lorne DePape and Warren Dobson, of Ranfurly CC. The New Zealand men's team is the first team from the southern hemisphere to compete in curling as an official sport at the Olympics. Australia had previously competed in curling at the Olympics, but that was as a demonstration sport.
Skeleton
New Zealand's men's and women's national standing on the world Olympics circuit has met qualification standards. Ben Sandford and Louise Corcoran will both contest the skeleton event at Turin.
Snowboarding
Team
Junior world halfpipe champion Mitchell Brown will contest the halfpipe, Kendall Brown will also be competing in the halfpipe and Juliane Bray will contest both the halfpipe and snowboard cross.
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