Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in the US Salt Lake City with a delegation of 110 athletes, 30 women and 80 men in 13 sports part.

Flag bearer

The snowboarder Gian Simmen wore the flag of Switzerland during the opening ceremony in the Rice-Eccles Stadium , at the closing ceremony it was carried by the curler Luzia Ebnöther .

Medals

gold

• Ski jumping, normal hill: Simon Ammann
• Ski jumping, large hill: Simon Ammann
• Snowboard: parallel giant slalom, men: Philipp Schoch

silver

• Bob, 2, men: Christian Reich , Steve Anderhub
• Curling, women: Luzia Ebnöther , Mirjam Ott , Tanya Frei , Laurence Bidaud , Nadia Röthlisberger

bronze

• Bob, 2 man, men: Martin Annen , Beat Hefti
• Curling, men: Markus Eggler , Damian Grichting , Marco Ramstein , Andreas Schwaller , Christof Schwaller
• Skeleton, men: Gregor Stähli
• Alpine skiing, giant slalom, women: Sonja Nef
• Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing, 4 × 5 km relay, women: Andrea Huber , Laurence Rochat , Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan , Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
• Snowboard, halfpipe, women: Fabienne Reuteler

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Jean-Marc Chabloz

  Sprint (10 km), men: 64th place

  Biathlon (20 km), men: 61st place

  4 × 7.5 km relay, men: 18th place

• Dani Niederberger

  4 × 7.5 km relay, men: 18th place

• Matthias Simmen

  Sprint (10 km), men: 64th place

  Biathlon (20 km), men: 67th place

  4 × 7.5 km relay, men: 18th place

• Roland Zwahlen

  Sprint (10 km), men: 55th place

  Pursuit (12.5 km), men: 47th place

  Biathlon (20 km), men: 58th place

  4 × 7.5 km relay, men: 18th place

bob

Women (2)

• Françoise Burdet , Katharina Sutter

  Two-man bobsleigh: 4th place

Men (2)

• Steve Anderhub , Christian Reich

  Two-man bobsleigh: silver

• Martin Annen , Beat Hefti

  Two-man bobsleigh: bronze

Men (4)

• Martin Annen , Silvio Schaufelberger , Beat Hefti , Cédric Grand

  Four-man bobsleigh: 4th place

• Christian Reich , Steve Anderhub , Guido Acklin , Urs Aeberhard

  Four-man bobsleigh: 6th place

Curling

Men (Curling Club St. Gallen Bear)      Andreas Schwaller (Skip) Christof Schwaller (Third) Markus Eggler (Second) Damian Grichting (Lead) Marco Ramstein (replacement)

Women (Curling Club Flims) Luzia Ebnöther (Skip) Mirjam Ott (Third) Tanya Frei (Second) Laurence Bidaud (Lead) Nadia Röthlisberger (replacement)

Curling, men: bronze

Curling, women: silver

ice Hockey

Men's

• David Aebischer
• Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann
• Bjorn Christen
• Flavien Conne
• Gian-Marco Crameri
• Patric Della Rossa
• Patrick Fischer
• Martin Gerber
• Martin Höhener
• Sandy Jeannin
• Marcel Jenni
• Olivier Keller
• Martin Plüss
• André Rötheli
• Ivo Rüthemann
• Edgar Salis
• Mathias Seger
• Martin Steinegger
• Mark dispute
• Patrick Sutter
• Julien Vauclair
• Reto from Arx
• Lars Weibel

Ice hockey, men: 11th place

figure skating

• Stéphane Lambiel

  Figure skating, men: 15th place

• Sarah Meier

  Figure skating, women: 13th place

• Daniel & Eliane Hugentobler

  Ice dance: 14th place

Freestyle skiing

• Corinne Bodmer

  Mogul slope, women: 26th place (qualification)

• Christian Kaufmann

  Jumping, men: 13th place (qualification)

• Evelyne Leu

  Jumping, women: 11th place

• Manuela Müller

  Jumping, women: 20th place (qualification)

• Christian Stohr

  Mogul slope, men: 19th place (qualification)

• Martin Walti

  Jumping, men: 21st place (qualification)

Sledding

• Reto Gilly

  Tobogganing, men: 24th place - 3: 01.311 min.

• Stefan Höhener

  Tobogganing, men: 13th place - 2: 59.800 min.

skeleton

• Maya Pedersen

  Women: 5th place - 1: 45.55 min.

• Felix Poletti

  Men: 16th place - 1: 43.87 min.

• Gregor Stähli

  Men: bronze - 1: 42.15 min.

Alpine skiing

Men's

• Paul Accola

  Super-G: 10th place

  Alpine combination: 6th place

• Franco Cavegn

  Departure: 15th place

• Didier Cuche

  Departure: 14th place

  Super-G: disqualified

  Giant slalom: 10th place

• Didier Defago

  Departure: 21st place

  Super-G: 6th place

  Giant slalom: 4th place

  Alpine combination: eliminated in slalom (1st run)

• Tobias Grünenfelder

  Super-G: 12th place

  Giant slalom: eliminated

• Michael von Grünigen

  Giant slalom: 11th place

  Slalom: 14th place

• Ambrosi Hoffmann

  Departure: 8th place

• Urs Imboden

  Slalom: 5th place

• Bruno Kernen

  Alpine combination: eliminated in slalom (1st run)

Ladies

• Fränzi Aufdenblatten

  Giant slalom: eliminated

• Sylviane Berthod

  Departure: 7th place

  Super-G: eliminated

• Catherine Borghi

  Departure: 19th place

  Super-G: 18th place

  Alpine combination: 8th place

• Corina Grünenfelder

  Slalom: eliminated

• Lilian sorrow

  Giant slalom: eliminated

• Sonja Nef

  Giant slalom: bronze

  Slalom: eliminated

• Marlies Oester

  Slalom: eliminated

  Alpine Combination: 4th place

• Corinne Rey-Bellet

  Departure: 5th place

  Super-G: 9th place

  Giant slalom: 13th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

• Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan

  5 km pursuit: 29th place

  15 km freestyle: 31st place

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze

• Wilhelm Aschwanden

  30 km pursuit: 38th place

  50 classic: 32nd place

  4 × 10 km relay: 10th place

• Gion-Andrea Bundi

  30 km pursuit: 34th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 10th place

• Reto mayor

  10 km pursuit: 41st place

  15 km classic: 9th place

  50 km classic: 37th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 10th place

• Christoph Eigenmann (sprint, team sprint)

  Classic sprint: eliminated in qualification

• Andrea Huber

  Sprint: eliminated in qualification

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze

• Natascia Leonardi Cortesi

  10 km classic: 15th place

  15 km freestyle: 15th place

  30 km classic: 10th place

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze

• Patrick Mächler

  10 km pursuit: 40th place

  30 km freestyle: 28th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 10th place

• Laurence Rochat

  5 km pursuit: 22nd place

  10 km classic: eliminated

  30 km classic: 20th place

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze

• Patrick Rölli

  30 km freestyle: 39th place

  50 km classic: 45th place

Ski jumping

• Simon Ammann

  Normal hill: gold

  Large hill: gold

  Team jumping: 7th place

• Sylvain Freiholz

  Normal hill: 25th place

  Large hill: 27th place

  Team jumping: 7th place

• Andreas Kuettel

  Normal hill: 22nd place

  Large hill: 6th place

  Team jumping: 7th place

• Marco Steinauer

  Large hill: eliminated in the 1st round

  Team jumping: 7th place

Nordic combination

• Andy Hartmann

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 9th place

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 8th place

• Ronny Heer

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 29th place

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 29th place

• Andreas Hurschler

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 25th place

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 21st place

• Seppi Hurschler

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 31st place

• Ivan Rieder

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 42nd place

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

• Jan Schmid

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

Snowboard

halfpipe

• Therry Brunner

  Men: 7th place

• Marcel Hitz

  Men: 9th place

• Fabienne Reuteler

  Women: bronze

• Gian Simmen

  Men: 12th place

Parallel giant slalom

• Gilles Jaquet

  Men: 1st round

• Ueli Kestenholz

  Men: eliminated in qualification

• Nadia Livers

  Women: 19th place (qualification)

• Milena Meisser

  Women: eliminated in qualification

• Daniela Meuli

  Women: 20th place (qualification)

• Philipp Schoch

  Gentlemen: gold

• Simon Schoch

  Men: 25th place (qualification)

• Steffi von Siebenthal

  Women: 1st round

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swissolympic.ch: Swiss flag bearers since 1948

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 2002 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Swiss Olympic Association - Salt Lake City 2002