2006 Winter Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Italian Turin with a delegation of 40 athletes participate. This broke the old record of 31 participants in the 1960 Winter Olympics .

Flag bearer

The freestyler Alisa Camplin carried the flag of Australia during the opening ceremony, at the closing ceremony was the gold medalist Dale Begg-Smith supported.

See also → List of flag bearers of the Australian teams at the Olympic Games

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Dale Begg-Smith	Freestyle skiing	Mogul slope

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Alisa Camplin	Freestyle skiing	Leap

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Cameron Morton

  20 km individual men: 83 - 1: 07: 03.7 h (7 shooting errors)

  10 km sprint men: 82nd - 32nd: 07.4 min (4 shooting errors)

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Two-man bobsleigh men Jeremy Rolleston Shane McKenzie 22-22: 50.58 min

Two-man bobsleigh women Astrid Loch-Wilkinson Kylie Reed 14-3: 55.11 min

figure skating

• Joanne Carter

  25.- 40.86 points (eliminated after the short program)

Freestyle

Men's

• Dale Begg-Smith

  Moguls: gold medal - 26.77 points in the final

• Jason Begg-Smith

  Moguls: 29. - 20.22 in qualification

• Nicholas Fisher

  Mogul slope: 12th - 23.39 points in the final

• Michael Robertson

  Moguls: 24. - 21.52 points in qualification

Ladies

• Manuela Berchtold

  Mogul slope: 14th place; 22.21 points in the final

• Alisa Camplin

  Aerials: Bronze Medal - 191.39 points in the final

• Jacqui Cooper

  Aerials: 8th - 152.69 points in the final

• Elizabeth Gardener

  Aerials: 23rd - 127.42 points in qualification

• Lydia Ierodiaconou

  Aerials: 14th - 155.45 points in qualification

Luge

• Hannah Campbell-Pegg

  23rd place - 3: 17.539 min.

Short track

• Alex McEwan

  500 m, men: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m relay, men: B final and 6th place overall

• Mark McNee

  1000 m, men: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m, men: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m relay, men: B final and 6th place overall

• Lachlan Hay

  5000 m relay, men: B final and 6th place overall

• Stephen Lee

  5000 m relay, men: B final and 6th place overall

• Elliott Shriane

  5000 m relay, men: B final and 6th place overall

• Emily Rosemond

  1000 m, women: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  1500 m, women: eliminated in the preliminary run

skeleton

• Michelle Steele

  Women: 13th place; 2: 03.47 min; +3.64 sec

• Shaun Boyle

  Men: 22nd place; 2: 00.13 min; +4.25 sec

Alpine skiing

• Craig Branch

  Downhill, men: 32nd place - 1: 52.55 min.

• Jonathon Brewer

  Alpine combined, men: eliminated in the downhill

• Bradley Wall

  Giant slalom, men: eliminated in the 1st run

• AJ Bear

  Super-G, men: eliminated

Nordic skiing

• Paul Murray (cross country)

  Sprint freestyle , men: 51st - 2: 25.29 min. in qualification

• Esther Bottomley (cross-country skiing)

  Sprint freestyle, women: 52nd - 2: 23.55 min in qualification

• Clare-Louise Brumley (cross-country skiing)

  15 km pursuit, women: 42.- 47: 03.1 min. (+4: 14.4 min)

Snowboard

Boardercross Damon Hayler 3rd place in the small final, 7th place overall Emily Thomas 21st place - 1: 34.57 min in qualification

halfpipe Mitchell Allan 31. - 23.7 points in qualification Andrew Burton 32nd - 21.8 points in qualification Ben Mates 42 - 5.0 points in the qualification Torah Bright 5th - 41.0 points in the final Holly Crawford 18. - 29.9 in qualification

Giant slalom Emanuel Oppliger 15th place - eliminated in the round of 16 Johanna Shaw 29th place - 1: 38.86 in qualification

Web links

• Australian Olympic Team 2006 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )