Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Italian Turin with a delegation of 130 athletes participate.
It was the largest Swiss delegation to date to the Winter Olympics .

Nominations

The men's and women's national ice hockey teams were provisionally nominated on December 22, 2005 and January 12, 2006, respectively, and definitively nominated on February 1, while the curling teams were nominated on December 29th. The nominations for all other sports were made on January 25th and 30th, 2006.

Flag bearer

The snowboarder Philipp Schoch wore the flag of Switzerland during the opening ceremony, at the closing ceremony it was carried by Maya Pedersen-Bieri .

Medals

gold

• Skeleton, women: Maya Pedersen-Bieri
• Boardercross, women: Tanja Frieden
• Snowboard: parallel giant slalom, men: Philipp Schoch
• Freestyle, jumping, women: Evelyne Leu
• Snowboard: parallel giant slalom, women: Daniela Meuli

silver

• Alpine skiing, downhill, women: Martina Schild
• Figure skating, men: Stéphane Lambiel
• Snowboard: parallel giant slalom, men: Simon Schoch
• Curling, women: Mirjam Ott , Binia Beeli , Valeria Spälty , Michèle Moser-Knobel , Manuela Kormann

bronze

• Alpine skiing, downhill, men: Bruno Kernen
• Skeleton, men: Gregor Stähli
• Alpine skiing, Super-G, men: Ambrosi Hoffmann
• Bob, 2 man, men: Martin Annen , Beat Hefti
• Bob, 4 man, men: Martin Annen , Thomas Lamparter , Beat Hefti , Cédric Grand

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Simon Hallenbarter (20 km)

  Biathlon (20 km), men: 77th place, +10: 14.0 min.

• Matthias Simmen (20 km)

  Biathlon (20 km), men: 52nd place, +6: 41.9 min.

bob

Women (2)

• Maya Bamert , Martina Feusi

  Two-man bobsleigh: 8th place - 3: 52.04 min, +2.06 s

• Sabina Hafner , Cora Huber

  Two-man bobsleigh: 10th place - 3: 52.86 min, +2.88 s

Men (2)

• Martin Annen , Beat Hefti

  Two-man bobsleigh: bronze - 3: 43.73 min, +0.35 s

• Ivo Rüegg , Cédric Grand

  Two-man bobsleigh: 8th place - 3: 44.86 min, +1.48 s

Men (4)

• Martin Annen , Thomas Lamparter , Beat Hefti , Cédric Grand

  Four- man bobsleigh: bronze - 3: 40.83 min, +0.41 s

• Ivo Rüegg , Andy Gees , Roman Handschin , Christian Aebli

  Four-man bobsleigh: 8th place - 3: 41.80 min, +1.38 s

Curling

Men (Curling Club St. Gallen Bear)      Ralph Stöckli (Skip) Claudio Pescia (Third) Pascal Sieber (Second) Marco Battilana (Lead) Simon Strübin (replacement)

Women (Curling Club Flims) Mirjam Ott (Skip) Binia Beeli (Third) Valeria Spälty (Second) Michèle Moser-Knobel (Lead) Manuela Kormann (replacement)

Curling, men: 5th place in the preliminary round

Curling, women: silver

ice Hockey

Men's

Goalkeeper: David Aebischer ( Montréal Canadiens ) Marco Bührer ( SC Bern ) Martin Gerber ( Carolina Hurricanes ) Defender: Goran Bezina ( HC Servette Genève ) Severin Blindenbacher ( ZSC Lions ) Beat Forster (ZSC Lions) Steve Hirschi ( HC Lugano ) Olivier Keller ( EHC Basel ) Mathias Seger (ZSC Lions) Mark Streit ( Montréal Canadiens ) Julien Vauclair (HC Lugano)

Striker: Flavien Conne (HC Lugano) Patric Della Rossa ( EV Zug ) Paul DiPietro (EV Zug) Patrick Fischer (EV Zug) Sandy Jeannin (HC Lugano) Marcel Jenni ( Kloten Flyers ) Romano Lemm (Kloten Flyers) Thierry Paterlini (ZSC Lions) Martin Plüss ( Frölunda Indians ) Kevin Romy (HC Lugano) Ivo Rüthemann (SC Bern) Adrian Wanker (ZSC Lions) Thomas Ziegler (SC Bern)

Ice hockey, men: 6th place

Ladies

Goalkeepers: Patricia Elsmore-Sautter (Roseau / USA) Florence Schelling ( GCK Lions ) Defenders: Nicole Bullo ( HC Lugano ) Angela Frautschi ( DHC Langenthal ) Ramona Fuhrer ( DHC Lyss ) Ruth Künzle (HC Lugano) Monika Leuenberger ( EV Zug ) Julia Marty (EV Zug) Prisca Mosimann (DHC Langenthal)

Strikers: Silvia Bruggmann (EV Zug) Sandra Cattaneo ( EHC Illnau-Effretikon ) Daniela Diaz (EV Zug) Kathrin Lehmann ( TV Kornwestheim ) Jeanette Marty (EV Zug) Stefanie Marty (EV Zug) Christine Meier (EHC Illnau-Effretikon) Sandrine Ray (HC Lugano) Rachel Rochat (Needham / USA) Laura Ruhnke (HC Lugano) Tina Schumacher (DHC Lyss)

Ice hockey, women: 7th place

figure skating

• Stéphane Lambiel

  Figure skating, men: silver - 231.21 pts.

• Sarah Meier

  Figure skating, women: 8th place - 156.13 pts.

• Jamal Othman

  Figure skating, men: 27th place - 52.18 points (eliminated after the short program)

Freestyle

• Thomas Lambert

  Jumping, men: 14th place - 214.77 points in the qualification

• Evelyne Leu

  Jumping, women: gold - 202.55 pts.

• Manuela Müller

  Jumping, women: 7th place - 159.14 pts.

• Renato Ulrich

  Jumping, men: 10th place - 204.75 pts.

• Christian Kaufmann (replacement)

Sledding

• Martina Kocher

  Tobogganing, women: 9th place - 3: 09.591 min.

• Stefan Höhener

  Tobogganing, men: 15th place - 3: 28.784 min.

skeleton

• Tanja Morel

  Women: 7th place - 2: 02.50 min.

• Maya Pedersen-Bieri

  Women: Gold - 1: 59.83 min.

• Gregor Stähli

  Men: bronze - 1: 56.80 min .; +0.92 sec.

Alpine skiing

Men's

• Daniel Albrecht

  Alpine combination: 4th place - 3: 10.73 min.

• Marc Berthod

  Alpine combined: 7th place - 3: 11.22 min.

  Giant slalom: 17th place - 2: 38.25 min.

• Didier Cuche

  Super-G: 12th place - 1: 31.50 min.

  Giant slalom: 19th place - 2: 39.33 min.

• Didier Defago

  Downhill: 26th place - 1: 51.51 min.

  Alpine combination: eliminated in slalom (1st run)

  Super-G: 16th place - 1: 31.90 min.

  Giant slalom: 14th place - 2: 37.60 min.

• Tobias Grünenfelder

  Downhill: 12th place - 1: 50.44 min.

• Ambrosi Hoffmann

  Downhill: 17th place - 1: 50.72 min.

  Super-G: Bronze - 1: 30.98 min.

• Bruno Kernen

  Downhill: bronze - 1: 49.82 min.

  Super-G: 18th place - 1: 31.95 min.

• Silvan Zurbriggen

  Alpine combination: eliminated in slalom (1st run)

Ladies

• Fränzi Aufdenblatten

  Departure: 12th place - 1: 57.96 min.

  Super-G: 17th place - 1: 34.10 min.

• Sylviane Berthod

  Downhill: 14th place - 1: 58.36 min.

  Super-G: 15th place - 1: 34.00 min.

• Monika Dumermuth
• Martina shield

  Downhill: Silver - 1: 56.86 min.

  Super-G: 6th place - 1: 33.33 min.

• Nadia Styger

  Downhill: 5th place - 1: 57.62 min.

  Super-G: 35th place - 1: 35.57 min.

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

• Seraina Boner (Season)

  10 km classic: 41st place, +3: 06.6 min.

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place, +2: 04.7 min.

• Reto Burgermeister (relay, team sprint, pursuit, 15 km)

  30 km pursuit (15 + 15 km): 60th place, +8: 49.1

  Classic team sprint: 14th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place, +1: 25.2 min.

• Christoph Eigenmann (sprint, team sprint)

  Classic team sprint: 14th place

  1.325 km classic sprint: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Remo Fischer (relay, pursuit)

  30 km pursuit (15 + 15 km): 37th place, +3: 18.9 min.

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place, +1: 25.2 min.

• Natascia Leonardi Cortesi (relay, pursuit)

  15 km pursuit (7.5 + 7.5 km): 24th place, +2: 45.6 min.

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place, +2: 04.7 min.

• Toni Livers (relay, pursuit)

  30 km pursuit (15 + 15 km): 41st place, +4: 07.4 min.

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place, +1: 25.2 min.

• Seraina Mischol (relay, team sprint, 10 km)

  10 km classic: 15th place, +1: 39.0 min.

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place, +2: 04.7 min.

  1.145 km sprint classic: not qualified for the final round

• Laurence Rochat (relay, sprint, team sprint, 10 km)

  10 km classic: 25th place, +2: 10.8 min.

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place, +2: 04.7 min.

  1.145 km classic sprint: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Christian Stebler (relay)

  15 km classic: 30th place, +2: 37.3 min.

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place, +1: 25.2 min.

Ski jumping

• Simon Ammann

  Normal hill (K106): 38th place - 107.0 pts.

  Large hill (K140): 15th place - 218.0 pts.

  Team competition (K140): 7th place - 886.9 pts.

• Andreas Kuettel

  Normal hill (K106): 5th place - 262.5 pts.

  Large hill (K140): 6th place - 239.1 pts.

  Team competition (K140): 7th place - 886.9 pts.

• Guido Landert

  Normal hill (K106): 48th place - 97.0 pts.

  Large hill (K140): 37th place - 85.3 pts.

  Team competition (K140): 7th place - 886.9 pts.

• Michael Möllinger

  Normal hill (K106): 13th place - 249.0 pts.

  Large hill (K140): 13th place - 224.9 pts.

  Team competition (K140): 7th place - 886.9 pts.

Nordic combination

• Ronny Heer

  Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 24th place, +3: 42.4 min.

  Team (large hill K140 / 4 × 5 km): 4th place, 11: 42.5 min.

  Sprint (large hill K140 / 7.5 km): 22nd place, +1: 20 min.

• Andreas Hurschler

  Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 23rd place, +3: 37.3 min.

  Team (large hill K140 / 4 × 5 km): 4th place, 12: 02.5 min.

  Sprint (large hill K140 / 7.5 km): 33rd place, +1: 50 min.

• Seppi Hurschler

  Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 22nd place, +3: 33.8 min.

  Sprint (large hill K140 / 7.5 km): 24th place, +1: 22 min.

• Ivan Rieder

  Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 27th place, +4: 14.0 min.

  Team (large hill K140 / 4 × 5 km): 4th place, 12: 52.9 min.

  Sprint (large hill K140 / 7.5 km): 23rd place, +1: 21 min.

• Jan Schmid

  Team (large hill K140 / 4 × 5 km): 4th place, 13: 23.0 min.

Snowboard

halfpipe

• Therry Brunner

  Halfpipe, men: 39th place - 9.2 pts.

• Frederik Kalbermatten

  Halfpipe, men: 24th place - 30.8 pts.

• Markus Keller

  Halfpipe, men: 7th place - 38.5 pts.

• Manuela Pesko

  Halfpipe, women: 7th place - 35.9 pts.

• Gian Simmen

  Halfpipe, men: 19th place - 33.8 pts.

Alpine

• Ursula Bruhin

  Parallel giant slalom, women: 7th place

• Heinz Inniger

  Parallel giant slalom, men: 5th place

• Gilles Jaquet

  Parallel giant slalom, men: 8th place

• Daniela Meuli

  Parallel giant slalom, women: gold

• Philipp Schoch

  Parallel giant slalom, men: gold

• Simon Schoch

  Parallel giant slalom, men: silver

Boardercross

• Mellie Francon

  Boardercross, women: 5th place

• Tanja Frieden

  Boardercross, women: gold

• Marco Huser

  Boardercross, men: 9th place

• Ueli Kestenholz

  Boardercross, men: 25th place

• Olivia Nobs

  Boardercross, women: 11th place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swissolympic.ch: Swiss flag bearers since 1948 . Retrieved February 20, 2010.

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 2006 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Swiss Olympic Association - Torino 2006