Olympic Winter Games 2010 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canadian Vancouver with a total of 146 athletes in 14 sports part.

It was therefore the largest Swiss delegation in the history of the Olympic Winter Games . With Daniel Albrecht , Lara Gut , Martina Schild and Fränzi Aufdenblatten (all alpine skiing), Tanja Frieden (snowboard), Gregor Stähli (skeleton) and Martin Gerber (ice hockey), however, some well-known Swiss winter athletes had to forego participation due to injuries. Double Olympic champion Philipp Schoch (snowboard) missed the qualification shortly after returning from a two-year injury break.

Flag bearer

Entry of the Swiss team

Figure skater Stéphane Lambiel carried the flag of Switzerland during the opening ceremony .

Medal table

rank	sport	G	S.	B.	total
1	Alpine skiing	2	0	1	3
2	Ski jumping	2	0	0	2
3	Freestyle skiing	1	0	0	1
	Cross-country skiing	1	0	0	1
5	Curling	0	0	1	1
	Snowboard	0	0	1	1
	total	6th	0	3	9

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Simon Ammann	Ski jumping	Individual jumping, normal hill
Simon Ammann	Ski jumping	Individual jumping, large hill
Dario Cologna	Cross-country skiing	15 km freestyle
Didier Defago	Alpine skiing	Departure
Carlo Janka	Alpine skiing	Giant slalom
Mike Schmid	Freestyle skiing	Ski cross

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Olivia Nobs	Snowboard	Boardercross
Silvan Zurbriggen	Alpine skiing	Super combination
Ralph Stöckli Jan Hauser Markus Eggler Simon Strübin Toni Müller	Curling	Men's tournament

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men Claudio Böckli (without assignment) Thomas Frei Sprint (10 km): 13th place Pursuit (12.5 km): 12th place 20 km: 16th place Mass start (15 km): 24th place 4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place Simon Hallenbarter Sprint (10 km): 16th place Pursuit (12.5 km): 43rd place 20 km: 43rd place 4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place Matthias Simmen Sprint (10 km): 26th place Pursuit (12.5 km): 28th place 20 km: 39th place 4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place Benjamin Weger Sprint (10 km): 69th place 20 km: 55th place 4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place

Women Selina Gasparin Sprint (7.5 km): 56th place Pursuit (10 km): 48th place 15 km: 40th place

bob

Men (2) Switzerland 1: Ivo Rüegg , Cédric Grand Two-man bobsleigh: 4th place Switzerland 2: Beat Hefti , Thomas Lamparter forfait * Switzerland 3: Daniel Schmid , Jürg Egger forfait * Men (4) Switzerland 1: Ivo Rüegg , Beat Hefti , Thomas Lamparter , Cédric Grand Four-man bobsleigh: 6th place Switzerland 2: Daniel Schmid , Alex Baumann , Christian Aebli , Roman Handschin forfait *

Women (2) Switzerland 1: Sabina Hafner , Caroline Spahni Two-man bobsleigh: 12th place Switzerland 2: Fabienne Meyer , Hanne Schenk Two-man bobsleigh: 10th place

* After heavy training falls on the controversial bobsleigh run in Vancouver, Beat Hefti and Daniel Schmid gave forfait. Only Switzerland 1 competed in two and four. Hefti was able to participate in the foursome again.

Curling

The Swiss women's team (from left Carmen Schäfer , Janine Greiner , Mirjam Ott and Carmen Küng ) with their trainer Ken Tralnberg at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Men (Curling Club Basel Regio)      Ralph Stöckli (Fourth) Jan Hauser (Third) Markus Eggler (Second, Skip) Simon Strübin (Lead) Toni Müller (replacement) Curling, men: bronze

Women (Curling Club Davos) Mirjam Ott (Skip) Carmen Schäfer (Third) Carmen Küng (Second) Janine Greiner (Lead) Irene Schori (replacement) Curling, women: 4th place

ice Hockey

→ Main article : Squad of the Swiss men's ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men 8th place goalkeeper: Jonas Hiller ( Anaheim Ducks ) Ronnie Rüeger ( Kloten Flyers ) Tobias Stephan ( HC Servette Genève ) Defender: Severin Blindenbacher ( Färjestad BK ) Raphael Diaz ( EV Zug ) Philippe Furrer ( SC Bern ) Patrick von Gunten (Kloten Flyers) Luca Sbisa ( Portland Winterhawks ) Mathias Seger ( ZSC Lions ) Mark Streit ( New York Islanders ) Yannick Weber ( Hamilton Bulldogs ) Striker: Andres Ambühl ( Hartford Wolf Pack ) Thomas Déruns (HC Servette Genève) Hnat Domenichelli ( HC Lugano ) Sandy Jeannin ( Friborg-Gottéron ) Romano Lemm (HC Lugano) Thibaut Monnet (ZSC Lions) Thierry Paterlini ( Rapperswil-Jona Lakers ) Martin Plüss (SC Bern) Ivo Rüthemann (SC Bern) Raffaele Sannitz (HC Lugano) Julien Sprunger (Friborg-Gottéron) Roman Wick (Kloten Flyers)

Women 5th place goalkeepers: Sophie Anthamatten (EHC Saastal) Florence Schelling ( Northeastern University ) Dominique Slongo ( EHC Brandis ) Defenders: Laura Benz ( EHC Winterthur ) Angela Frautschi ( ZSC Lions ) Julia Marty (Northeastern University) Lucrèce Nussbaum ( St. Thomas University ) Claudia Riechsteiner ( SC Reinach ) Sandra Thalmann ( EHC Basel ) Stefanie Wyss ( EV Bomo Thun ) Strikers: Sara Benz (EHC Winterthur) Nicole Bullo ( HC Lugano ) Melanie Häfliger (SC Reinach) Kathrin Lehmann ( AIK Solna ) Darcia Leimgruber ( University of Maine ) Stefanie Marty ( Syracuse University ) Christine Meier (ZSC Lions) Rahel Michielin (ZSC Lions) Katrin Nabholz (ZSC Lions) Anja Stiefel (SC Reinach) Sabrina Zollinger (EHC Winterthur)

figure skating

Athletes	Short program		Freestyle		Points	rank
	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men's
Stéphane Lambiel	84.63	5.	162.09	3.	246.72	4th
Ladies
Sarah Meier	56.70	15th	96.11	14th	152.81	15th
Pair skating
Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	55.34	13.	89.08	17th	144.42	15th

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Roger Schneider

  5000 m: 24th place

Freestyle skiing

Aerials

• Christian Hächler : 16th place
• Andreas Isoz : 14th place
• Thomas Lambert : 12th place
• Evelyne Leu : 16th place
• Tanja Schärer : 19th place
• Renato Ulrich : 18th place

Ski cross

• Beni Hofer : 32nd place
• Sanna Lüdi : 35th place
• Katrin Müller : 18th place
• Conradign Netzer : 20th place
• Mike Schmid : Gold
• Fanny Smith : 7th place
• Richard Spalinger : 14th place
• Franziska Steffen : 29th place

Alpine skiing

Didier Défago at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Men Marc Berthod Giant slalom: 29th place Slalom: eliminated Didier Cuche Departure: 6th place Super-G: 10th place Giant slalom: 14th place Didier Defago Departure: gold Super-G: 15th place Super combination: eliminated Marc Gini Slalom: 15th place Tobias Grünenfelder Super-G: 9th place Ambrosi Hoffmann Departure: 23rd place Carlo Janka Departure: 11th place Super-G: 8th place Super combination: 4th place Giant slalom: gold Patrick Küng (without commitment) Sandro Viletta Super combination: 14th place Giant slalom: 15th place Slalom: disqualified Silvan Zurbriggen Super combination: bronze Slalom: 12th place

Women Andrea Dettling Super combination: 23rd place Super-G: 12th place Giant slalom: eliminated Dominique Gisin Departure: eliminated Nadja Kamer Departure: 19th place Super combination: eliminated Super-G: eliminated Nadia Styger Departure: 12th place Super-G: 6th place Fabienne Suter Departure: 5th place Super combination: 6th place Super-G: 13th place Giant slalom: 4th place

Cross-country skiing

Men Dario Cologna 15 km freestyle: gold Pursuit (30 km): 13th place Team sprint: 11th place 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place 50 km mass start (classic): 10th place Christoph Eigenmann Classic sprint: 34th place Remo Fischer 15 km freestyle: 15th place Pursuit (30 km): 44th place 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place Valerio Leccardi Classic sprint: 38th place Toni Livers 15 km freestyle: 12th place Pursuit (30 km): 22nd place 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place Curdin Perl 15 km freestyle: 17th place Pursuit (30 km): 20th place 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place Eligius Tambornino Classic sprint: 49th place Team sprint: 11th place Peter von Allmen Classic sprint: 43rd place

Women Silvana Bucher Team sprint (freestyle): eliminated in the semi-finals Bettina Gruber Team sprint (freestyle): eliminated in the semi-finals Laurence Rochat 30 km classic: not finished Doris Trachsel Classic sprint: 30th place

Ski jumping

• Simon Ammann

  Individual jumping, normal hill: gold

  Individual jumping, large hill: gold

• Andreas Kuettel

  Individual jumping, normal hill: 35th place

  Individual jumping, large hill: 24th place

Nordic combination

• Ronny Heer

  Normal hill / 10 km: 11th place

  Team competition: 9th place

• Tim Hug

  Normal hill / 10 km: 35th place

  Team competition: 9th place

• Seppi Hurschler

  Normal hill / 10 km: 29th place

  Team competition: 9th place

• Thomas Schmid

  Normal hill / 10 km: 40th place

  Team competition: 9th place

Sledding

Men Stefan Höhener Singles: 32nd place

Women Martina Kocher Singles: 7th place

skeleton

Men Pascal Oswald : 16th place

Women Maya Pedersen : 9th place

Snowboard

halfpipe

• Sergio Berger : 25th place
• Christian Haller : 36th place
• Ursina Haller : 9th place
• Markus Keller : 29th place
• Manuela Pesko : 25th place
• Iouri Podladtchikov : 4th place

Alpine

• Nevin Galmarini : 17th place
• Roland Haldi : 20th place
• Marc Iselin : 19th place
• Fränzi Mägert-Kohli : 28th place
• Simon Schoch : 5th place

Boardercross

• Fabio Caduff : 13th place (eliminated in the quarter-finals)
• Mellie Francon : 7th place
• Sandra Frei : 11th place
• Simona Meiler : 9th place
• Olivia Nobs : bronze

Web links

• Swiss Olympic Association

Individual evidence

1. ^ Philipp Schoch not in Vancouver , NZZ-Online, January 24, 2010
2. ↑ Lambiel carries the Swiss flag , Tages-Anzeiger, February 11, 2010
3. ↑ NZZ Online : Forfait by bobsledder Beat Hefti . Retrieved February 27, 2010.