Switzerland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Switzerland at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch
in Lillehammer
Competitors48 in 11 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Switzerland competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Aline Danioth Alpine skiing Girls' combined 14 February
 Gold Talina Gantenbein Freestyle skiing Girls' ski cross 15 February
 Gold Mélanie Meillard Alpine skiing Girls' giant slalom 16 February
 Gold Aline Danioth Alpine skiing Girls' slalom 18 February
 Silver Mélanie Meillard Alpine skiing Girls' combined 14 February
 Silver Sophie Hediger Snowboarding Girls' snowboard cross 15 February
 Silver Sophie Hediger
Talina Gantenbein
Pascal Bitschnau
Sascha Rüedi		 Snowboarding Team snowboard ski cross 16 February
 Bronze Aline Danioth Alpine skiing Girls' super-G 13 February
 Bronze Aline Danioth Alpine skiing Girls' giant slalom 16 February
 Bronze Selina Witschonke
Henwy Lochmann
Laura Engler
Philipp Hösli		 Curling Mixed Team 17 February
 Bronze Switzerland women's national under-16 ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Girls' tournament 20 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Philipp Hösli Curling Mixed doubles 21 February

Alpine skiing

Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joël Oehrli Slalom 52.28 22 did not finish
Giant slalom 1:19.25 7 1:20.07 13 2:39.32 9
Super-G — 1:11.41 6
Combined 1:12.46 7 42.32 12 1:54.78 7
Maurus Sparr Slalom 51.52 13 52.85 23 1:44.37 21
Giant slalom 1:20.16 14 1:19.41 10 2:39.57 10
Super-G — 1:12.25 14
Combined 1:13.49 19 did not finish
Girls
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aline Danioth Slalom 53.53 1 49.68 1 1:43.21 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Giant slalom 1:18.46 3 1:15.49 3 2:33.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Super-G — 1:12.69 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Combined 1:13.59 2 42.15 1 1:55.74 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mélanie Meillard Slalom DNF did not advance
Giant slalom 1:17.84 2 1:15.44 2 2:33.28 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Super-G — 1:13.05 4
Combined 1:13.44 1 42.68 2 1:56.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Parallel mixed team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mélanie Meillard
Maurus Sparr 		Parallel mixed team  Belgium (BEL)
W 3 – 1 		 Germany (GER)
L 2 – 2+ 		did not advance

Biathlon

Boys
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Nico Salutt Sprint 21:24.1 4 29
Pursuit 35:03.8 10 37
Sebastian Stalder Sprint 19:57.9 0 10
Pursuit 31:06.9 5 11
Girls
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Flavia Barmettler Sprint 21:34.4 4 =41
Pursuit 31:18.0 6 37
Anja Fischer Sprint 21:34.4 2 =41
Pursuit 34:34.2 9 44
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
Flavia Barmettler
Sebastian Stalder 		Single mixed relay 42:33.9 0+9 7
Flavia Barmettler
Anja Fischer
Nico Salutt
Sebastian Stalder 		Mixed relay 1:25:15.9 3+14 8

Bobsleigh

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marius Schneider Boys' 57.53 6 57.47 4 1:55.00 5
Paulina Götschi Girls' 59.32 8 59.61 11 1:58.93 8

Cross-country skiing

Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Arnaud Guex 10 km freestyle — DNS
Classical sprint 3:08.57 20 Q 3:04.87 4 did not advance
Cross-country cross 3:11.70 9 Q — 3:11.18 3 did not advance
Maurus Lozza 10 km freestyle — 25:36.2 18
Classical sprint 3:13.13 28 Q 3:37.61 6 did not advance
Cross-country cross 3:16.62 19 Q — 3:10.46 6 did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Désirée Steiner 5 km freestyle — 13:57.0 11
Classical sprint 3:35.60 8 Q 3:28.51 2 Q 3:29.64 4 did not advance
Cross-country cross 3:47.31 14 Q — 3:41.81 5 did not advance
Giuliana Werro 5 km freestyle — 14:18.3 20
Classical sprint 3:42.98 23 Q 3:38.23 6 did not advance
Cross-country cross 3:57.09 27 Q — 3:52.99 10 did not advance

Curling

Mixed team

Team
Round Robin
Group A Skip W L
 United States Luc Violette 6 1
 Switzerland Selina Witschonke 6 1
 Russia Nadezhda Karelina 6 1
 Turkey Oğuzhan Karakurt 3 4
 Italy Luca Rizzolli 3 4
 China Du Hongrui 2 5
 New Zealand Matthew Neilson 1 6
 Japan Kota Ito 1 6
Draw 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Du) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 X 7
Draw 2
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Violette) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 6
 Switzerland (Witschonke) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 5
Draw 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Japan (Ito) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Draw 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 X 9
 New Zealand (Neilson) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Draw 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (Karelina) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
Draw 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Witschonke) 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 X 7
 Turkey (Karakurt) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Draw 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 9
 Italy (Rizzolli) 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 6

Quarterfinals
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 X 7
 Sweden (Nygren) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 3
Semifinals
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Fay) 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 7
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 5
Bronze Medal Game
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 3 0 2 1 0 2 3 X 11
 Russia (Karelina) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3

Final Rank: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed doubles

Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
 Yako Matsuzawa (JPN)
 Philipp Hoesli (SUI) 		Mixed doubles  Mjoen (NOR)
 Mares (CZE)
W 9 – 6 		 Sillaots (EST)
 Violette (USA)
W 10 – 5 		 Thompson (NZL)
 Middleton (CAN)
W 11 – 1 		 Zhao (CHN)
 Haarstad (NOR)
W 7 – 6 		 Han (CHN)
 Whyte (GBR)
W 11 – 5 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Courtney Smith (NZL)
 Henwy Lockmann (SUI) 		 Ramsfjell (NOR)
 Kim (KOR)
L 4 – 10 		did not advance
 Laura Engler (SUI)
 Victor Da Cunha Santos (BRA) 		 Zhao (CHN)
 Haarstad (NOR)
L 1 – 9 		did not advance
 Selina Witschonke (SUI)
 Jarl Gustsin (EST) 		 Ghezze (ITA)
 Mellemseter (NOR)
W 9 – 3 		 Podrabska (CZE)
 Degerfeldt (SWE)
W 11 – 1 		 Han (CHN)
 Whyte (GBR)
L 5 – 6 		did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Mario Grob Boys' halfpipe 51.60 64.00 35.20 64.00 6
Ski cross
Athlete Event Qualification Group heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Position Position
Sascha Rüedi Boys' ski cross 44.32 7 Q 13 9 did not advance
Talina Gantenbein Girls' ski cross 45.76 2 17 2 Q 1 FA 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slopestyle
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Mario Grob Boys' slopestyle 42.80 45.20 45.20 17
Colin Wili Boys' slopestyle 58.40 61.40 61.40 11
Mathilde Gremaud Girls' slopestyle 58.20 12.80 58.20 6

Ice hockey

Girls' tournament

Roster
Group Stage
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 2 1 1 0 10 3 +7 9 Advance to semifinals
2  Czech Republic 4 3 0 0 1 7 4 +3 9
3  Switzerland 4 2 1 0 1 10 6 +4 8
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 1 2 6 9 −3 4
5  Norway 4 0 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com
13 February 2016
20:00		Sweden 1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0-1)		 SwitzerlandYouth Hall
15 February 2016
20:00		Switzerland 3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)		 NorwayYouth Hall
16 February 2016
17:00		Slovakia 2–4
(0–0, 1–3, 1–1)		 SwitzerlandKristins Hall
18 February 2016
14:00		Switzerland 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicYouth Hall
Semifinals
19 February 2016
14:00		Czech Republic 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 SwitzerlandYouth Hall
Bronze medal game
20 February 2016
17:00		Switzerland 5–2
(0–1, 3–0, 2–1)		 SlovakiaKristins Hall

Final Rank: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Skeleton

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kevin Akeret Boys 55.35 12 55.09 12 1:50.44 12

Ski jumping

Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Sandro Hauswirth Boys' normal hill 87.0 102.8 11 83.0 92.7 13 195.5 11

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Wendelin Gauger Boys' halfpipe 46.75 14.25 47.00 47.00 15
Gian Sutter Boys' halfpipe 57.00 47.50 62.75 62.75 7
Ariane Burri Girls' halfpipe 36.25 38.25 35.75 38.25 13
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualification Group heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Position Position
Pascal Bitschnau Boys' snowboard cross 48.62 5 Q 15 6 Q 3 FB 7
Sophie Hediger Girls' snowboard cross 49.72 2 Q 19 2 Q 1 FA 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Slopestyle
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Wendelin Gauger Boys' slopestyle 46.00 25.25 46.00 16
Gian Sutter Boys' slopestyle 40.50 76.50 76.50 8
Ariane Burri Girls' slopestyle did not start
Snowboard and ski cross relay
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Position Position Position
Sophie Hediger
Talina Gantenbein
Pascal Bitschnau
Sascha Rüedi 		Team snowboard ski cross 1 Q 2 FA 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating

Girls
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jasmin Güntert 500 m DSQ did not advance
1500 m — 2:19.84 25
Mass start — 5:56.68 13
Mixed team sprint
Athletes Event Final
Time Rank
Team 1
 Jasmin Güntert (SUI)
 Kim Min-sun (KOR)
 Isa Izmailov (RUS)
 Jeffrey Rosanelli (ITA) 		Mixed team sprint 1:59.75 7

See also

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