New Zealand at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand at the Youth Olympic Games
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At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	15 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Beau-James Wells
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0

New Zealand will compete at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Alpine Skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand has qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Harry Izard-Price	Slalom	46.12	43.05	1:29.17	23
	Giant slalom	1:00.76	56.31	1:57.07	14
	Super-G			1:09.52	31
	Combined	1:07.66	40.62	1:48.28	22

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Piera Hudson	Slalom	47.93	41.69	1:29.62	15
	Giant slalom	1:00.51	DNF
	Super-G			1:08.06	17
	Combined	1:07.52	40.28	1:47.80	16

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand has qualified 1 athlete.

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Olivia Thomson	Sprint	23:41.4	1	45
	Pursuit	41:40.3	2	45

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand has qualified a team.

Roster

• Skip: Luke Steele
• Third: Eleanor Adviento
• Second: David Weyer
• Lead: Kelsi Heath

Mixed Team

Final Round Robin Standings Blue Group Skip W L  United States Korey Dropkin 7 0  Switzerland Michael Brunner 6 1  Czech Republic Marek Černovský 4 3  China Bai Yang 3 4  Norway Markus Skogvold 3 4  South Korea Kang Sue-yeon 2 5  New Zealand Luke Steele 2 5  Estonia Robert-Kent Päll 1 6

Round Robin

Draw 1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Brunner)	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	X	6
New Zealand (Steele)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Steele)	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2
United States (Dropkin)	2	2	1	0	5	0	X	X	10

Draw 3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Steele)	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	7
China (Bai)	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	6

Draw 4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Steele)	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	7
Estonia (Päll)	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	6

Draw 5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Steele)	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	6
Norway (Skogvold)	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	7

Draw 6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Černovský)	0	2	2	0	3	0	2	X	9
New Zealand (Steele)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kang)	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	X	9
New Zealand (Steele)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	4

Mixed Doubles

Round of 32

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thomas Scoffin (CAN)  Kelsi Heath (NZL)	0	0	4	1	1	0	3	X	9
Mizuki Kitaguchi (JPN)  Thomas Muirhead (GBR)	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Angharad Ward (GBR)  Markus Skogvold (NOR)	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	8
Luke Steele (NZL)  Johanna Heldin (SWE)	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Marek Černovský (CZE)  Rachel Hannen (GBR)	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	8
Denise Pimpini (ITA)  David Weyer (NZL)	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Eleanor Adviento (NZL)  Romano Meier (SUI)	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	7
Duncan Menzies (GBR)  Taylor Anderson (USA)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	8

Round of 16

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS)	1	0	5	0	1	2	1	X	10
Luke Steele (NZL)  Johanna Heldin (SWE)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thomas Scoffin (CAN)  Kelsi Heath (NZL)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	5
Mikhail Vaskov (RUS)  Zuzana Hrůzová (CZE)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6

Freestyle Skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand has qualified 3 athletes.

Ski Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Samuel Andrews	Boys' ski cross	1:02.74	18	Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Beau-James Wells	Boys' ski half-pipe	82.50	1 Q	85.50	4
Samantha Poots	Girls' ski half-pipe	52.00	7	Did not advance

Ice Hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand has qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Callum Burns	Individual skills	21	4 Q	19	4

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Libby-Jean Hay	Individual skills	15	8 Q	12	8

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand has qualified 1 athlete.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Matheson Hill	Boys' Singles	42.677	41.357	1:24.034	25

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand has qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Hamish Bagley	Boys' halfpipe	58.50	64.75	5 q	40.50	68.50	5 Q	57.25	46.25	10
	Boys' slopestyle	DNS						Did not advance
Tim Herbert	Boys' slopestyle	44.50	57.00	10				Did not advance

See also

• New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics