Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 41
Flag bearer Rhona Martin
Medals
Rank: 21		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
1
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The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland. Forty-one athletes were selected for these Winter Games.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

In the Super-G and downhill, Chemmy Alcott is a rare female competitor in a historically male-dominated GB team. Noel Baxter, Alain Baxter and James Leuzinger were the men's representatives in the slalom, and the Baxters also raced in the giant slalom. Finlay Mickel and Roger Cruickshank were the men's downhill and Super-G skiers.

In the men's downhill, Finlay Mickel finished 25th, 2.68 seconds behind the winner Antoine Dénériaz. Roger Cruickshank, skiing with a knee-brace, finished 37th, 5.85 behind. Noel Baxter finished 14th in the men's combined. Cruickshank also finished 37th in the giant slalom before announcing his retirement from skiing.

Men's combined
Name Downhill Slalom run 1 Slalom run 2 Total Final rank
Noel Baxter 1:42.26 45.64 44.89 3:12.79 14th place
Men's downhill
Name Time Final rank
Finlay Mickel 1:51.48 25th place
Roger Cruickshank 1:54.65 37th place
Men's slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Alain Baxter 54.93 51.22 1:46.15 16th place
Noel Baxter 56.07 51.15 1:47.22 20th place
James Leuzinger Did not finish - - -
Men's Super-G
Name Time Final rank
Mickel Finlay 1:32.10 22nd place
Roger Cruickshank 1:34.87 37th place

Chemmy Alcott impressed as she finished 11th in the women's downhill, but was disqualified from the combined due to a technical infringement with the width of her skis.

Women's combined
Name Downhill Slalom run 1 Slalom run 2 Total Final rank
Chemmy Alcott - Disqualified - - -
Women's downhill
Name Time Final rank
Chemmy Alcott 1:57.85 11th place
Women's giant slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Chemmy Alcott 1:04.47 1:09.95 2:14.42 22nd place
Women's Super-G
Name Time Final rank
Chemmy Alcott 1:34.20 19th place

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Men's 10 km sprint
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tom Clemens 4 31:05.0 79th place
Men's 20 km individual
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tom Clemens 4 1:01:43.9 57th place
Women's 7.5 km sprint
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Emma Fowler 1 26:22.9 67th place
Women's 15 km individual
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Emma Fowler 7 1:03:38.9 78th place

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The men chosen for the 2-man and 4-man bobsleigh event were: Marcus Adam, Dan Humphries, Lee Johnston, Karl Johnston and Martin Wright.

Women for the 2-man event were Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Davies

[edit] Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Britain sent two teams to the Olympic curling competition. All of the members of both teams were Scottish. The women's team were the defending Olympic gold medallists.

The members of the men's team were Euan Byers, Ewan McDonald, David Murdoch, Warwick Smith and Craig Wilson. The members of the women's team were Kelly Wood, Lynn Cameron, Deborah Knox, Jacqueline Lockhart, and Rhona Martin.

The men lost the bronze medal match to the USA while the women did not progress past the round-robin initial round.

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The British figure skating representatives were Sinéad Kerr and her brother John Kerr, who competed in ice dancing. They hail from Scotland and Turin was their first Olympic games.

[edit] Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The British luge participants for 2006 were Mark Hatton and AJ Rosen. Hatton finished a disappointing 35th place after coming off his luge on his third run of four, although he stayed in contact with the luge and remounted. Rosen finished in 16th place.

Men's singles luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final rank
Adam Rosen 52.610 52.130 52.093 52.150 3:28.983 16th place
Mark Hatton 52.790 52.720 1:34.895 52.494 4:12.899 35th place

[edit] Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The men's short track speed skating team was John Eley and Paul Stanley. The women's team was Sarah Lindsay and Joanna Williams. Lindsay participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

This was the first Olympics in which Great Britain and Northern Ireland sent a full short track speed skating team.

Men's 500 m

  • Jon Eley
Qualifying heats - 0:42.511 (Heat 2; 2nd place)
Quarterfinals - 0:42.424 (Quarterfinal 3; 2nd place)
Semifinals - 0:42.650 (Semifinal 1; 3rd place)
Finals - 0:42.497 (5th place)
Qualifying heats - 0:43.486 (Heat 7; 4th place - did not advance)

Men's 1000 m

Qualifying heats - 1:28.511 (Heat 1; 4th place) (did not advance)
  • Jon Eley
Qualifying heats - 1:29.147 (Heat 2; 3rd place) (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m

  • Jon Eley
Qualifying heats - 2:23.887 (Heat 1; 3rd place)
Semifinals - 2:21.862 (Semifinal 1; 5th place) (did not advance)

Women's 500 m

  • Sarah Lindsay
Qualifying heats - 0:46.290 (Heat 8; 2nd place)
Quarterfinals - 1:09.785 (Quarterfinal 2; 3rd place)
Semifinals - 0:46.060 (Semifinal 1; 5th place) (did not advance)
  • Joanna Williams
Qualifying heats - 0:46.857 (Heat 1; 3rd place) (did not advance)

Women's 1000 m

  • Sarah Lindsay
Qualifying heats - 1:35.539 (Heat 2, 3rd place - did not advance)

Women's 1500 m

  • Sarah Lindsay
Qualifying heats - 2:38.460 (Heat 6; 3rd place)
Semifinals - 2:29.173 (Semifinal 3; 6th place) (did not advance)

[edit] Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Two men and one woman skeleton athletes traveled to Turin. Shelley Rudman was selected as the woman's sole representative; the men were Kristan Bromley and Adam Pengilly

Shelley Rudman won the silver medal in the women's event, while Bromley and Pengilly finished fifth and eighth respectively.

Men's skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Kristan Bromley 58.35 58.75 01:57.10 5th place
Adam Pengilly 58.37 59.09 01:57.46 8th place

Women's skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Shelley Rudman 01:00.57 01:00.49 02:01.06 Silver medal

[edit] Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The GB team made its début on the Olympic halfpipe in 2006. Kate Foster, Zoe Gillings, Lesley McKenna and Daniel Wakeham made up the young quartet.

Wakeham finished 26th in men's halfpipe qualifying, missing the final. Gillings qualified 12th for the Snowboard Cross quarter-finals (a new event for the Winter Olympics) with a time of 1:31. She failed to progress further, being taken out of the heat following a collision.

[edit] Halfpipe

Men's halfpipe

In men’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final rank
Dan Wakeham 14.3 points 27.8 points - - -

Women’s halfpipe

In women’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final rank
Kate Foster 16.4 points 24.7 points - - -
Lesley McKenna 1.4 points 5.2 points - - -

[edit] Snowboard Cross

Women's snowboard cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Zoe Gillings 1:46.71 1:31.93 Quarterfinal 2
4th place		 - Classification 13-16 15th place

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