Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   ITA
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	185 (111 men, 74 women) in 15 sports
Flag Bearer	Carolina Kostner
Medals	Gold 5	Silver 0	Bronze 6	Total 11
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo) and the third time overall (after the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome).

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Top 10 Finishes 2.1 4th place 2.2 5th place 2.3 6th place 2.4 7th place 2.5 8th place 2.6 9th place 2.7 10th place 3 Host 4 Flag bearer 5 Athlete's Oath 6 Athletes by sport 6.1 Alpine Skiing 6.2 Biathlon 6.3 Bobsleigh 6.4 Cross Country Skiing 6.5 Curling 6.6 Freestyle Skiing 6.7 Figure Skating 6.7.1 Ladies 6.7.2 Mens 6.7.3 Ice Dance 6.8 Ice Hockey 6.9 Luge 6.10 Nordic Combined 6.11 Short Track Speed Skating 6.12 Skeleton 6.13 Ski Jumping 6.14 Snowboarding 6.14.1 Giant Slalom 6.14.2 Halfpipe 6.14.3 Snowboard Cross 6.15 Speed Skating

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Cross Country Skiing
  • Men's 4x10 km Relay: Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Cristian Zorzi
  • Men's 50 km Freestyle Mass Start: Giorgio Di Centa

• Luge
  • Men's Singles: Armin Zöggeler in a combined time of 3:26.088

• Speed Skating
  • Men's Team Pursuit: Matteo Anesi, Stefano Donagrandi, Enrico Fabris, Ippolito Sanfratello, Ermanno Ioriatti in a time of 3:44.46
  • Men's 1500 m: Enrico Fabris in a time of 1:45.97

[edit] Bronze

• Bobsleigh
  • Two-woman event: Gerda Weissensteiner and Jennifer Isacco

• Cross Country Skiing
  • Men's 30 km Pursuit: Pietro Piller Cottrer
  • Women's 4x5 km Relay: Arianna Follis, Gabriella Paruzzi, Antonella Confortola and Sabina Valbusa

• Luge
  • Men's Doubles' Competition: Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder

• Short track speed skating
  • Women's 3000 m Relay: Marta Capurso, Mara Zini, Arianna Fontana and Katia Zini in a time of 4:20.030

• Speed Skating
  • Men's 5000 m: Enrico Fabris in a time of 6:18.25

[edit] Top 10 Finishes

[edit] 4th place

• Cross-Country Skiing
  • Men's 30 km Pursuit: Giorgio Di Centa

[edit] 5th place

• Cross-Country Skiing
  • Women's 15 km Pursuit: Gabriella Paruzzi
  • Men's 50 km Freestyle Mass Start: Pietro Piller Cottrer

[edit] 6th place

[edit] 7th place

• Biathlon
  • Men's 20 km Individual: Christian De Lorenzi

• Cross-Country Skiing
  • Women's Team Sprint: Arianna Folis and Gabriella Paruzzi

[edit] 8th place

[edit] 9th place

• Alpine Skiing
  • Men's Downhill: Patrick Staudacher

• Biathlon
  • Men's 20 km Individual: Wilfried Pallhuber

• Cross-Country Skiing
  • Men's Team Sprint: Freddy Schwienbacher and Giorgio Di Centa

• Freestyle Skiing
  • Women's Moguls: Deborah Scanzio

[edit] 10th place

[edit] Host

Italy is hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time. The 1956 Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cortina d'Ampezzo had also been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics which were cancelled due to World War II.

[edit] Flag bearer

Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

[edit] Athlete's Oath

Italian skiier Giorgio Rocca delivered the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

[edit] Athletes by sport

[edit] Alpine Skiing

Men's downhill

• Patrick Staudacher

Final - 1:50.29 (9th place)

• Kurt Sulzenbacher

Final - 1:50.84 (18th place)

• Peter Fill

Final - 1:50.88 (19th place)

• Kristian Ghedina

Final - 1:50.98 (23rd place)

Team

• Men: Massimiliano Blardone, Peter Fill, Kristian Ghedina, Manfred Moelgg, Giorgio Rocca, Alberto Schieppati, Annes Paul Schmid, Davide Simoncelli, Patrick Staudacher, Kurt Sulzenbacher, Patrick Thaler
• Women: Daniela Ceccarelli, Annalisa Ceresa, Chiara Costazza, Elena Fanchini, Nadia Fanchini, Denise Karbon, Daniela Merighetti, Manuela Moelgg, Karen Putzer, Lucia Recchia, Wendy Siorpaes

[edit] Biathlon

• Men: Sergio Bonaldi, Christian De Lorenzi, Paolo Longo, Wilfried Pallhuber, Rene Vuillermoz
• Women: Barbara Ertl, Katya Haller, Michela Ponza, Nathalie Santer, Saskia Santer

[edit] Bobsleigh

• Men: Stefano Bartocci, Simone Bertazzo, Antonio De Sanctis, Giorgio Morbidelli, Luca Ottolino, Samuele Romanini, Omar Sacco, Matteo Torchio, Fabrizio Tosini
• Women: Jessica Gillarduzzi, Jennifer Isacco, Carola Mellano, Fabiana Mollica, Gerda Weissensteiner

[edit] Cross Country Skiing

• Men: Marco Cattaneo, Valerio Checci, Giorgio Di Centa, Loris Frasnelli, Renato Pasini, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Fabio Santus, Cristian Saracco, Freddy Schwienbacher, Fulvio Valbusa, Christian Zorzi
• Women: Antonella Confortola, Arianna Folis, Magda Genuin, Gabriella Paruzzi, Stephanie Santer, Sabina Valbusa

[edit] Curling

• Men: Fabio Alvera, Marco Mariani, Antonio Menardi, Joel Therry Retornaz, Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo
• Women: Eleonora Alvera, Violetta Caldart, Diana Gaspari, Giulia Lacedelli, Rosa Pompanin

[edit] Freestyle Skiing

• Men: Walter Bormolini, Claudio Bosia, Simone Galli, Mattia Pegorari
• Women: Mariangela Parravicini, Deborah Scanzio

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[edit] Figure Skating

[edit] Ladies

• Silvia Fontana
• Carolina Kostner

[edit] Mens

• Karel Zelenka

[edit] Ice Dance

• Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali
• Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Men: Luca Ansoldi, Rene Baur, Christian Borgatello, Joe Busillo, Mario Chitarroni, Jason Cirone, Giorgio De Bettin, Manuel De Toni, Armin Helfer, Gunther Hell, Anthony Iob, Stefano Margoni, Jason Muzzatti, Bob Nardella, John Parco, Florian Ramoser, Giulio Scandella, Andre Signoretti, Michele Strazzabosco, Lucio Topatigh, Carter Trevisani, Tony Tuzzolino, Stefan Zisser

Date	Opponent	Score	Result
February 15	Canada	8-2	L

• Women: Michela Angeloni, Evelyn Bazzanella, Valentina Bettarini, Celeste Bissardella, Heidi Caldart, Silvia Carignano, Diana Da Rugna, Anna De La Forest, Nadia De Nardin, Linda De Rocco, Rebecca Fiorese, Sabina Florian, Luana Frasnelli, Manuela Friz, Waltraud Kaser, Maria Michaela Leitner, Debra Montanari, Katharina Sparer, Silvia Toffano, Sabrina Viel

Date	Opponent	Score	Result
February 11	Canada	16-0	L

[edit] Luge

Men's Singles

• Armin Zoeggeler

Run 1 - 51.718

Run 2 - 51.414

Run 3 - 51.430

Run 4 - 51.526

Final - 3:26.088 (Gold medal)

• Reinhold Rainer

Run 1 - 51.926

Run 2 - 51.696

Run 3 - 51.647

Run 4 - 51.733

Final - 3:27.002 (8th place)

• Wilfried Huber

Run 1 - 52.095

Run 2 - 51.748

Run 3 - 51.848

Run 4 - 51.984

Final - 3:27.675 (10th place)

Men's doubles

• Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder

Run 1 - 47.236

Run 2 - 47.694

Final - 1:34.930 (Bronze medal)

• Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber

Run 1 - 47.620

Run 2 - 47.336

Final - 1:34.956 (5th place)

Women's singles

• Sarah Podorieszach

Run 1 - 47.858

Run 2 - 47.647

Run 3 - 47.519

Run 4 - 47.850

Final - 3:10.874 (11th place)

• Anastasia Antonova Oberstolz

Run 1 - Did not finish

[edit] Nordic Combined

Individual Gundersen 15 km

Name	1st Round	Final Round	Jump Total	15 km	Final Rank
Guiseppe Michielli	106.5	113.0	219.5	39:13.5 (2:20.9 behind)	14th place
Jochen Strobl	98.0	92.5	190.5	39:54.3 (4:57.7 behind)	34th place
Daniele Munari	98.0	98.5	196.5	40:42.3 (5:21.7 behind)	39th place
Alessandro Pittin	85.0	76.5	161.5	42:06.2 (9:05.6 behind)	46th place

Large Hill Sprint

Name	LH Jump	Sprint 7.5 km	Final Rank
Guiseppe Michielli	104.7 points	18:08.0 (+1:03.0 behind)	16th place
Jochen Strobl	96.0 points	18:10.8 (+1:40.8 behind)	30th place
Daniele Munari	89.2 points	18:37.1 (+2:34.1 behind)	38th place
Davide Bresadola	102.0 points	20:08.3 (+3:14.3 behind)	44th place

Team Event

Name	1st Round	Final Round	Jump Total	4x5 km	Final Rank
Davide Bresadola	111.4	Did not start
Jochen Strobl	88.5	Did not start
Daniele Munari	89.8	Did not start
Giuseppe Michielli	104.2	Did not start
Team Total	393.9	Did not start

[edit] Short Track Speed Skating

Men's 500 m

• Nicola Rodigari

Qualifying Heats - 0:42.819 (Heat 6; 3rd place)

Quarterfinals - 0:43.701 (Quarterfinal 2; 2nd place)

Semifinals - 0:42.131 (Semifinal 2; 4th place)

Finals - 0:42.398 (7th place)

• Roberto Serra

Qualifying Heats - 0:43.120 (Heat 7; 2nd place)

Quarterfinals - 0:42.773 (Quarterfinal 3; 3rd place - did not advance)

Men's 1000 m

• Nicola Rodigari

Qualifying Heats - 1:27.184 (Heat 1; 2nd place)

Quarterfinals - 1:27.240 (Quarterfinal 1; 3rd place) (did not advance)

• Fabio Carta

Qualifying Heats - 1:27.826 (Heat 6; 2nd place)

Quarterfinals - 1:27.656 (Quarterfinal 4; 3rd place) (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m

• Fabio Carta

Qualifying Heats - 2:27.799 (Heat 3; 3rd place)

Semifinals - 2:19.724 QB (Semifinal 3; 3rd place)

Finals - 2:24.658 (7th place)

• Nicola Rodigari

Qualifying Heats - 2:29.885 (Heat 4; 2nd place)

Semifinals - 2:18.615 (Semifinal 2; 6th place) (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m Relay

• Fabio Carta, Yuri Confortola, Nicola Franceschina, Nicola Rodigari

Semifinals - 7:07.358 (Semifinal 2, 3rd place)

Finals - 6:48.597 (4th place)

Women's 500 m

• Marta Capurso

Qualifying Heats - 0:45.217 (Heat 1; 2nd place)

Quarterfinals - 0:44.438 (Quarterfinal 3; 2nd place)

Semifinals - 0:45.204 (Semifinal 2; 4th place)

Finals - 0:46.899 (5th place)

• Arianna Fontana

Qualifying Heats - 0:45.398 (Heat 7; 2nd place)

Quarterfinals - 0:44.948 (Quarterfinal 1; 3rd place) (did not advance)

Women's 1000 m

• Arianna Fontana

Qualifying Heats - 1:32.033 (Heat 5, 2nd place)

Quarterfinals - 1:33.401 (Quarterfinal 3, 1st place)

Semifinals - 1:33.228 (Semifinal 2, 4th place)

Finals - 1:34.269 (6th place)

• Marta Capurso

Qualifying Heats - Disqualified (Did not advance)

Women's 1500 m

• Marta Capurso

Qualifying Heats - 2:31.053 (Heat 5; 2nd place)

Semifinals - 2:27.291 (Semifinal 3; 4th place)QB

Finals - 2:30.054 (9th place)

• Katia Zini

Qualifying Heats - 2:41.561 (Heat 1; 3rd place)

Semifinals - 2:23.141 (Semifinal 2; 4th place)QB

Finals - 2:30.164 (10th place)

Women's 3000 m Relay

• Marta Capurso, Arianna Fontana, Katia Zini, Mara Zini

Semifinals - 4:19.797 (Semifinal 2, 2nd place)

Final - 4:30.030 (Bronze medal)

Team

• Women: Marta Capurso, Arianna Fontana, Cecilia Maffei, Katia Zini, Mara Zini
• Men: Fabio Carta, Yuri Confortola, Nicola Franceschina, Nicola Rodigari, Roberto Serra

[edit] Skeleton

Men's Skeleton

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final Rank
Maurizio Oioli	59.28	59.24	01:58.52	12th place

Women's Skeleton

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final Rank
Costanza Zanoletti	01:00.99	01:01.18	02:02.17	5th place

[edit] Ski Jumping

Men's Large Hill Individual Jump

		Final Round Jumps
Name	Qualification	1st Round	Final Round	Total	Final Rank
Sebastian Colloredo	94.1 points	90.2 points	-	-	36th place
Alessio Bolognani	74.9 points	70.7 points	-	-	44th place
Andrea Morassi	45.7 points	-	-	-	-

Men's Normal Hill Individual Jump

		Final Round Jumps
Name	Qualification	1st Round	Final Round	Total	Final Rank
Sebastian Colloredo	118.00 points	113.50 points	113.00 points	226.50 points	27th place
Andrea Morassi	107.50 points	108.50 points	-	-	36th place
Alessio Bolognani	100.50 points	-	-	-	-

Men's Large Hill Team Jump

Name	1st Round	Final Round	Total	Final Rank
Andrea Morassi	80.10 points	-
Sebastian Colloredo	105.30 points	-
Alessio Bolognani	70.70 points	-
Davide Bresadola	72.30 points	-
Totals	328.40 points	-	-	11th place

[edit] Snowboarding

[edit] Giant Slalom

Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue Course	Red Course	Total	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Roland Fischnaller	35.15	36.46	01:11.61	Heat 3 2nd place	-	-	-	-
Meinhard Erlacher	36.88	36.34	01:13.22	-	-	-	-	-
Simone Salvati	36.39	37.09	01:13.48	-	-	-	-	-

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue Course	Red Course	Total	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Isabella Dal Balcon	40.17	42.38	01:22.55	Heat 4 2nd place	-	-	-	-
Marion Posch	41.43	41.46	01:22.89	Heat 8 2nd place	-	-	-	-
Corinna Boccacini	42.06	41.34	01:23.40	-	-	-	-	-
Carmen Ranigler	41.03	44.20	01:25.23	-	-	-	-	-

[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
Giacomo Kratter	12.8 points	37.0 points	-	-	-
Manuel Pietropoli	12.3 points	4.1 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
Tania Detomas	29.7 points	33.6 points	-	-	-
Romina Masolini	12.7 points	20.5 points	-	-	-

[edit] Snowboard Cross

Men's Snowboard Cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Tommaso Tagliaferri	1:23.03	1:20.93	Heat 4 2nd place	Quarterfinal 2 3rd place	-	Classification 9-12	11th place
Stefano Pozzolini	1:24.52	1:22.23	Heat 5 3rd place	-	-	-	-
Alberto Schiavon	1:24.84	1:22.38	Heat 6 3rd place	-	-	-	-
Simone Malusa	1:24.27	1:23.53	-	-	-	-	-

Women's Snowboard Cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Carmen Ranigler	DNF	1:32.91	-	-	-	-

[edit] Speed Skating

Men's 500 m

Name	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Ermanno Ioriatti	35.88	35.80	71.68	21st place
Maurizio Carnino	36.24	36.43	72.67	31st place

Men's 1000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Maurizio Carnino	1:11.44	30th place
Ermanno Ioriatti	Disqualified	-

Men's 1500 m

Name	Final	Rank
Enrico Fabris	01:45.97	Gold medal
Ippolito Sanfratello	01:48.44	18th place
Stefano Donagrandi	01:48.85	22nd place
Matteo Anesi	01:49.88	29th place

Men's 5000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Enrico Fabris	6:18.25	Bronze medal
Ippolito Sanfratello	6:32.58	14th place
Stefano Donagrandi	6:33.45	16th place

Men's 10000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Enrico Fabris	13:21.54	8th place
Ippolito Sanfratello	13:41.91	12th place
Stefano Donagrandi	13:47.67	13th place

Men's Team Pursuit

Name	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello	3:47.79	Defeated United States	Defeated Netherlands	Defeated Canada	Gold medal

Women's 500 m

Name	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Chiara Simionato	39.02	38.66	77.68	10th place

Women's 1000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Chiara Simionato	01:17.53	13th place

Women's 1500 m

Name	Final	Rank
Chiara Simionato	01:58.76	5th place
Adelia Marra	02:03.07	31st place

Women's 3000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Adelia Marra	4:16.27	20th place

Nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy

Albania • Algeria • Andorra • Argentina • Armenia • Australia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bermuda • Bosnia‑Herzegovina • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • Chile • China • Chinese Taipei • Costa Rica • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Ethiopia • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Great Britain  • Greece • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Japan • Kazakhstan • Kenya • North Korea • South Korea • Kyrgyzstan • Latvia • Lebanon • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • FYR Macedonia • Madagascar • Moldova • Monaco • Mongolia • Nepal • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Senegal • Serbia‑Montenegro • Slovakia • Slovenia • South Africa • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Tajikistan • Thailand • Turkey • Ukraine • United States • Virgin Islands • Uzbekistan • Venezuela • Non‑competing nations