Switzerland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Switzerland
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors71 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Jonas Aschilier & Jana Soltermann
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
7
Total
9
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Switzerland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Switzerland's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The Swiss team consisted of 71 athletes (32 men and 39 women) competing in 11 sports.[1] Snowboarder Jonas Aschilier and curler Jana Soltermann were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 3 3 6
Biathlon 4 4 8
Cross-country skiing 2 2 4
Curling 3 3 6
Figure skating 2 1 3
Freestyle skiing 8 3 11
Ice hockey 0 18 18
Nordic combined 2 1 3
Ski jumping 2 1 3
Snowboarding 5 3 8
Speed skating 1 0 1
Total 32 39 71

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Noelie Widmer Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross 20 January
 Silver Shaienne Zehnder Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 January
 Bronze Shaienne Zehnder Alpine skiing Women's super-G 21 January
 Bronze Leena Thommen Freestyle skiing Women's ski cross 21 January
 Bronze Lorenzo Rosset
Valentine Lagger		 Freestyle skiing Mixed team ski cross 24 January
 Bronze Nathan Dryburgh
Alissa Rudolf
Livio Ernst
Jana Soltermann		 Curling Mixed team 25 January
 Bronze Alain Bornet Freestyle skiing Men's halfpipe 31 January
 Bronze Leandra Schöpfer
Nolan Gertsch
Ilaria Gruber
Maximilian Wanger		 Cross-country skiing 4 × 5 kilometres mixed relay 1 February
 Bronze Lura Wick Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 1 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).[3]

Men
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
Women
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).[4]

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[5][6]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nathan Dryburgh
Alissa Rudolf
Livio Ernst
Jana Soltermann 		Mixed team  Germany
W 11–2 		 Denmark
L 4–6 		 South Korea
W 8–4 		 Canada
L 5–6 		 Brazil
W 13–2 		 Great Britain
L 3–8 		 Italy
W 8–7 		3 Q  United States
W 4–3 		 Great Britain
L 6–8 		 China
W 10–8 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jana-Tamara Haehlen
Nevio Caccivio 		Mixed doubles  Italy
W 7–2 		 Germany
L 6–9 		 Denmark
W 6–3 		 Kazakhstan
W 9–1 		 Austria
W 9–3 		— 3 Did not advance 12

Mixed team

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team
Group B Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 Great Britain Logan Carson 6 1 – 44 30 26 21 4 7 51.75
 Denmark Jacob Schmidt 5 2 – 48 28 27 20 2 9 34.70
 Switzerland Nathan Dryburgh 4 3 2–0 52 35 25 23 5 7 39.96
 Italy Andrea Gilli 4 3 1–1 46 38 29 23 3 7 50.58
 South Korea Kim Dae-hyun 4 3 0–2 48 33 24 22 3 8 109.88
 Canada Nathan Gray 3 4 – 40 34 24 20 3 11 35.43
 Brazil Pedro Ribeiro 1 6 1–0 17 81 13 31 0 2 103.39
 Germany Lukas Jäger 1 6 0–1 30 46 19 27 2 5 68.51
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) (has hammer) 0 3 2 0 4 0 2 X 11
Draw 2

Sunday, January 21, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 8
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Gray) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
Draw 5

Tuesday, January 23, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) (has hammer) 4 0 0 4 4 1 X X 13
 Brazil (Ribeiro) 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
 Great Britain (Carson) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 8
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 13:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Italy (Gilli) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 7
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) (has hammer) 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 8
Qualification Game

Wednesday, January 24, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Ponzio) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
Semifinal

Thursday, January 25, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Great Britain (Carson) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 6
Bronze medal game

Thursday, January 25, 14:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 China (Li) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 8
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 10

Mixed doubles

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles
Group D W L W–L DSC
 Denmark 4 1 1–1 30.64
 Germany 4 1 1–1 31.04
 Switzerland 4 1 1–1 79.90
 Austria 2 3 – 40.68
 Kazakhstan 1 4 – 44.33
 Italy 0 5 – 107.78
Round robin
Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 X 7
Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Sutor / Angrick) (has hammer) 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 9
 Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
Draw 6

Sunday, January 28, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
 Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 3 1 0 1 1 3 X X 9
 Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Draw 11

Tuesday, January 30, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) (has hammer) 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 9
 Austria (Müller / Heinisch) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.[7]

Roster

Celine Abgottspon served as head coach, Melanie Häfliger and Iris Müller were assistant coaches, and Andreas Ellenberger was goalkeeper coach.[8][9][10]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank
Switzerland Women's tournament  France
W 2–0 		 Germany
W 2–1 		Q  Japan
L 1–2 		 Germany
L 1–3 		4

Women's tournament

Preliminary round, Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Switzerland 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Semifinals
2  Germany 2 1 0 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3  France 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: IOC[11][12]
27 January 2024
17:00		France 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 SwitzerlandGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,742
Game reference
Louna IvaldyGoaliesValentina CamenzindReferees:
Mexico María Chávez
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Domenica Maurer
United States Laura Schmidlein
0–113:20 – Tschannen (SH)
0–236:43 – Müller
3 minPenalties3 min
13Shots29
29 January 2024
17:00		Switzerland 2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 GermanyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,219
Game reference
Norina SchrupkowskiGoaliesTara BachReferees:
China Ding Siwen
Malaysia Wan Mei Wah
Linesmen:
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld
Switzerland Domenica Maurer
Tschannen (Birnstiel) – 23:491–0
Rohner (Wälti) – 36:062–0
2–141:38 – Wintgen
4.5 minPenalties4.5 min
19Shots19
Semifinals
30 January 2024
17:00		Switzerland 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,083
Game reference
Valentina CamenzindGoaliesSuzuno FukudaReferees:
Mexico María Chávez
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld
Switzerland Domenica Maurer
Müller – 10:061–0
1–110:38 – Fukuzawa (Ruike)
1–224:26 – Numabe (Odaira, Tada) (PP)
7.5 minPenalties1.5 min
12Shots20
Bronze medal match
31 January 2024
10:00		Switzerland 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)		 GermanyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,911
Game reference
Valentina Camenzind
Norina Schrupkowski		GoaliesTara BachReferees:
Mexico María Chávez
Malaysia Wan Mei Wah
Linesmen:
Germany Lara Fischer
Switzerland Domenica Maurer
0–103:32 – Birka (Seyrer)
0–204:20 – Zielinski (Seyrer, Birka) (PP)
Tschannen (Mériguet) – 21:561–2
1–344:32 – Weichenhain (ENG)
6 minPenalties3 min
24Shots26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified three ski jumpers (two men and one woman).[13]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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  9. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Team Roster: SUI - Switzerland" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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  13. ^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.