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Switzerland at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Switzerland at the; 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch
in Lillehammer
Competitors	48 in 11 sports
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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 Sina Bachmann Sydney Berta Tina Brand Yaël Brich Oona Emmenegger Rahel Enzler Ramona Forrer Justine Forster Janine Hauser Saskia Maurer Lisa Rüedi Noemi Ryhner Jessica Schlegel Gionina Spiess Nicole Vallario Stefanie Wetli Lara Zimmermann	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aline Danioth	Slalom	53.53	1	49.68	1	1:43.21
	Giant slalom	1:18.46	3	1:15.49	3	2:33.95
	Super-G	—				1:12.69
	Combined	1:13.59	2	42.15	1	1:55.74
Mélanie Meillard	Slalom	DNF		did not advance
	Giant slalom	1:17.84	2	1:15.44	2	2:33.28
	Super-G	—				1:13.05	4
	Combined	1:13.44	1	42.68	2	1:56.12

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	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
Nico Salutt	Pursuit	35:03.8	10	37
Sebastian Stalder	Sprint	19:57.9	0	10
Sebastian Stalder	Pursuit	31:06.9	5	11

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Flavia Barmettler	Sprint	21:34.4	4	=41
Flavia Barmettler	Pursuit	31:18.0	6	37
Anja Fischer	Sprint	21:34.4	2	=41
Anja Fischer	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Witschonke)	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)	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)	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)	3	0	2	1	0	2	3	X	11
Russia (Karelina)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Final Rank:

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	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
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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	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)

Switzerland

Youth Hall

15 February 2016
20:00

Switzerland

3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Norway

Youth Hall

16 February 2016
17:00

Slovakia

2–4
(0–0, 1–3, 1–1)

Switzerland

Kristins Hall

18 February 2016
14:00

Switzerland

1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Youth Hall

Semifinals

19 February 2016
14:00

Czech Republic

2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Youth Hall

Bronze medal game

20 February 2016
17:00

Switzerland

5–2
(0–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Slovakia

Kristins Hall

Final Rank:

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	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