Chile at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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| At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 (5 men, 4 women) in 2 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Daniela Anguita (opening) Marco Zúñiga (closing)[1][2] |
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| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Chile competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
7 of Chile's 9 athletes in Turin participated in alpine skiing, including the country's top finisher, Noelle Barahona, who was 30th in the women's combined. The 15-year-old was more than 35 seconds behind the gold medal winner, and more than 20 behind the next-to-last finisher, but did complete all three runs, something 15 other competitors were unable to do.[3][4]
| Athlete[4] | Event | Final | ||||
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| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Daniela Anguita | Women's Super-G | Did not finish | ||||
| Noelle Barahona | Women's combined | 47.62 | 56.39 | 1:42.61 | 3:26.62 | 30 |
| Macarena Benvenuto | Women's Super-G | n/a | 1:41.52 | 50 | ||
| Mikael Gayme | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:55.73 | 41 | ||
| Men's Super-G | n/a | 1:39.68 | 54 | |||
| Maui Gayme | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:56.10 | 42 | ||
| Men's Super-G | n/a | 1:36.85 | 47 | |||
| Duncan Grob | Men's Super-G | n/a | 1:36.24 | 44 | ||
| Men's giant slalom | Did not finish | |||||
| Jorge Mandru | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:58.77 | 49 | ||
| Men's combined | 1:45.81 | 52.92 | Disqualified | |||
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
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Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Zúñiga finished second-to-last in both his events, while Isbej was last in each of hers.[5]
| Athlete[5] | Event | Final | ||
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| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Verónica Isbej | Women's sprint | 33:52.0 | 4 | 83 |
| Women's individual | 1:14:55.3 | 7 | 81 | |
| Marco Zúñiga | Men's sprint | 33:38.1 | 1 | 89 |
| Men's individual | 1:11:02.5 | 5 | 87 | |
[edit] References
- ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1664. Retrieved Feb. 22nd, 2009.
- ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726. Retrieved Feb. 22nd, 2009.
- ^ Diego Bastarrica (February 19, 2006). "Noelle Barahona: "Mi participación en los Juegos Olímpicos fue increíble"". Cooperativa.cl. http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20060218/pags/20060218233902.html. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Biathlon.pdf. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
