New Zealand at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. It was New Zealand's second appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at the inaugural Games four years earlier.

New Zealand at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Lillehammer, Norway
Competitors	11 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Finn Bilous
Medals Ranked =22nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

The New Zealand team consisted of 11 athletes (eight men and five women) competing in five sports. The flag bearer for the team was freestyle skier Finn Bilous, who won both of New Zealand's medals at the Games.^[1][2]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Finn Bilous	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	14 February
Bronze	Finn Bilous	Freestyle skiing	Boys' slopestyle	19 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elizabeth Reid	Girls' slalom	58.07	16	DNF
	Girls' giant slalom	DNF		Did not advance
	Girls' super-G	—				1:16.87	20
	Girls' combined	1:17.25	15	45.39	15	2:02.64	11
Jackson Rich	Boys' slalom	1:00.70	41	DNF
	Boys' giant slalom	1:24.54	34	Did not advance
	Boys' super-G	—				DNF
	Boys' combined	1:16.76	38	46.28	27	2:03.04	25

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Mixed team

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team

Team

• Matthew Neilson
• Ben Smith
• Courtney Smith
• Holly Thompson

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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Russia (Karelina) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7  New Zealand (Neilson) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 Draw 2 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Italy (Rizzolli) 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 X 7  New Zealand (Neilson) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 Draw 3 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Turkey (Karakurt) 2 0 2 1 2 0 6 X 13  New Zealand (Neilson) 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  New Zealand (Neilson) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3  United States (Violette) 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 X 10 Draw 6 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  New Zealand (Neilson) 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 X 7  Japan (Ito) 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 X 5 Draw 7 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  New Zealand (Neilson) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 5  China (Du) 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 6

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Holly Thompson (NZL)  Sterling Middleton (CAN)	Mixed doubles	Smith (GBR)  Hong (KOR) W 8 – 2	Polat (TUR)  Zhang (CHN) W 9 – 2	Matsuzawa (JPN)  Hoesli (SUI) L 1 – 11	Did not advance
Courtney Smith (NZL)  Henwy Lockmann (SUI)		Ramsfjell (NOR)  Kim (KOR) L 4 – 10	Did not advance
Maria Arkhipova (RUS)  Matthew Neilson (NZL)		Lee (KOR)  Nygren (SWE) L 4 – 11	Did not advance
Cora Farrell (USA)  Ben Smith (NZL)		Oh (KOR)  Esenboga (TUR) L 1 – 8	Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Finn Bilous	Boys' halfpipe	89.60	90.80	92.20	92.20
	Boys' slopestyle	86.00	61.20	—	86.00
Jackson Wells	Boys' slopestyle	61.40	79.00	—	79.00	6

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ollie Curtis	Boys' individual skills challenge	8	14	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Tiarn Collins	Boys' halfpipe	72.25	14.00	76.25	76.25	5
	Boys' slopestyle	65.50	86.25	—	86.25	4
Rakai Tait	Boys' halfpipe	67.25	75.75	67.00	75.75	6
	Boys' slopestyle	53.00	11.50	—	53.00	13

See also

• New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics