Norway at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Norway at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee
Website	www.idrett.no
in Innsbruck
Competitors	28[1] in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Ina Roll Backe[2]
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 9
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Andreas Molden	Cross-country Skiing	Boys' Sprint	19 Jan
Gold	Silje Theodorsen	Cross-country Skiing	Girls' Sprint	19 Jan
Silver	Nora Grieg Christensen	Alpine skiing	Girls' super-G	14 Jan
Silver	Mats Berggaard	Ski jumping	Boys' individual	14 Jan
Silver	Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen	Freestyle skiing	Girls' halfpipe	15 Jan
Silver	Nora Grieg Christensen Martin Fjeldberg Mina Fürst Holtmann Marcus Monsen	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	17 Jan
Silver	Kristin Sandeggen Karoline Næss Haakon Livik Kristian Andre Aalerud	Biathlon	Mixed Relay	19 Jan
Bronze	Martine Lilløy Bruun	Speed skating	Girls' 500m	14 Jan
Bronze	Linn Eriksen	Cross-country Skiing	Girls' Sprint	19 Jan

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 4 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Martin Fjeldberg	Slalom	DNF
	Giant slalom	57.62	55.27	1:52.89	4
	Super-G			DNF
	Combined	1:03.44	DNF
Marcus Monsen	Slalom	40.44	DNF
	Giant slalom	58.30	55.03	1:53.33	5
	Super-G			1:04.97	6
	Combined	1:04.19	38.02	1:42.21	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Nora Grieg Christensen	Slalom	43.08	DNF
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Super-G			1:05.79
	Combined	1:05.54	DNF
Mina Fürst Holtmann	Super-G			DNF

Team

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Nora Grieg Christensen Martin Fjeldberg Mina Fürst Holtmann Marcus Monsen	Parallel mixed team	Switzerland W 2-1	Italy W 2-2	Austria L 1-3

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 4 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Kristian Andre Aalerud	Sprint	20:04.4	2	5
	Pursuit	30.04.7	7	6
Haakon Livik	Sprint	20:34.1	1	9
	Pursuit	30:26.9	4	9

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Karoline Næss	Sprint	21:10.6	5	36
	Pursuit	35:07.7	8	35
Kristin Sandeggen	Sprint	18:55.5	1	11
	Pursuit	30:55.3	4	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Kristin Sandeggen Karoline Næss Haakon Livik Kristian Andre Aalerud	Mixed relay	1:13:11.7	0+8
Kristin Sandeggen Silje Theodorsen Kristian Andre Aalerud Chrisander Skjønberg Holth	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:06:46.2	3+6	9

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 4 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Chrisander Skjønberg Holth	10km classical	30:14.1	4
Andreas Molden	10km classical	31:16.3	13

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Linn Eriksen	5km classical	16:03.3	11
Silje Theodorsen	5km classical	15:05.6	4

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Chrisander Skjønberg Holth	Boys' sprint	1:43.60	3 Q	1:46.1	3 Q	1:48.6	4	did not advance
Andreas Molden	Boys' sprint	1:42.08	1 Q	1:46.3	1 Q	1:46.0	1 Q	1:44.1
Linn Eriksen	Girls' sprint	1:56.94	3 Q	2:01.6	2 Q	1:59.3	3 Q	1:57.6
Silje Theodorsen	Girls' sprint	1:55.10	1 Q	1:58.9	1 Q	1:57.2	1 Q	1:57.4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Kristin Sandeggen Silje Theodorsen Kristian Andre Aalerud Chrisander Skjønberg Holth	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:06:46.2	3+6	9

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified a team.^[1]

Roster

• Fourth: Martin Sesaker
• Third: Stine Haalien
• Skip: Markus Furulund Skogvold
• Lead: Ina Roll Backe

Mixed team

Final Round Robin Standings

Blue Group	Skip	W	L
United States	Korey Dropkin	7	0
Switzerland	Michael Brunner	6	1
Czech Republic	Marek Černovský	4	3
China	Bai Yang	3	4
Norway	Markus Skogvold	3	4
South Korea	Kang Sue-yeon	2	5
New Zealand	Luke Steele	2	5
Estonia	Robert-Kent Päll	1	6

Round Robin

Draw 1 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final  China (Bai) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4  Norway (Skogvold) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 Draw 2 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Skogvold) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2  Switzerland (Brunner) 2 1 0 3 1 1 X X 8 Draw 3 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Skogvold) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5  Czech Republic (Černovský) 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 Draw 4 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Skogvold) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3  South Korea (Kang) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 7

Draw 5 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  New Zealand (Steele) 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 6  Norway (Skogvold) 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 7 Draw 6 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Skogvold) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3  United States (Dropkin) 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 X 6 Draw 7 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Estonia (Päll) 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X 3  Norway (Skogvold) 0 1 0 2 2 3 X X 8

Tiebreaker

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
China (Bai)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Norway (Skogvold)	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	X	X	6

Quarterfinals

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå)	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	X	8
Norway (Skogvold)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0

Mixed doubles

Round of 32

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Wang Jinbo (CHN)  Ina Roll Backe (NOR) 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 8  Camilla Schnabel (AUT)  Jordan Wåhlin (SWE) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 7 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Angharad Ward (GBR)  Markus Skogvold (NOR) 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 8  Luke Steele (NZL)  Johanna Heldin (SWE) 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 1 9

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 X 9  Amalia Rudström (SWE)  Kevin Lehmann (GER) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Stine Haalien (NOR)  Alexandr Korshunov (RUS) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1  Rasmus Wranå (SWE)  Kerli Zirk (EST) 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 X 8

Round of 16

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Yang Ying (CHN)  Thomas Howell (USA) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 4  Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 X 10

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER) 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 X 6  Wang Jinbo (CHN)  Ina Roll Backe (NOR) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1

Quarterfinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7
Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)  Tsukasa Horigome (JPN)	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	6

Semifinals

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	0	5	0	2	0	2	1	3	13
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6

Gold Medal Game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	3	2	0	4	0	4	X	X	13
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 3 athletes.^[1]

Ski Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Marius Boe Vangsnes	Boys' ski cross	57.73	5	Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Johan Berg	Boys' ski half-pipe	70.00	6 Q	71.75	7
Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen	Girls' ski half-pipe	76.75	3 Q	79.25

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 2 athletes.^[1]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Karoline Frimo Melas	Girls' singles	41.604	41.240	1:22.844	18
Gry Martine Mostue	Girls' singles	40.757	40.760	1:21.517	8

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 1 athlete.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Harald Johnas Riiber	Boys' individual	131.3	3	0:25	27:05.0	27:30.0	6

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 2 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Mats Berggaard	Boys' individual	77.5m	137.8	78.0m	140.0	277.8

Girls

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Karoline Roestad	Girls' individual	63.5m	96.7	62.0m	93.1	189.8	8

Team w/Nordic Combined

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	Total	Rank
Karoline Roestad Harald Johnas Riiber Mats Berggaard	Mixed Team	271.2	301.2	572.4	6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified 4 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Henrik Fagerli Rukke	Boys' 500 m	40.27	40.37	80.64	9
	Boys' 1500 m			2:05.70	14
	Boys' Mass Start			7:20.50	14
Magnus Myhren Kristensen	Boys' 1500 m			2:03.27	9
	Boys' 3000 m			4:19.71	7
	Boys' Mass Start			7:14.15	6

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Martine Lilløy Bruun	Girls' 500 m	43.98	43.53	87.51
	Girls' 1500 m			2:19.79	12
	Girls' Mass Start			LAP
Inga Anne Vasaasen	Girls' 1500 m			2:19.95	13
	Girls' 3000 m			4:55.71	9
	Girls' Mass Start			LAP

See also

• Norway at the 2012 Summer Olympics