Switzerland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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.

Switzerland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Switzerland
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	71 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
2012 2016 2020 2024

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

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robert Clarke	Super-G	—	55.12	8
	Giant slalom	50.95	19	46.50	13	1:37.45	13
	Slalom	49.18	24	Disqualified
	Combined	54.71	6	57.35	23	1:52.06	16
Yanis Häusermann	Super-G	—	55.86	20
	Giant slalom	51.71	26	Did not finish
	Slalom	48.74	21	54.25	16	1:42.99	14
	Combined	55.51	14	57.23	22	1:52.74	20
Romain Monney	Super-G	—	55.71	19
	Giant slalom	50.57	13	46.99	18	1:47.56	14
	Slalom	50.15	31	54.22	15	1:44.37	17
	Combined	57.26	34	58.11	24	1:55.37	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Justine Herzog	Super-G	—	53.96	4
	Giant slalom	49.14	6	53.29	6	1:42.43	4
	Slalom	51.77	14	48.29	3	1:40.06	7
	Combined	56.38	3	54.52	19	1:50.90	14
Fabienne Wenger	Super-G	—	54.01	5
	Giant slalom	49.27	7	54.39	15	1:43.66	9
	Slalom	50.89	9	49.05	6	1:39.94	5
	Combined	55.80	1	53.89	18	1:49.69	5
Shaienne Zehnder	Super-G	—	53.75
	Giant slalom	48.56	2	52.65	1	1:41.21
	Slalom	51.77	14	48.29	3	1:40.06	7
	Combined	56.79	6	53.14	13	1:49.93	6

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Shaienne Zehnder Romain Monney	Parallel mixed team	South Korea (KOR) W 3–1	Finland (FIN) L 2–2*	Did not advance

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified eight biathletes (four per gender).

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Pablo Baselgia	Sprint	24:13.6	2 (1+1)	39
	Individual	49:12.8	7 (1+2+4+0)	54
Yanis Dumaz	Sprint	25:03.8	4 (2+2)	58
	Individual	53:12.0	12 (3+3+3+3)	79
Levin Kunz	Sprint	23:31.2	3 (1+2)	22
	Individual	46:47.0	6 (2+3+1+0)	28
Björn Niederhauser	Sprint	24:00.1	1 (0+1)	34
	Individual	48:45.4	6 (1+2+0+3)	50

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Lena Baumann	Sprint	21:16.0	3 (2+1)	8
	Individual	44:16.4	7 (1+5+1+0)	46
Molly Kafka	Sprint	21:09.7	1 (1+0)	7
	Individual	42:42.5	6 (1+2+1+2)	26
Eliane Kiser	Sprint	24:31.2	6 (3+3)	52
	Individual	43:49.6	4 (1+1+1+1)	43
Maëline Triponez	Sprint	25:13.6	4 (3+1)	59
	Individual	43:42.9	3 (0+1+1+1)	38

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Molly Kafka Levin Kunz	Single mixed relay	45:31.7	0+8	4
Molly Kafka Lena Baumann Björn Niederhauser Levin Kunz	Mixed relay	Disqualified

Cross-country skiing

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

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nolan Gertsch	7.5 km classical	—	20:15.8	7
	Sprint freestyle	3:09.85	20 Q	3:04.88	3 LL	3:10.60	1 Q	3:19.14	5
Maximilian Wanger	7.5 km classical	—	20:35.0	13
	Sprint freestyle	3:08.57	11 Q	3:04.69	2 Q	3:10.72	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilaria Gruber	7.5 km classical	—	24:28.2	29
	Sprint freestyle	3:28.55	2 Q	3:36.63	1 Q	4:08.09	6	Did not advance
Leandra Schöpfer	7.5 km classical	—	22:59.4	9
	Sprint freestyle	3:44.77	24 Q	3:41.13	4	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leandra Schöpfer Nolan Gertsch Ilaria Gruber Maximilian Wanger	Mixed relay	53:13.3

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
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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	X	9
Austria (Müller / Heinisch)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aurélian Chervet	Men's singles	57.16	11	118.57	8	175.73	10
Georgii Pavlov		61.97	7	116.85	9	178.82	9
Anthea Gradinaru	Women's singles	55.78	10	107.19	9	162.97	9

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Dual moguls

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tazio Buzzi	Men's dual moguls	Perets (UKR) W 3–2	Rastruba (KAZ) DNF 1–3	Lee (KOR) L 2–3	Sauvageau (CAN) L 2–3	8	4	Did not advance
Joel Gianella		Long (CHN) DNF 1–3	Lampi (FIN) L 2–3	Huff (USA) DNF 1–3	Gravenfors (SWE) DNF 1–3	5	5	Did not advance

Ski cross

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Lucas Looze	Men's ski cross	15	6	Did not advance
Lorenzo Rosset		12	9	Did not advance
Valentine Lagger	Women's ski cross	18	3 Q	2 BF	4
Leena Thommen		19	2 Q	2 BF

Team

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Lucas Looze Leena Thommen	Team ski cross	1 Q	2 Q	3 SF	5
Lorenzo Rosset Valentine Lagger		2 Q	1 Q	2 BF

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Alan Bornet	Men's halfpipe	61.00	67.00	67.00	5 Q	76.75	85.00	61.25	85.00
Viktor Alexander Maksyagin	Men's big air	31.75	62.00	62.00	16	Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	47.50	89.25	89.25	2 Q	76.25	50.00	28.25	76.25	4
Alois Panchaud	Men's big air	76.25	30.75	76.25	10 Q	66.00	15.00	31.50	97.50	9
	Men's halfpipe	45.00	50.25	50.25	12	Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	74.50	71.75	74.50	8 Q	61.75	33.75	32.00	61.75	9
Lars Ruchti	Men's big air	75.50	73.00	75.50	12	Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	27.75	87.75	87.75	3 Q	63.00	42.00	55.00	63.00	7

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]

• Jil May Baker – A
• Lorie-Lou Besson
• Luana Birstiel
• Miriana Bottoni
• Valentina Camenzind
• Mila Croll
• Hannah Estermann
• Alicia Skye Fausch
• Anne-Eugénie Gendre
• Laure Mériguet
• Shayna Angelina Merkofer
• Sarina Messikommer
• Norina Müller – C
• Anaïs Rohner
• Maëlle Rohner
• Norina Schrupkowski
• Livia Tschannen – A
• Marlen Wälti

Summary

Key:

• GWS – Game winning shots
• Q – Qualified

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 v t e	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)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 1,742

Game reference
	Louna Ivaldy	Goalies	Valentina Camenzind	Referees: María Chávez Beatrice Fortin Linesmen: Domenica Maurer Laura Schmidlein
	0–1 13:20 – Tschannen (SH) 0–2 36:43 – Müller
	3 min	Penalties	3 min
	13	Shots	29

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29 January 2024 17:00

Switzerland

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Germany

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 2,219

Game reference
	Norina Schrupkowski	Goalies	Tara Bach	Referees: Ding Siwen Wan Mei Wah Linesmen: Anhelina Maifeld Domenica Maurer
	Tschannen (Birnstiel) – 23:49 1–0 Rohner (Wälti) – 36:06 2–0 2–1 41:38 – Wintgen
	4.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	19	Shots	19

Semifinals

30 January 2024 17:00

Switzerland

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 1,083

Game reference
	Valentina Camenzind	Goalies	Suzuno Fukuda	Referees: María Chávez Beatrice Fortin Linesmen: Anhelina Maifeld Domenica Maurer
	Müller – 10:06 1–0 1–1 10:38 – Fukuzawa (Ruike) 1–2 24:26 – Numabe (Odaira, Tada) (PP)
	7.5 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	12	Shots	20

Bronze medal match

31 January 2024 10:00

Switzerland

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Germany

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 1,911

Game reference
	Valentina Camenzind Norina Schrupkowski	Goalies	Tara Bach	Referees: María Chávez Wan Mei Wah Linesmen: Lara Fischer Domenica Maurer
	0–1 03:32 – Birka (Seyrer) 0–2 04:20 – Zielinski (Seyrer, Birka) (PP) Tschannen (Mériguet) – 21:56 1–2 1–3 44:32 – Weichenhain (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	3 min
	24	Shots	26

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Finn Kempf	Men's normal hill/6 km	100.0	120.7	9	+1:21	15:00.7	8
Noé Kempf		88.0	86.1	24	+3:40	17:03.6	20
Giulia Belz	Women's normal hill/4 km	83.0	75.1	18	+3:53	14:14.6	17

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lars Künzle	Men's normal hill	67.5	38.2	36	68.5	32.9	37	71.1	37
Felix Trunz		103.5	110.1	4	101.0	98.9	8	209.0	4
Celina Wasser	Women's normal hill	69.5	34.8	23	65.0	28.8	27	63.6	26

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Snowboard cross

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jonas Aschilier	Men's snowboard cross	12	11	Did not advance
Noah Kocherhans		13	8	Did not advance
Nuria Gubser	Women's snowboard cross	13	9	Did not advance
Noémie Wiedmer		19	1 Q	1 FA

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Noah Kocherhans Noémie Wiedmer	Team snowboard cross	—	2 Q	2 FA	4
Jonas Aschilier Nuria Gubser		—	3	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Jonas Hasler	Men's halfpipe	73.75	77.75	77.75	4 Q	78.00	70.50	16.00	78.00	6
Reef Hasler	Men's slopestyle	44.50	55.50	55.50	8 Q	12.75	49.00	10.25	49.00	8
	Men's big air	47.75	14.25	47.75	16	Did not advance
	Men's halfpipe	50.75	23.50	50.75	12	Did not advance
Mischa Zürcher	Men's slopestyle	39.75	29.50	39.75	12	Did not advance
	Men's big air	35.75	52.75	52.75	14	Did not advance
	Men's halfpipe	63.50	67.50	67.50	8 Q	59.75	70.25	42.00	70.25	7
Lura Wick	Women's halfpipe	66.25	71.50	71.50	5 Q	78.00	35.00	74.75	78.00

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Distance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nevio Gross	Men's 500 m	42.03	29
	Men's 1500 m	2:02.40	22

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Nevio Gross	Men's mass start	0	5:33.59	9	Did not advance

See also

• Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Olympics