Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. This was the confederation's largest Winter Olympics team ever, because two ice hockey teams qualified (men and women).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials
		Skeleton	Women's
		Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross
		Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
		Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slalom
		Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
	Binia BeeliValeria SpältyMichèle MoserManuela Kormann	Curling	Women's
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
		Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
		Alpine skiing	Men's Super-G
	Beat Hefti	Bobsleigh	Two-man
	Beat Hefti Cedric Grand Thomas Lamparter	Bobsleigh	Four-man
		Skeleton	Men's

Alpine skiing

Switzerland won three medals in Alpine Skiing, with the best performance a silver from Martina Schild in the women's downhill. Bruno Kernen finished 17th in the final men's downhill training run, but improved in the race itself, winning the bronze medal.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Daniel Albrecht	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	55.33	Did not finish
	Combined	1:40.47	45.31	44.95	3:10.73	4
Marc Berthod	Giant slalom	1:19.05	1:19.20	n/a	2:38.25	17
	Slalom	56.22	49.78	n/a	1:46.00	14
	Combined	1:41.24	45.21	44.77	3:11.22	7
Didier Cuche	Super-G	n/a			1:31.50	12
	Giant slalom	1:19.08	1:20.25	n/a	2:39.33	19
Didier Defago	Downhill	n/a			1:51.51	26
	Super-G	n/a			1:31.90	16
	Giant slalom	1:18.03	1:19.57	n/a	2:37.60	14
	Combined	1:38.68	Did not finish
Tobias Gruenenfelder	Downhill	n/a			1:50.44	12
Ambrosi Hoffmann	Downhill	n/a			1:50.72	17
	Super-G	n/a			1:30.98
Bruno Kernen	Downhill	n/a			1:49.82
	Super-G	n/a			1:31.95	18
Silvan Zurbriggen	Slalom	55.17	50.93	n/a	1:46.10	15
	Combined	1:41.08	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Fraenzi Aufdenblatten	Downhill	n/a			1:57.96	12
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.10	17
	Giant slalom	1:03.46	1:09.16	n/a	2:12.62	16
	Combined	41.22	47.23	Did not start
Sylviane Berthod	Downhill	n/a			1:58.36	14
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.00	15
Martina Schild	Downhill	n/a			1:56.86
	Super-G	n/a			1:33.33	6
Nadia Styger	Downhill	n/a			1:57.62	5
	Super-G	n/a			1:35.57	35
	Giant slalom	1:01.87	1:12.58	n/a	2:14.45	24

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.

Biathlon

Matthias Simmen earned Switzerland's only top 25 finish in Biathlon, as a near-clean shooting performance left him solidly positioned in the Men's pursuit.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Simon Hallenbarter	Men's sprint	30:05.7	5	66
	Men's individual	1:04:37.0	8	76
Matthias Simmen	Men's sprint	28:56.3	3	45
	Men's pursuit	38:08.85	4	23
	Men's individual	1:01:04.9	5	52

Bobsleigh

Martin Annen piloted the Switzerland-1 sled in the two-man and the four-man, and in both events won a bronze medal. In each case, his team fell behind on the third run, but then performed well on the final run to earn a medal.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Martin Annen Beat Hefti	Two-man	55.54	55.67	56.18	56.34	3:43.73
Ivo Rüegg Cédric Grand	Two-man	55.85	55.74	56.37	56.90	3:44.86	8
Maya Bamert Martina Feusi	Two-woman	57.72	57.78	58.00	58.54	3:52.04	8
Sabina Hafner Cora Huber	Two-woman	57.86	57.92	58.73	58.35	3:52.86	10
Martin Annen Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter Cédric Grand	Four-man	55.26	55.37	55.00	55.20	3:40.83
Ivo Rüegg Andy Gees Roman Handschin Christian Aebli	Four-man	55.65	55.63	55.22	55.30	3:41.80	8

Cross-country skiing

The Swiss cross-country team had only a single top-10 finish, a 7th place from the men's relay. The women's relay team, which earned a bronze medal in Salt Lake City, finished 11th.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Seraina Boner	Women's 10 km classical	30:58.0	41
Reto Burgermeister	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:25:49.9	59
Remo Fischer	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:20:19.7	36
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:06:40.9	21
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	Women's 15 km pursuit	45:34.3	24
	Women's 30 km freestyle	1:25:32.0	16
Toni Livers	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:21:08.2	40
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:07:25.4	32
Seraina Mischol	Women's 10 km classical	29:30.4	15
Laurence Rochat	Women's 10 km classical	30:02.2	25
Christian Stebler	Men's 15 km classical	40:38.6	29
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:11:13.0	50
Reto Burgermeister Christian Stebler Toni Livers Remo Fischer	Men's 4 x 10 km relay	1:45:10.9	7
Seraina Mischol Laurence Rochat Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Seraina Boner	Women's 4 x 5 km relay	56:52.4	11

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Christoph Eigenmann	Men's sprint	2:20.46	30 Q	2:25.6	6	Did not advance			30
Seraina Mischol	Women's sprint	2:18.83	32	Did not advance					32
Laurence Rochat	Women's sprint	2:17.73	26 Q	2:18.9	3	Did not advance			15
Reto Burgermeister Christoph Eigenmann	Men's team sprint	n/a				18:00.6	8	Did not advance	15

Curling

In the men's event, 2006 European champion Ralph Stöckli finished the round robin at 5 wins, one short of the mark needed to progress to the medal round. On the women's side, Mirjam Ott, who won a silver medal as a third in 2002, made the final in 2006 as well, this time as a skip. Her rink finished second in the round robin before beating Canada in the semifinals. In the final, the Swiss managed to tie the game in the 10th end, forcing an extra, but Swedish skip Anette Norberg made a difficult shot to leave the Swiss with silver again.

Men's

Team: Ralph Stöckli (skip), Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Strübin, Marco Battilana (alternate)

Round Robin

Draw 1

;Draw 3
;Draw 5
;Draw 6
;Draw 7
;Draw 8
;Draw 9
;Draw 11
;Draw 12

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1		Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2		Brad Gushue	6	3
3		Pete Fenson	6	3
4		David Murdoch	6	3
5		Pal Trulsen	5	4
6		Ralph Stockli	5	4
7		Joel Retornaz	4	5
8		Peter Lindholm	3	6
9		Andy Kapp	3	6
10		Sean Becker	0	9

Women's

: Mirjam Ott (skip), Binia Beeli, Valeria Spälty, Michèle Moser-Knobel, Manuela Kormann (alternate)

Round Robin

Draw 1

;Draw 2
;Draw 3
;Draw 5
;Draw 6
;Draw 7
;Draw 8
;Draw 10
;Draw 12

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1		Anette Norberg	7	2
2		Mirjam Ott	7	2
3		Shannon Kleibrink	6	3
4		Dordi Nordby	6	3
5		Rhona Martin	5	4
6		Ludmila Privivkova	5	4
7		Ayumi Onodera	4	5
8		Dorthe Holm	2	7
9		Cassandra Johnson	2	7
10		Diana Gaspari	1	8

Playoffs

Semifinal

;Final

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

2005 World champion Stéphane Lambiel was one of the few medal challengers to have two consistent performances, and his 4th-placed free skate and 3rd-placed short program were good enough to earn him a silver medal.

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Lambiel	Men's	n/a		79.04	3 Q	152.17	4	231.21
Sarah Meier	Ladies'	n/a		55.57	10 Q	100.56	8	156.13	8
Jamal Othman	Men's	n/a		52.18	27	Did not advance			27

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

2005 World Championships silver medalist Evelyne Leu sat 5th after the first jump in the |women's aerials final, but on her second jump, she put up the highest score of the competition, earning her a gold medal.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thomas Lambert	Men's aerials	214.77	14	Did not advance	14
Evelyne Leu	Women's aerials	180.37	4 Q	202.55
Manuela Müller	Women's aerials	168.31	9 Q	159.14	7
Renato Ulrich	Men's aerials	225.75	11 Q	204.75	11

Ice hockey

The Swiss men's team had the two biggest upsets of the Olympic Ice Hockey tournament, beating the 1998 and 2002 gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada in back-to-back games. The win against Canada was the first time the Swiss had beaten that nation in an international competition, and required a stellar goaltending show from Martin Gerber, who earned a shutout. The team made the medal round, but lost in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Sweden. The women's team was less successful, losing each of its first four games before eventually finishing 7th.

Men's

Players

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
G	David Aebischer	186	84	02/07/78	Genf	Colorado Avalanche
G	Marco Bührer	178	82	10/09/79	Dielsdorf	SC Bern
G	Martin Gerber	185	91	09/03/74	Burgdorf	Carolina Hurricanes
D	Goran Bezina	190	102	03/21/80	Split, Croatia	Genève-Servette HC
D	Severin Blindenbacher	180	84	03/15/83	Bülach	ZSC Lions
D	Beat Forster	185	100	02/02/83	Herisau	ZSC Lions
D	Steve Hirschi	179	85	09/18/81	Grosshöchstetten	HC Lugano
D	Olivier Keller	188	95	03/20/71	Geneve	EHC Basel
D	Mathias Seger	181	87	12/17/77	Flawil	ZSC Lions
D	Mark Streit	185	90	12/11/77	Bern	Montreal Canadiens
D	Julien Vauclair	183	92	10/02/79	Delemont	HC Lugano
F	Flavien Conne	177	82	04/01/80	Geneve	HC Lugano
F	Patric Della Rossa	187	92	07/28/75	Winterthur	EV Zug
F	Paul DiPietro	175	82	09/08/70	Ontario, Canada	EV Zug
F	Patrick Fischer	181	85	09/06/75	Zug	EV Zug
F	Sandy Jeannin	180	83	02/28/76	Neuchâtel	HC Lugano
F	Marcel Jenni	180	84	03/02/74	Uster	Kloten Flyers
F	Romano Lemm	182	86	06/25/84	Dielsdorf	Kloten Flyers
F	Thierry Paterlini	183	94	04/27/75	Chur	ZSC Lions
F	Martin Plüss	174	80	04/05/77	Bülach	Frölunda Indians
F	Ivo Rüthemann	172	76	12/12/76	St. Gallen	SC Bern
F	Adrian Wichser	181	80	03/18/80	Winterthur	ZSC Lions
F	Thomas Ziegler1	180	85	06/09/78	Zürich	SC Bern
F	Andres Ambühl1	177	79	09/14/83	Davos	HC Davos

• ¹ Andres Ambühl replaced Thomas Ziegler on the team roster after the first five games of the tournament.

Results

Round-robin

Standings

Medal round

Quarterfinal

Women's

Players

No.	Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005-06 team
22	F	Silvia Bruggmann	168	54	02/20/78	Luetisburg	EV Zug
10	D	Nicole Bullo	160	54	05/18/87	Bellinzona	HC Lugano
21	F	Sandra Cattaneo	166	64	01/25/75	Zürich	EHC Illnau-Effretikon
4	F	Daniela Diaz - A	170	66	06/16/82	Baar	EV Zug
25	G	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	166	67	02/28/79	Schaffhausen	Roseau / USA
11	D	Angela Frautschi	168	67	06/05/87	Interlaken	DHC Langenthal
15	D	Ramona Fuhrer - C	163	68	04/13/79	Aarberg Be	DHC Lyss
9	D	Ruth Künzle	166	65	03/29/72	Gaiserwald-Waldkirch	HC Lugano
20	F	Kathrin Lehmann - A	172	68	02/27/80	Zürich	Lady Kodiaks Kornwestheim
23	D	Monika Leuenberger	180	82	04/11/73	Zürich	EV Zug
75	F	Jeanette Marty	173	74	08/11/75	Zug	EV Zug
6	D	Julia Marty	170	72	04/16/88	Zürich	EV Zug
69	F	Stefanie Marty	167	70	04/16/88	Zürich	EV Zug
66	F	Christine Meier	169	66	05/24/86	Buelach	EHC Illnau-Effretikon
55	D	Prisca Mosimann	184	75	03/19/75	Langenthal	DHC Langenthal
24	F	Sandrine Ray	163	60	05/11/83	Orbe	HC Lugano
49	F	Rachel Rochat	180	68	09/10/72	Summit, New Jersey	Needham / USA
27	F	Laura Ruhnke	172	74	12/25/83	Biel	HC Lugano
41	G	Florence Schelling	174	73	03/09/89	Zürich	GCK Lions
17	F	Tina Schumacher	160	60	03/20/78	Biel	DHC Lyss

Results

Round-robin

Standings

Medal round

Classification 5-8

7th place game

Luge

Neither Swiss luger managed to challenge for the top positions.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Stefan Höhener	Men's singles	52.459	51.989	52.124	52.212	3:28.784	15
Martina Kocher	Women's singles	47.548	47.410	47.276	47.357	3:09.591	9

Nordic combined

No individual Swiss athlete finished in the top 20 in Nordic Combined, but the team put on a strong run in the last two legs of the cross-coutnry portion to finish fourth, though they were more than a minute back of a medal spot.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-Country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Ronny Heer	Sprint	105.6	22	1:20	19:37.7 +1:08.7	20
	Individual Gundersen	213.5	26	3:16	43:27.0 +3:42.4	24
Andreas Hurschler	Sprint	98.1	33	1:50	19:41.6 +1:12.6	21
	Individual Gundersen	193.5	39	4:36	43:21.9 +3:37.3	23
Seppi Hurschler	Sprint	105.3	24	1:22	19:51.46 +1:22.4	24
	Individual Gundersen	211.0	30	3:26	43:18.4 +3:33.8	22
Ivan Rieder	Sprint	105.5	23	1:21	19:21.0 +2:13.0	36
	Individual Gundersen	230.0	14	2:10	43:58.6 +4:14.0	27
Ronny Heer Andreas Hurschler Ivan Rieder Jan Schmid	Individual Gundersen	839.6	7	1:14	51:14.9 +1:22.3	4

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Skeleton

Maya Pedersen-Bieri won gold at both the 2001 and 2005 World championships, and comfortably took the Olympic title, winning by more than a full second and being the only woman to compelte a run in less than a minute. Her 59.64 second time in the first run was a new women's track record at Cesana Pariol. Gregor Stähli was fifth after the first run, bu when others ahead of him faltered, he put together a solid run to earn a bronze medal.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Tanja Morel	Women's	1:00.85	1:01.65	2:02.50	7
Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Women's	59.64	1:00.19	1:59.83
Gregor Stähli	Men's	58.41	58.39	1:56.80

Ski jumping

Simon Ammann, a double gold medalist in Salt Lake, could not recapture that form in Turin, where his best finish was 15th in the large hill event. Andreas Küttel was pre-qualified in both events, but poor second jumps in both left him outside the medals.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Simon Ammann	Normal hill	106.0	33 Q	107.0	38	Did not advance		38
	Large hill	111.7	4 Q	104.4	20 Q	113.6	218.0	15
Andreas Küttel	Normal hill	134.5	1 PQ	133.5	4 Q	129.0	262.5	5
	Large hill	132.6	4 PQ	120.0	6 Q	119.1	239.1	6
Guido Landert	Normal hill	116.0	19 Q	97.0	48	Did not advance		48
	Large hill	74.4	34 Q	85.3	37	Did not advance		37
Michael Moellinger	Normal hill	127.0	4 Q	126.5	12 Q	122.5	249.0	13
	Large hill	91.3	17 Q	104.9	19 Q	120.0	224.9	13
Simon Ammann Andreas Küttel Guido Landert Michael Moellinger	Team	n/a		424.2	8 Q	462.7	886.9	7

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

The Swiss Olympic team won four medals in snowboarding, more than in any other sport. Three of these came in the parallel giant slalom, as the Swiss swept the golds in both the men's and women's events. Daniela Meuli was seeded 6th after the qualifying run, but overcame deficits twice to make the final, and then won after her German opponent fell. Philipp Schoch earned his second consecutive gold medal in the men's event, winning the final against his brother Simon. In the women's snowboard cross final, Tanja Frieden was the beneficiary of American Lindsey Jacobellis's fall on the final hill, sweeping past the American to claim the gold medal.

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Run 1		Qualifying Run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Therry Brunner	Men's halfpipe	23.0	26	9.2	33	Did not advance		39
Frederik Kalbermatten	Men's halfpipe	16.8	32	30.8	18	Did not advance		24
Markus Keller	Men's halfpipe	33.7	12	38.3	5 Q	(29.3)	38.5	7
Manuela Pesko	Women's halfpipe	7.1	32	36.9	3 Q	35.9	(14.2)	7
Gian Simmen	Men's halfpipe	32.0	14	33.8	13	Did not advance		19

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ursula Bruhin	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:21.47	7 Q	(10) W -2.06 (-0.06 -2.00)	(2) L +0.15 (+0.12 +0.03)	Classification 5-8 (3) L +4.76 (-1.50 +6.26)	7th place Final (4) W -1.74 (-0.71 -1.03)	7
Heinz Inniger	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:09.96	3 Q	(3) W -0.66 (-0.25 -0.41)	(6) L +0.61 (+1.35 -0.74)	Classification 5-8 (10) W -0.14 (+0.18 -0.32)	5th place Final (8) W -0.42 (-0.94 +0.52)	5
Gilles Jaquet	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:10.47	5 Q	(12) W -0.51 (0.00 -0.51)	(13) L +1.54 (+0.86 +0.68)	Classification 5-8 (8) L +4.55 (-0.85 +5.40)	7th place Final (10) L +0.41 (+0.12 +0.29)	8
Daniela Meuli	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:21.36	6 Q	(11) W -1.00 (-0.24 -0.76)	(3) W -1.43 (-1.50 +0.07)	(2) W -3.70 (+0.24 -3.94)	(5) W -15.97 (-0.21 -15.76)
Philipp Schoch	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:09.83	2 Q	(15) W -1.37 (-0.89 -0.48)	(10) W -1.07 (-1.35 +0.28)	(6) W -0.34 (-0.42 +0.08)	(1) W -0.73 (-0.88 +0.15)
Simon Schoch	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:09.38	1 Q	(16) W -0.52 (-0.14 -0.38)	(8) W -1.27 (-0.59 -0.68)	(13) W -0.38 (+0.31 -0.69)	(2) L +0.73 (+0.88 -0.15)

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Mellie Francon	Women's snowboard cross	1:32.30	14 Q	n/a	1 Q	3	Classification 5-8 1	5
Tanja Frieden	Women's snowboard cross	1:29.77	4 Q	n/a	1 Q	2 Q	1 Q
Marco Huser	Men's snowboard cross	1:20.26	2 Q	2 Q	3	Did not advance	Classification 9-12 1	9
Ueli Kestenholz	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.32	21 Q	4	Did not advance			25
Olivia Nobs	Women's snowboard cross	1:30.44	7 Q	n/a	3	Did not advance	Classification 9-12 3	11

References

• Bis heute selektionierte Athleten , from the Swiss Olympic Association, retrieved 26 January 2006