New Zealand at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

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

New Zealand at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Innsbruck
Competitors	15[1] in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Beau-James Wells[2]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified two athletes.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Piera Hudson	Girls' slalom	47.93	41.69	1:29.62	15
	Girls' giant slalom	1:00.51	DNF
	Girls' super-G	1:08.06	—	1:08.06	17
	Girls' combined	1:07.52	40.28	1:47.80	16
Harry Izard-Price	Boys' slalom	46.12	43.05	1:29.17	23
	Boys' giant slalom	1:00.76	56.31	1:57.07	14
	Boys' super-G	1:09.52	—	1:09.52	31
	Boys' combined	1:07.66	40.62	1:48.28	22

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified one athlete.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Olivia Thomson	Girls' sprint	23:41.4	1	45
	Girls' pursuit	41:40.3	2	45

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified a team.^[1]

Roster

• Skip: Luke Steele
• Third: Eleanor Adviento
• Second: David Weyer
• Lead: Kelsi Heath

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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Switzerland (Brunner) 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 X 6  New Zealand (Steele) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 Draw 2 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  New Zealand (Steele) 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 2  United States (Dropkin) 2 2 1 0 5 0 X X 10 Draw 3 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  New Zealand (Steele) 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 7  China (Bai) 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 6 Draw 4 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  New Zealand (Steele) 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 7  Estonia (Päll) 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 6

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 A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Czech Republic (Černovský) 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 X 9  New Zealand (Steele) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 Draw 7 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  South Korea (Kang) 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 X 9  New Zealand (Steele) 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 4

Mixed doubles

Round of 32

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Thomas Scoffin (CAN)  Kelsi Heath (NZL) 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 X 9  Mizuki Kitaguchi (JPN)  Thomas Muirhead (GBR) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 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 D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Marek Černovský (CZE)  Rachel Hannen (GBR) 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 8  Denise Pimpini (ITA)  David Weyer (NZL) 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final  Eleanor Adviento (NZL)  Romano Meier (SUI) 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 7  Duncan Menzies (GBR)  Taylor Anderson (USA) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 8

Round of 16

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS) 1 0 5 0 1 2 1 X 10  Luke Steele (NZL)  Johanna Heldin (SWE) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Thomas Scoffin (CAN)  Kelsi Heath (NZL) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 5  Mikhail Vaskov (RUS)  Zuzana Hrůzová (CZE) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified three athletes.^[1]

Freeski

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Samantha Poots	Girls' half-pipe	23.00	52.00	52.00	7	Did not advance
Beau-James Wells	Boys' half-pipe	82.50	77.50	82.50	1 Q	85.50	83.75	85.50	4

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Samuel Andrews	Boys' ski cross	1:02.74	18	Cancelled

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified two athletes.^[1]

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Callum Burns	Boys' individual skills challenge	21	4 Q	19	4
Libby-Jean Hay	Girls' individual skills challenge	15	8 Q	12	8

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified one athlete.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matheson Hill	Boys' singles	42.677	25	41.357	25	1:24.034	25

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified two athletes.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semifinal				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Hamish Bagley	Boys' halfpipe	58.50	64.75	64.75	10 q	40.50	68.50	68.50	5 Q	57.25	46.25	57.25	10
	Boys' slopestyle	DNS				—				Did not advance
Tim Herbert	Boys' slopestyle	44.50	57.00	57.00	21	—				Did not advance

See also

• New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics