Switzerland at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

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

Switzerland at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch
in Innsbruck
Competitors	26[1] in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Jasmina Suter[2]
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 5 Total 8
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kai Mahler	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	15 Jan
Gold	Michael Brunner Elena Stern Romano Meier Lisa Gisler	Curling	Mixed Team	18 Jan
Gold	Sandro Simonet	Alpine Skiing	Boys' slalom	21 Jan
Bronze	Sandro Simonet	Alpine Skiing	Boys' combined	15 Jan
Bronze	Jasmina Suter	Alpine Skiing	Girls' giant slalom	18 Jan
Bronze	Sandro Simonet	Alpine skiing	Boys' giant slalom	19 Jan
Bronze	David Habluetzel	Snowboarding	Boys' Slopestyle	19 Jan
Bronze	Emilie Benz	Freestyle Skiing	Girls' ski cross	21 Jan

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 4 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Ian Gut	Slalom	46.96	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:00.15	55.39	1:55.54	10
	Super-G			1:06.06	13
	Combined	1:05.47	DNF
Sandro Simonet	Slalom	38.62	39.74	1:18.36
	Giant slalom	57.46	54.87	1:52.33
	Super-G			1:05.71	11
	Combined	1:04.33	37.12	1:41.45

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Luana Fluetsch	Slalom	41.61	DNF
	Giant slalom	58.70	59.71	1:58.41	8
	Super-G			1:06.99	10
	Combined	1:06.01	36.53	1:42.54	7
Jasmina Suter	Slalom	42.38	39.26	1:21.64	4
	Giant slalom	57.74	58.71	1:56.45
	Super-G			DNF
	Combined	1:05.84	DNF

Team

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Jasmina Suter Ian Gut Luana Fluetsch Sandro Simonet	Parallel mixed team	Norway L 1-2	did not advance		5

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 3 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jules Cuenot	Sprint	21:18.4	4	18
	Pursuit	32:15.3	8	18
Kenneth Schöpfer	Sprint	22:14.2	4	26
	Pursuit	32:01.5	3	17

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Aita Gasparin	Sprint	19:33.4	3	20
	Pursuit	31:32.1	4	16

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Aita Gasparin Nadine Fähndrich Kenneth Schöpfer Jason Rüesch	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:05:36.0	0+5	4

Cross-country skiing

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

Switzerland qualified 2 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Jason Rüesch	10km classical	31:10.4	11

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Nadine Fähndrich	5km classical	15:56.6	10

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Jason Rüesch	Boys' sprint	1:45.81	8 Q	1:46.1	2 Q	1:58.2	5	did not advance
Nadine Fähndrich	Girls' sprint	2:00.01	6 Q	2:01.7	2 Q	2:01.1	4	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Aita Gasparin Nadine Fähndrich Kenneth Schöpfer Jason Rüesch	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:05:36.0	0+5	4

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 1 team.^[1]

Roster

• Skip: Michael Brunner
• Third: Elena Stern
• Second: Romano Meier
• Lead: Lisa Gisler

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 results

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 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 A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Switzerland (Brunner) 1 3 3 3 2 0 X X 12  Estonia (Päll) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1 Draw 4 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Dropkin) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6  Switzerland (Brunner) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

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

Quarterfinals

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Usui)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
Switzerland (Brunner)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4

Semifinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå)	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	4
Switzerland (Brunner)	3	0	2	0	5	0	X	X	10

Gold Medal Game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Mosaner)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4
Switzerland (Brunner)	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	6

Mixed doubles

Round of 32

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER) 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 8  Sarah Anderson (USA)  Go Ke-on (KOR) 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Elena Stern (SUI)  Sander Rõuk (EST) 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3  Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS) 0 2 1 4 0 6 X X 13

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Mathias Genner (AUT)  Lisa Gisler (SUI) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2  Yang Ying (CHN)  Thomas Howell (USA) 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 X 10 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
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 B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	8
Mikhail Vaskov (RUS)  Zuzana Hrůzová (CZE)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3

Semifinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	X	7
Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3

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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 2 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicola Todeschini	Singles	44.02	9	84.96	11	128.98	10

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tina Stuerzinger	Singles	40.63	8	72.92	8	113.55	8

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Boys'			Girls'			Ice Dance			Total
		Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Team 1  Feodosi Efremenkov (RUS)  Tina Stuerzinger (SUI)  Millie Paterson/Edward Carstairs (GBR)	Team Trophy	117.13	1	8	73.46	5	4	44.02	8	1	13	5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 4 athletes.^[1]

Ski Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Vincent Gentet	Boys' ski cross	59.45	12	Cancelled
Emilie Benz	Girls' ski cross	58.82		Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kai Mahler	Boys' ski half-pipe	76.50	2 Q	95.00
Alexia Bonelli	Girls' ski half-pipe	53.50	6 Q	47.75	6

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 1 athlete.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Chritian Maag	Boys' singles	40.130	40.074	1:20.204	8

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 1 athlete.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Jan Kirchhofer	Boys' individual	125.7	7	0:47	27:52.8	28:39.8	9

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 1 athlete.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Sacha Berger	Boys' individual	59.02	58.66	1:57.68	5

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 1 athlete.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Killian Peier	Boys' individual	71.5m	119.9	70.5m	117.0	236.9	9

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified 2 athletes.^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Lucas Baume	Boys' halfpipe	31.75	62.25	6 q	DNS	DNS	-	did not advance
	Boys' slopestyle	79.25	29.25	3 Q				51.25	57.25	10
David Habluetzel	Boys' halfpipe	78.25	82.75	3 Q				49.00	80.25	5
	Boys' slopestyle	75.00	68.75	4 Q				57.75	87.50

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Celia Petrig	Girls' halfpipe	31.50	41.75	10	did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	79.50	32.75	2 Q				62.00	40.75	4

See also

• Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

1. List of athletes – Switzerland
2. Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games NOC Flag Bearers