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South Africa at the Olympic Games
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	3 (3 men) in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Alexander Heath (opening) Tyler Botha (closing)[1][2]
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Three men from South Africa competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. One of them, Alexander Heath, became the first African to compete in all 5 Alpine events. The three-man South African team was the largest from the continent in Turin.

Alpine skiing

Alexander Heath, competing in his third Olympics, qualified in all five events, with his best finish a 27th in the giant slalom. ^[3]

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.

Cross-country skiing

Kraas competed in three events in Turin, but finished in only one, the sprint, where he finished 57th out of 80 competitors. ^[4]

Distance

Sprint

Skeleton

Tyler Botha finished second in a pair of Challenge Cup events that allowed him to qualify for the Games, where he ended up in 21st place.^[5][6]

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