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Spain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ESP
NOC Comité Olímpico Español
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 16 (7 men, 9 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer María José Rienda (opening)
Juan Jesús Gutiérrez (closing)[1][2]
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
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Spain competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Contents

Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

María José Rienda entered the Olympics having won three World Cup events on the season, including the last giant slalom before the Olympic Games, but couldn't repeat this form in Turin, as she finished 13th in the giant slalom. [3] [4]

Athlete[4] Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Andrea Casasnovas Women's downhill n/a 2:06.73 38
Women's combined Did not start
Leyre Morlans Women's downhill Did not finish
Women's Super-G n/a 1:38.53 49
María José Rienda Women's Super-G Did not finish
Women's giant slalom 1:02.28 1:09.85 n/a 2:12.13 13
Carolina Ruiz Castillo Women's downhill n/a 2:01.09 30
Women's Super-G n/a 1:35.20 30
Women's giant slalom 1:03.18 1:10.36 n/a 2:13.54 20
Women's combined 41.74 46.47 1:32.72 3:00.93 25

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 pictogram.svg Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The lone Spanish biathlete in Turin, Hernando's top finish was 80th in the men's individual event. [5]

Athlete[5] Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Luis Alberto Hernando Men's sprint 32:26.0 4 83
Men's individual 1:06:54:4 7 80

Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Four years after Johan Muehlegg was disqualified for doping after having won the men's 50 kilometre race, Spain's top cross-coutnry performance was again in that race, as Juan Jesús Gutiérrez finished 22nd.[6][7]

Distance
Athlete[7] Event Final
Total Rank
Laia Aubert Torrents Women's 10 km classical 33:29.4 64
Women's 15 km pursuit 50:41.3 61
Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Men's 50 km freestyle 2:06:43.3 22
Laura Orgue Women's 10 km classical 33:18.6 63
Women's 15 km pursuit 51:16.5 63
Diego Ruiz Men's 15 km classical 2:06:43.3 46
Men's 30 km pursuit 1:24:05.5 54
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:06:51.6 23
Vicente Vilarrubla Men's 15 km classical 43:47.2 65
Men's 30 km pursuit 1:19:39.8 31
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:09:03.1 42

Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Spain's lone competitor in the freestyle skiing events in Turin was unable to advance in the women's moguls, as she finished second last in the qualifying round.[8]

Athlete[8] Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Nuria Montane Men's moguls 11.76 29 Did not advance 29

Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Jordi Font was involved in a notable incident in his semifinal, as he collided with Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson. Anderson beat Font down for second place, but the Canadian was disqualified for missing a gate, sending Font through to the final.[9] In the final, Font again fell, but this time ended up in fourth position. [10][11]

Halfpipe
Athlete[11] Event Qualifying Run 1 Qualifying Run 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Queralt Castellet Women's halfpipe 20.5 19 18.3 20 Did not advance 26
Iker Fernandez Men's halfpipe 27.0 22 27.0 22 Did not advance 28
Clara Villoslada Women's halfpipe 10.3 29 11.4 24 Did not advance 30

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.

Snowboard Cross
Athlete[11] Event Qualifying 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Jordi Font Men's snowboard cross 1:21.18 8 Q 2 Q 2 Q 2 Q 4 4
Ibon Idigoras Men's snowboard cross 1:23.56 34 Did not advance 34

References

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Cermony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1664. Retrieved Feb. 22nd, 2009.  
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726. Retrieved Feb. 22nd, 2009.  
  3. ^ "Paerson, Rienda finish in dead heat in giant slalom". Associated Press. USA Today. February 5, 2006. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2006-02-04-womens-wc-giant-slalom_x.htm. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  4. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  5. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Biathlon.pdf. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  6. ^ John Bagratuni (February 23, 2009). "Skier Rienda eyes gold for Spain". Independent Online. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=4&art_id=qw1140684849948S163. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  7. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/CrosscountrySki.pdf. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  8. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/FreestyleSkiing.pdf. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  9. ^ Eddie Pells (February 16, 2006). "Wescott Wins Snowboardcross in a Mad Dash". Associated Press. SFGate.com. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/16/sports/s064503S91.DTL. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  10. ^ "Wescott wins first ever snowboard cross gold". Independent Online. February 16, 2006. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=624&set_id=6&click_id=624&art_id=qw1140112621760S163. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  
  11. ^ a b c "Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Snowboarding.pdf. Retrieved July 7, 2009.  

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