Italy at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Italy is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be Italy's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Freestyle skier Flora Tabanelli was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

width=160	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	3	3	6
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	3	3	6
Curling	3	3	6
Figure skating	2	1	3
Freestyle skiing	2	3	5
Ice hockey	0	13	13
Luge	3	2	5
Nordic combined	2	2	4
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Snowboard	4	2	6
Speed skating	2	2	4
Total	32	42	74

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint
		Nordic combined	Men's individual normal hill/6 km
		Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
		Nordic combined	Mixed team normal hill/4 × 3.3 km

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Italy qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonas Feichter	Super-G
	Giant slalom
	Slalom
	Combined
Pietro Scesa	Super-G
	Giant slalom
	Slalom
	Combined
Edoardo Simonelli	Super-G
	Giant slalom
	Slalom
	Combined

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giorgia Collomb	Super-G		6
	Giant slalom		1		2
	Slalom
	Combined		13		1
Rita Granruaz	Super-G
	Giant slalom		5		8		6
	Slalom
	Combined
Camilla Vanni	Super-G
	Giant slalom		3
	Slalom
	Combined		5		16		8

Mixed

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Hannes Bacher	Sprint
Individual
align=left rowspan=2	Manuel Contoz	Sprint
Individual
align=left rowspan=2	Michel Deval	Sprint
Individual
align=left rowspan=2	Antonio Pertile	Sprint
Individual

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Carlotta Gautero	Sprint		1 (1+0)
Individual		4 (0+1+1+2)	8
align=left rowspan=2	Matilde Giordano	Sprint		5 (2+3)	15
Individual		3 (2+0+1+0)	5
align=left rowspan=2	Eva Hutter	Sprint		4 (2+2)	32
Individual		7 (3+1+1+2)	52
align=left rowspan=2	Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet	Sprint		4 (3+1)	9
Individual		3 (0+1+1+1)

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Hannes Bacher Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet	Single mixed relay		17 (3+14)	5
Hannes Bacher Michel Deval Carlotta Gautero Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet	Mixed relay

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Italy qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender).^[3]

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Italy qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.^{[4] [5]}

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left	Andrea Gilli Giorgia Maurino Alberto Cavallero Rebecca Mariani	align=left	Mixed team	W 8–3	W 6–5	W 7–5	L 3–7	L 5–7	W 10–3	L 7–8	4	Did not advance			7
align=left	Vittoria Maioni Elia Nichelatti	align=left	Mixed doubles	L 2–7	L 3–13	L 5–6	L 2–8	L 2–10	6	Did not advance			21

Mixed team

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team.

width=140	Group B	width=150	Skip	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
		6	1	–	44	30	26	21	4	7	51.75
		5	2	–	48	28	27	20	2	9	34.70
		4	3	2–0	52	35	25	23	5	7	39.96
		4	3	1–1	46	38	29	23	3	7	50.58
		4	3	0–2	48	33	24	22	3	8	109.88
		3	4	–	40	34	24	20	3	11	35.43
		1	6	1–0	17	81	13	31	0	2	103.39
		1	6	0–1	30	46	19	27	2	5	68.51

Round robin

Draw 1Saturday, January 20, 14:00

Draw 2Sunday, January 21, 10:00

Draw 3Sunday, January 21, 18:00

Draw 4Monday, January 22, 14:00

Draw 5Tuesday, January 23, 10:00

Draw 6Tuesday, January 23, 18:00

Draw 7Wednesday, January 24, 13:00

Mixed doubles

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles.

width=140	Group D	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20
	4	1	1–1	30.64
	4	1	1–1	31.04
	4	1	1–1	79.90
	2	3	–	40.68
	1	4	–	44.33
	0	5	–	107.78

Round robin

Draw 1Friday, January 26, 18:00

Draw 2Saturday, January 27, 10:00

Draw 6Sunday, January 28, 14:00

Draw 8Monday, January 29, 10:00

Draw 13Tuesday, January 30, 18:00

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Italy qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament.^[6]

RosterLuca Giacomuzzi served as head coach.^[7]

• Maddalena Bedont – C
• Caterina Bolech
  • Olivia de Bortoli – A Aurora de Fanti
• Emily Innocenti
• Lucrezia la Sala
• Carlotta Mellare
• Sofia Moser
• Arianna Novati
• Eleonora Pisetta
• Giorgia Todesco – A
• Aurora Varesco
• Nicole Varesco

Women's 3x3 tournament

Summary

Preliminary round

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Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Philipp Brunner	align=left rowspan=2	Singles		3		3
Leon Haselrieder		2		1
Philipp Brunner Manuel Weißensteiner	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		1		2

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katharina Sofie Kofler	align=left rowspan=2	Singles		9		17		15
Alexandra Oberstolz		2		2
Katharina Sofie Kofler Alexandra Oberstolz	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		1		1

Mixed team relay

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Italy qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).^[8]

See also

• Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information. 19 January 2024. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024.
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214074053/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/yog/AL/2024. dead.
3. Web site: Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214082645/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/yog/CC/2024. dead.
4. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed. 12 April 2023. www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 17 January 2024.
5. Web site: Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed. Shefferd. Neil. 14 April 2023. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 17 January 2024.
6. Web site: Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action . 13 January 2024 . . 13 January 2024.
7. Web site: 2024-01-21 . Ice Hockey, Women's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: HUN - Hungary . 2024-01-21 . International Olympic Committee.
8. Web site: Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 13 January 2024. 30 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231030131553/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/yog/JP/2024. dead.