New Zealand at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics explained

New Zealand competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 9 to 22 January 2020. They were represented by a team of 20 athletes, who took part in nine sports.^[1] The chef de mission was Jesse Teat.^[1] The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was biathlon athlete and cross-country skier Campbell Wright, and freestyle skier Luca Harrington was the flagbearer at the closing ceremony.^{[2] [3]}

Medallists

Medals awarded to New Zealand participants in mixed-NOC team events are represented in italics. These medals do not count towards the New Zealand NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Ice hockey	Girls' 3x3 mixed NOC tournament
		Ice hockey	Boys' 3x3 mixed NOC tournament
		Short track speed skating	Mixed NOC team relay

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katie Crawford	Girls' slalom	1:00.56	38	51.50	28	1:52.06	31
	Girls' giant slalom	1:12.58	41	1:10.67	30	2:23.25	30
Harrison Messenger	Boys' slalom
	Boys' giant slalom	1:07.08	31
	Boys' super-G	57.59	34	57.59	34
	Boys' combined	57.59	34	36.25	25	1:33.84	23

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Campbell Wright	Boys' sprint	19:45.1	1 (1+0)	4
Boys' individual	35:20.9	4 (0+1+3+0)	6

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Campbell Wright	Boys' 10 km classic	29:17.0	32
Boys' sprint freestyle	3:23.22	18 Q	3:28.49	5	did not progress
Boys' cross-country cross	4:35.44	26 Q	4:28.65	8	did not progress

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Mixed team

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 48	Round of 24	Round of 12	Round of 6	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	align=left rowspan=4	Mixed doubles	/ W 10–4	/ W 8–7	/ L 5–10	did not advance
	/ L 2–8	did not advance
	/ L 3–7	did not advance
	/ L 9–10	did not advance

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best / Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Ruby Andrews	Girls' halfpipe	61.66		61.66	7 Q	66.00	64.33		66.00	5
Girls' slopestyle					did not advance
Girls' big air					did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ben Barclay	Boys' slopestyle	56.66	57.66	57.66	16	did not advance
Boys' big air	68.50	56.75	68.50	15	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Luca Harrington	Boys' halfpipe	77.66	86.00	86.00	1 Q	80.33	79.66	80.66	80.66
Boys' slopestyle	59.66	68.33	68.33	8 Q	67.33	64.33	57.66	67.33	10
Boys' big air	85.25	34.75	85.25	4 Q	23.75	25.25		25.25	12
align=left rowspan=3	Max McDonald	Boys' halfpipe	57.66	36.00	57.66	7 Q	76.00	48.33	56.00	76.00	4
Boys' slopestyle	63.00	32.33	63.00	13	did not advance
Boys' big air					did not advance

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

3x3

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Team Blue	Boys' 3x3	Team Grey L 8–9 (1–2, 3–5, 4–2)	Team Orange L 1–12 (1–5 0–2 0–5)	Team Black L 8–14 (4–7, 2–5, 2–2)	Team Green L 6–11 (1–2, 3–2, 2–7)	Team Yellow L 8–13 (2–3, 2–4, 4–6)	Team Brown L 2–14 (0–5, 1–3, 1–6)	Team Red L 11–18 (2–11, 3–3, 6–4)	8	did not advance
Team Brown	Boys' 3x3	Team Black W 13–11 (6–5, 3–2, 4–4)	Team Green L 6–8 (1–2 3–2 2–4)	Team Grey W 16–6 (4–3, 4–2, 8–1)	Team Orange W 14–10 (6–0, 5–4, 3–6)	Team Red L 5–11 (2–3, 1–4, 2–4)	Team Blue W 14–2 (5–0, 3–1, 6–1)	Team Yellow W 8–6 (2–1, 2–0, 4–5)	2	Team Red L 7–9 (4–4, 2–3, 1–2)	Team Black W 6–5 (1–2, 3–1, 2–2)
Team Orange	Boys' 3x3	Team Red W 8–6 (1–3, 1–1, 6–2)	Team Blue W 12–1 (5–1 2–0 5–0)	Team Yellow L 4–9 (1–2, 1–5, 2–2)	Team Brown L 10–14 (0–6, 4–5, 6–3)	Team Black W 14–8 (3–4, 4–3, 7–1)	Team Green L 6–8 (1–1, 1–1, 4–6)	Team Grey L 2–5 (2–3, 0–0, 0–2)	6	did not advance
Team Brown	Girls' 3x3	Team Black L 6–7 (1–3, 3–3, 2–1)	Team Green W 6–4 (1–0, 1–3, 4–1)	Team Grey L 7–9 (1–3, 5–3, 1–3)	Team Orange W 10–4 (1–3, 6–0, 3–1)	Team Red L 7–11 (1–3, 2–4, 4–4)	Team Blue L 4–5 (2–0, 1–0, 1–4, 0–1)	Team Yellow W 10–6 (4–1, 4–3, 2–2)	4	Team Black L 7–11 (5–3, 1–6, 1–2)	Team Blue L 4–6 (0–4, 1–2, 3–0)	4
Team Yellow	Girls' 3x3	Team Green W 12–4 (6–2, 2–0, 4–2)	Team Grey W 11–5 (5–1, 4–0, 2–4)	Team Orange W 8–3 (1–0, 3–3, 4–0)	Team Black L 2–7 (0–3, 1–2, 1–2)	Team Blue W 8–5 (5–0, 2–4, 1–1)	Team Red L 5–8 (2–3, 1–3, 2–2)	Team Brown L 6–10 (1–4, 3–4, 2–2)	3	Team Blue W 7–5 (2–0, 3–2, 2–3)	Team Black W 6–1 (1–1, 4–0, 1–0)

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hunter Burke	Boys' singles	56.285	21	55.744	15	1:52.029	18
Ella Cox	Girls' singles	56.424	17	56.171	17	1:52.595	18

Team relay

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ethan De Rose	Boys' 500 m	43.280	1 Q	42.689	3	did not advance
Boys' 1000 m	1:34.230	1 Q	1:31.751	2 Q	1:33.167	4 QB	1:31.751	7

Mixed NOC team relay

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Mitchell Davern	Boys' slopestyle	12.00	50.00	50.00	12 Q	24.33	20.66	10.00	24.33	10
Boys' big air	85.25	54.75	85.25	3 Q	84.75	80.00	94.75	174.75	5

See also

• New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Zealand's next generation of sporting stars ready to take on the world at Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games . 6 January 2020 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 11 January 2020.
2. Web site: Biathlon / Cross country athlete Campbell Wright named New Zealand team flagbearer for Winter Youth Olympic Games . 9 January 2020 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 11 January 2020.
3. Web site: Bronze for speed skater + Luca Harrington named Closing Ceremony flagbearer on final day of Winter Youth Olympic Games . 22 January 2020 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 28 January 2020.