Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Germany
games=2006 Winter
competitors=162
sports=15
flagbearer=Kati Wilhelm
gold=11
silver=12
bronze=6
total=29
rank=1

Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total medals of any nation. The "Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland" (National Olympic Committee of Germany, reorganized to DOSB in May 2006) nominated a total of 162 (164) athletes to compete, as the 5th largest team, to compete in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Biathlon
** Women's 10 km pursuit: Kati Wilhelm in a time of 36:43.6.
** Men's 20 km individual: Michael Greis in a time of 54:23.0.
** Men's 10 km sprint: Sven Fischer in a time of 26:11.6.
** Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Ricco Groß, Michael Rösch, Sven Fischer, and Michael Greis
** Men's 15 km mass start Michael Greis in a time of 47:20.0.

* Bobsleigh
** Two-man event: André Lange and Kevin Kuske
** Two-woman event: Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze
** Four-man event: André Lange, Rene Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, and Martin Putze

* Luge
** Women's singles: Sylke Otto in a time of 3:07.979

* Nordic combined
** Individual: Georg Hettich with a total of 262.5 points

* Speed skating
** Women's team pursuit: Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, Lucille Opitz, Claudia Pechstein, Sabine Völker, Anni Friesinger in a time of 3:01.25

Silver

* Biathlon
** Women's 15 km individual: Martina Glagow in a time of 50:34.9
** Women's 10 km pursuit: Martina Glagow in a time of 37:57.1.
** Women's 4x6 km relay: Martina Glagow, Andrea Henkel, Katrin Apel and Kati Wilhelm
** Women's 12.5 km mass start: Kati Wilhelm in a time of 40:45.3.

* Cross-country skiing
** Women's 4x5 km relay: Stefanie Böhler, Viola Bauer, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Claudia Künzel
** Men's 4x10 km relay: Andreas Schlütter, Jens Filbrich, René Sommerfeldt, and Tobias Angerer
** Women's sprint: Claudia Kuenzel

* Luge
** Women's singles: Silke Kraushaar in a time of 3:08
** Men's doubles' competition: Andre Florschütz and Torsten Wustlich

* Nordic combined
** Team 4x5 km: Björn Kircheisen, Georg Hettich, Ronny Ackermann, and Jens Gaiser

* Snowboarding
** Women's parallel giant slalom: Amelie Kober

* Speed skating
** Women's 5000 m: Claudia Pechstein

Bronze

* Biathlon
** Men's 12.5 km pursuit: Sven Fischer
** Women's 12.5 km mass start: Uschi Disl in a time of 41:18.4.

* Cross-country skiing
** Men's 15 km classical: Tobias Angerer

* Luge
** Women's singles: Tatjana Hüfner in a time of 3:08.460

* Nordic combined
** Men's sprint: Georg Hettich

* Speed skating
** Women's 1000 m: Anni FriesingerTyson Heung also came 3'rd place in the championship

Top 10 finishes

4th place

*Biathlon
**Women's 12.5 km mass start: Martina Glagow
**Women's 15 km individual: Andrea Henkel

7th place

* Alpine skiing
** Women's combined - Martina Ertl-Renz
** Women's slalom - Annemarie Gerg
*Biathlon
**Men's 10 km sprint: Ricco Gross
**Women's 7.5 km sprint: Kati Wilhelm

8th place

*Biathlon
**Men's 12.5 km pursuit: Michael Greis
**Men's 15 km mass start: Alexander Wolf

9th place

* Alpine skiing
** Women's Super-G - Petra Haltmayr

10th place

*Biathlon
**Women's 10 km pursuit: Uschi Disl

Events

Alpine skiing

;Men's giant slalom:

;Women's downhill:

;Women's Super-G:

;Men's 15 km mass start:

;Women's 7.5 km sprint:

;Women's 15 km individual:

Cross country skiing

Six men and six women have been selected. In brackets are their positions at the distance World Cup (15 to 30 km), and the sprint World Cup [ [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/cross-country/cupstandings.html Cross-Country World Cup Standings] from fis-ski.com, retrieved 25 January 2006] as of 25 January.

Germany's ice hockey contingent is their largest at the Olympics, with 20 women and 23 men. The men finished 15th at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, suffering relegation to Division I for 2006 after losses to Denmark (who are not taking part at the 2006 Olympics) and Kazakhstan, while the women finished 5th at the women's World Championships the same year, beating Russia and China on their way to a fifth place after being knocked out of the group stage with 1–5 and 0–7 defeats in their first two matches.

Thirty men have been nominated; when the NHL players join the squad on 12 February or 13 February, seven of these will be dropped.

Doubles luge

Large hill sprint

Men's 1500 m

Women's 1000 m

keleton

Men's skeleton

Men's normal hill individual

Women's parallel giant slalom

Women's snowboard cross

Men's team pursuit

Women's 1500 m

Women's team pursuit

Notes and references

Further references

* [http://www.nok.de/index.php?art_id=4498 NOK-Präsidium nominiert weitere 135 Aktive für die Olympischen Winterspiele - 162 Sportlerinnen und Sportler nach Turin] from nok.de, retrieved 25 January 2006
* [http://www.nok.de/index.php?art_id=4464 27 Turin Tickets vergeben - Präsidium benennt Dr. Clemens Prokop als Vertreter für Findungskommission des DOSB-Präsidiums] from nok.de, retrieved 25 January 2006