Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Croatia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	24 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Janica Kostelić (opening) Ivan Šola (closing)[1][2]
Medals Rank: 16	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
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1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
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Austria (1896–1912)  Hungary (1896–1912) Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
2 Silver	Kostelić, IvicaIvica Kostelić	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
2 Silver	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	Alpine skiing	Women's Super-G

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Ivica Kostelić	Super-G	n/a			1:33.53	31
	Slalom	54.43	50.02	n/a	1:44.45	6
	Combined	1:40.44	44.61	44.83	3:09.88
Danko Marinelli	Slalom	Did not finish
Ivan Olivari	Super-G	n/a			1:37.43	49
Ivan Ratkic	Super-G	n/a			1:34.77	36
	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	1:44.71	48.48	Did not finish
Dalibor Samsal	Slalom	Did not finish
Tin Siroki	Combined	1:44.75	47.40	48.01	3:20.16	26
Natko Zrnčić-Dim	Super-G	n/a			1:34.49	35
	Giant slalom	1:22.57	1:23.02	n/a	2:45.59	25
	Slalom	57.69	1:01.34	n/a	1:59.03	33
	Combined	1:41.23	56.55	46.37	3:24.15	33

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Matea Ferk	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	1:06.67	Did not finish
Nika Fleiss	Super-G	n/a			1:36.65	40
	Giant slalom	1:03.27	1:10.16	n/a	2:13.43	19
	Slalom	44.31	48.30	n/a	1:32.61	23
	Combined	40.29	45.00	Did not start
Ana Jelušić	Giant slalom	1:05.19	Did not finish
	Slalom	43.42	48.36	n/a	1:31.78	15
Janica Kostelić	Women's downhill	Did not start
	Super-G	n/a			1:32.74
	Giant slalom	Did not start
	Slalom	43.07	46.87	n/a	1:29.94	4
	Combined	38.65	43.03	1:29.40	2:51.08

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

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Petra Starcevic	Women's sprint	28:11.9	2	79
	Women's individual	1:06:49.6	8	79

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Ivan Sola Slaven Krajacic Alek Osmanovic Jurica Grabusic	Four-man	56.67	56.57	56.51	Did not advance		23

Cross-country skiing

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

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Alen Abramovic	Men's 15 km classical	46:52.1	81
Damir Jurcevic	Men's 15 km classical	44:20.8	70
Maja Kezele	Women's 10 km classical	35:04.2	66
	Women's 15 km pursuit	51:36.3	64
Denis Klobucar	Men's 15 km classical	43:55.4	66
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:27:16.4	64

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Alen Abramovic	Men's sprint	2:34.61	75	Did not advance					75
Damir Jurcevic	Men's sprint	2:28.21	60	Did not advance					60
Maja Kezele	Women's sprint	2:27.16	58	Did not advance					58
Denis Klobucar	Men's sprint	2:33.10	73	Did not advance					73
Damir Jurcevic Denis Klobucar	Men's team sprint	n/a				2:33.10	11	Did not advance	20

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Idora Hegel	Ladies'	n/a		47.06	17	80.01	19	127.07	19

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Nikola Nimac	Men's	1:01.86	1:02.44	2.04.30	26

References

1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". 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. 

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