Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Japan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Shizuka Arakawa won the country's only medal, a gold, in women's figure skating. She is the first person born and raised in Asia to become an Olympic champion in that event.

Medalists

Gold

* Figure skating
** Women's individual: Shizuka ArakawaAt 24 years and 56 days old, Shizuka Arakawa is the oldest female figure skater to win the gold medal in 86 years.

Events

Alpine skiing

;Men's giant slalom:

;Women's slalom:

;Men's 15 km mass start:

;Women's 7.5 km sprint:

;Women's 4x6 km relay:

Doubles luge

Team event

ki jumping

Men's large hill individual

nowboarding

Giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom

Women’s Halfpipe

In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

peed skating

Men's 500 m

Men's 5000 m

Women's 1000 m

Women's 5000 m

Women's Team Pursuit

References

* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/athletes?lname=all&country=jpn&sport=all Yahoo! Sports – Japan]