# Switzerland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Switzerland's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
The Swiss team consisted of 71 athletes (32 men and 39 women) competing in 11 sports. Snowboarder Jonas Aschilier and curler Jana Soltermann were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Curling | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Freestyle skiing | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Nordic combined | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Snowboarding | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 39 | 71 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Noelie Widmer | Snowboarding | Women's snowboard cross | 20 January |
| Silver | Shaienne Zehnder | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 23 January |
| Bronze | Shaienne Zehnder | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | 21 January |
| Bronze | Leena Thommen | Freestyle skiing | Women's ski cross | 21 January |
| Bronze | Lorenzo Rosset Valentine Lagger | Freestyle skiing | Mixed team ski cross | 24 January |
| Bronze | Nathan Dryburgh Alissa Rudolf Livio Ernst Jana Soltermann | Curling | Mixed team | 25 January |
| Bronze | Alain Bornet | Freestyle skiing | Men's halfpipe | 31 January |
| Bronze | Leandra Schöpfer Nolan Gertsch Ilaria Gruber Maximilian Wanger | Cross-country skiing | 4 × 5 kilometres mixed relay | 1 February |
| Bronze | Lura Wick | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | 1 February |

## Alpine skiing

Switzerland qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).

### Men

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### Women

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## Cross-country skiing

Switzerland qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).

## Curling

Switzerland qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nathan Dryburgh Alissa Rudolf Livio Ernst Jana Soltermann | Mixed team | Germany W 11–2 | Denmark L 4–6 | South Korea W 8–4 | Canada L 5–6 | Brazil W 13–2 | Great Britain L 3–8 | Italy W 8–7 | 3 Q | United States W 4–3 | Great Britain L 6–8 | China W 10–8 | |
| Jana-Tamara Haehlen Nevio Caccivio | Mixed doubles | Italy W 7–2 | Germany L 6–9 | Denmark W 6–3 | Kazakhstan W 9–1 | Austria W 9–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |

### Mixed team

| Group B | Skip | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
| Great Britain | Logan Carson | 6 | 1 | – | 44 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 51.75 |
| Denmark | Jacob Schmidt | 5 | 2 | – | 48 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 34.70 |
| Switzerland | Nathan Dryburgh | 4 | 3 | 2–0 | 52 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 39.96 |
| Italy | Andrea Gilli | 4 | 3 | 1–1 | 46 | 38 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 50.58 |
| South Korea | Kim Dae-hyun | 4 | 3 | 0–2 | 48 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 109.88 |
| Canada | Nathan Gray | 3 | 4 | – | 40 | 34 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 35.43 |
| Brazil | Pedro Ribeiro | 1 | 6 | 1–0 | 17 | 81 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 103.39 |
| Germany | Lukas Jäger | 1 | 6 | 0–1 | 30 | 46 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 68.51 |

#### Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | 11 |

#### Draw 2

Sunday, January 21, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |

#### Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 18:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Gray) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

#### Draw 5

Tuesday, January 23, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 13 |
| Brazil (Ribeiro) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

#### Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 18:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Great Britain (Carson) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |

#### Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 13:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Italy (Gilli) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

#### Qualification Game

Wednesday, January 24, 19:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Ponzio) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |

#### Semifinal

Thursday, January 25, 9:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Carson) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

#### Bronze medal game

Thursday, January 25, 14:30
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| China (Li) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Switzerland (Dryburgh) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |

### Mixed doubles

| Group D | W | L | W–L | DSC |
| Denmark | 4 | 1 | 1–1 | 30.64 |
| Germany | 4 | 1 | 1–1 | 31.04 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 1–1 | 79.90 |
| Austria | 2 | 3 | – | 40.68 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 4 | – | 44.33 |
| Italy | 0 | 5 | – | 107.78 |

#### Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |

#### Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Sutor / Angrick) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

#### Draw 6

Sunday, January 28, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

#### Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |

#### Draw 11

Tuesday, January 30, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Austria (Müller / Heinisch) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |

## Ice hockey

Switzerland qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.

### Roster

Celine Abgottspon served as head coach, Melanie Häfliger and Iris Müller were assistant coaches, and Andreas Ellenberger was goalkeeper coach.
* Jil May Baker – A
* Lorie-Lou Besson
* Luana Birstiel
* Miriana Bottoni
* Valentina Camenzind
* Mila Croll
* Hannah Estermann
* Alicia Skye Fausch
* Anne-Eugénie Gendre
* Laure Mériguet
* Shayna Angelina Merkofer
* Sarina Messikommer
* Norina Müller – C
* Anaïs Rohner
* Maëlle Rohner
* Norina Schrupkowski
* Livia Tschannen – A
* Marlen Wälti

### Summary

Key:
* GWS – Game winning shots
* Q – Qualified
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Team | Event | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank |
| Switzerland | Women's tournament | France W 2–0 | Germany W 2–1 | Q | Japan L 1–2 | Germany L 1–3 | 4 |

### Women's tournament
#### Preliminary round, Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

#### Bronze medal match
## Ski jumping

Switzerland qualified three ski jumpers (two men and one woman).