# Switzerland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Aline Danioth | Alpine skiing | Girls' combined | 14 February |
| Gold | Talina Gantenbein | Freestyle skiing | Girls' ski cross | 15 February |
| Gold | Mélanie Meillard | Alpine skiing | Girls' giant slalom | 16 February |
| Gold | Aline Danioth | Alpine skiing | Girls' slalom | 18 February |
| Silver | Mélanie Meillard | Alpine skiing | Girls' combined | 14 February |
| Silver | Sophie Hediger | Snowboarding | Girls' snowboard cross | 15 February |
| Silver | Sophie Hediger Talina Gantenbein Pascal Bitschnau Sascha Rüedi | Snowboarding | Team snowboard ski cross | 16 February |
| Bronze | Aline Danioth | Alpine skiing | Girls' super-G | 13 February |
| Bronze | Aline Danioth | Alpine skiing | Girls' giant slalom | 16 February |
| Bronze | Selina Witschonke Henwy Lochmann Laura Engler Philipp Hösli | Curling | Mixed Team | 17 February |
| Bronze | Switzerland women's national under-16 ice hockey team Sina BachmannSydney BertaTina BrandYaël BrichOona EmmeneggerRahel EnzlerRamona ForrerJustine ForsterJanine HauserSaskia MaurerLisa RüediNoemi RyhnerJessica SchlegelGionina SpiessNicole VallarioStefanie WetliLara Zimmermann | Ice hockey | Girls' tournament | 20 February |

### Medalists in mixed NOCs events

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Philipp Hösli | Curling | Mixed doubles | 21 February |

## Alpine skiing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Joël Oehrli | Slalom | 52.28 | 22 | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Joël Oehrli | Giant slalom | 1:19.25 | 7 | 1:20.07 | 13 | 2:39.32 | 9 |
| Joël Oehrli | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:11.41 | 6 |
| Joël Oehrli | Combined | 1:12.46 | 7 | 42.32 | 12 | 1:54.78 | 7 |
| Maurus Sparr | Slalom | 51.52 | 13 | 52.85 | 23 | 1:44.37 | 21 |
| Maurus Sparr | Giant slalom | 1:20.16 | 14 | 1:19.41 | 10 | 2:39.57 | 10 |
| Maurus Sparr | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:12.25 | 14 |
| Maurus Sparr | Combined | 1:13.49 | 19 | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aline Danioth | Slalom | 53.53 | 1 | 49.68 | 1 | 1:43.21 | |
| Aline Danioth | Giant slalom | 1:18.46 | 3 | 1:15.49 | 3 | 2:33.95 | |
| Aline Danioth | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:12.69 | |
| Aline Danioth | Combined | 1:13.59 | 2 | 42.15 | 1 | 1:55.74 | |
| Mélanie Meillard | Slalom | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mélanie Meillard | Giant slalom | 1:17.84 | 2 | 1:15.44 | 2 | 2:33.28 | |
| Mélanie Meillard | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:13.05 | 4 |
| Mélanie Meillard | Combined | 1:13.44 | 1 | 42.68 | 2 | 1:56.12 | |

### Parallel mixed team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mélanie Meillard Maurus Sparr | Parallel mixed team | Belgium (BEL) W 3 – 1 | Germany (GER) L 2 – 2$^+$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Biathlon
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Nico Salutt | Sprint | 21:24.1 | 4 | 29 |
| Nico Salutt | Pursuit | 35:03.8 | 10 | 37 |
| Sebastian Stalder | Sprint | 19:57.9 | 0 | 10 |
| Sebastian Stalder | Pursuit | 31:06.9 | 5 | 11 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Flavia Barmettler | Sprint | 21:34.4 | 4 | =41 |
| Flavia Barmettler | Pursuit | 31:18.0 | 6 | 37 |
| Anja Fischer | Sprint | 21:34.4 | 2 | =41 |
| Anja Fischer | Pursuit | 34:34.2 | 9 | 44 |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Flavia Barmettler Sebastian Stalder | Single mixed relay | 42:33.9 | 0+9 | 7 |
| Flavia Barmettler Anja Fischer Nico Salutt Sebastian Stalder | Mixed relay | 1:25:15.9 | 3+14 | 8 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marius Schneider | Boys' | 57.53 | 6 | 57.47 | 4 | 1:55.00 | 5 |
| Paulina Götschi | Girls' | 59.32 | 8 | 59.61 | 11 | 1:58.93 | 8 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Arnaud Guex | 10 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Arnaud Guex | Classical sprint | 3:08.57 | 20 Q | 3:04.87 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Arnaud Guex | Cross-country cross | 3:11.70 | 9 Q | — | — | 3:11.18 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maurus Lozza | 10 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25:36.2 | 18 |
| Maurus Lozza | Classical sprint | 3:13.13 | 28 Q | 3:37.61 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maurus Lozza | Cross-country cross | 3:16.62 | 19 Q | — | — | 3:10.46 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Désirée Steiner | 5 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13:57.0 | 11 |
| Désirée Steiner | Classical sprint | 3:35.60 | 8 Q | 3:28.51 | 2 Q | 3:29.64 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Désirée Steiner | Cross-country cross | 3:47.31 | 14 Q | — | — | 3:41.81 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Giuliana Werro | 5 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14:18.3 | 20 |
| Giuliana Werro | Classical sprint | 3:42.98 | 23 Q | 3:38.23 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Giuliana Werro | Cross-country cross | 3:57.09 | 27 Q | — | — | 3:52.99 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Curling
### Mixed team
#### Team

* Laura Engler
* Philipp Hösli
* Henwy Lochmann
* Selina Witschonke

#### Round Robin

| Group A | Skip | W | L |
| United States | Luc Violette | 6 | 1 |
| Switzerland | Selina Witschonke | 6 | 1 |
| Russia | Nadezhda Karelina | 6 | 1 |
| Turkey | Oğuzhan Karakurt | 3 | 4 |
| Italy | Luca Rizzolli | 3 | 4 |
| China | Du Hongrui | 2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | Matthew Neilson | 1 | 6 |
| Japan | Kota Ito | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Du) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Violette) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Karelina) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Turkey (Karakurt) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sweden (Nygren) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Fay) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

#### Bronze Medal Game

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Russia (Karelina) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Final Rank:

### Mixed doubles

| Athletes | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yako Matsuzawa (JPN) Philipp Hoesli (SUI) | Mixed doubles | Mjoen (NOR) Mares (CZE) W 9 – 6 | Sillaots (EST) Violette (USA) W 10 – 5 | Thompson (NZL) Middleton (CAN) W 11 – 1 | Zhao (CHN) Haarstad (NOR) W 7 – 6 | Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) W 11 – 5 | |
| Courtney Smith (NZL) Henwy Lockmann (SUI) | Mixed doubles | Ramsfjell (NOR) Kim (KOR) L 4 – 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laura Engler (SUI) Victor Da Cunha Santos (BRA) | Mixed doubles | Zhao (CHN) Haarstad (NOR) L 1 – 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Selina Witschonke (SUI) Jarl Gustsin (EST) | Mixed doubles | Ghezze (ITA) Mellemseter (NOR) W 9 – 3 | Podrabska (CZE) Degerfeldt (SWE) W 11 – 1 | Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) L 5 – 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Freestyle skiing
### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
| Mario Grob | Boys' halfpipe | 51.60 | 64.00 | 35.20 | 64.00 | 6 |

### Ski cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Group heats | Group heats | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Position | Position |
| Sascha Rüedi | Boys' ski cross | 44.32 | 7 Q | 13 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Talina Gantenbein | Girls' ski cross | 45.76 | 2 | 17 | 2 Q | 1 FA | |

### Slopestyle

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank |
| Mario Grob | Boys' slopestyle | 42.80 | 45.20 | 45.20 | 17 |
| Colin Wili | Boys' slopestyle | 58.40 | 61.40 | 61.40 | 11 |
| Mathilde Gremaud | Girls' slopestyle | 58.20 | 12.80 | 58.20 | 6 |

## Ice hockey
### Girls' tournament
#### Roster

* Sina Bachmann
* Sydney Berta
* Tina Brand
* Yaël Brich
* Oona Emmenegger
* Rahel Enzler
* Ramona Forrer
* Justine Forster
* Janine Hauser
* Saskia Maurer
* Lisa Rüedi
* Noemi Ryhner
* Jessica Schlegel
* Gionina Spiess
* Nicole Vallario
* Stefanie Wetli
* Lara Zimmermann

#### Group Stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | Advance to semifinals |
| 5 | Norway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Bronze medal game

Final Rank:

## Skeleton

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kevin Akeret | Boys | 55.35 | 12 | 55.09 | 12 | 1:50.44 | 12 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sandro Hauswirth | Boys' normal hill | 87.0 | 102.8 | 11 | 83.0 | 92.7 | 13 | 195.5 | 11 |

## Snowboarding
### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
| Wendelin Gauger | Boys' halfpipe | 46.75 | 14.25 | 47.00 | 47.00 | 15 |
| Gian Sutter | Boys' halfpipe | 57.00 | 47.50 | 62.75 | 62.75 | 7 |
| Ariane Burri | Girls' halfpipe | 36.25 | 38.25 | 35.75 | 38.25 | 13 |

### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Group heats | Group heats | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Position | Position |
| Pascal Bitschnau | Boys' snowboard cross | 48.62 | 5 Q | 15 | 6 Q | 3 FB | 7 |
| Sophie Hediger | Girls' snowboard cross | 49.72 | 2 Q | 19 | 2 Q | 1 FA | |

### Slopestyle

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank |
| Wendelin Gauger | Boys' slopestyle | 46.00 | 25.25 | 46.00 | 16 |
| Gian Sutter | Boys' slopestyle | 40.50 | 76.50 | 76.50 | 8 |
| Ariane Burri | Girls' slopestyle | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start |

### Snowboard and ski cross relay

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Position | Position | Position |
| Sophie Hediger Talina Gantenbein Pascal Bitschnau Sascha Rüedi | Team snowboard ski cross | 1 Q | 2 FA | |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

## Speed skating
### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jasmin Güntert | 500 m | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jasmin Güntert | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 2:19.84 | 25 |
| Jasmin Güntert | Mass start | — | — | — | — | 5:56.68 | 13 |

### Mixed team sprint

| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank |
| Team 1 Jasmin Güntert (SUI) Kim Min-sun (KOR) Isa Izmailov (RUS) Jeffrey Rosanelli (ITA) | Mixed team sprint | 1:59.75 | 7 |