# New Zealand at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Alpine skiing

New Zealand qualified two athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Piera Hudson | Girls' slalom | 47.93 | 41.69 | 1:29.62 | 15 |
| Piera Hudson | Girls' giant slalom | 1:00.51 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Piera Hudson | Girls' super-G | 1:08.06 | — | 1:08.06 | 17 |
| Piera Hudson | Girls' combined | 1:07.52 | 40.28 | 1:47.80 | 16 |
| Harry Izard-Price | Boys' slalom | 46.12 | 43.05 | 1:29.17 | 23 |
| Harry Izard-Price | Boys' giant slalom | 1:00.76 | 56.31 | 1:57.07 | 14 |
| Harry Izard-Price | Boys' super-G | 1:09.52 | — | 1:09.52 | 31 |
| Harry Izard-Price | Boys' combined | 1:07.66 | 40.62 | 1:48.28 | 22 |

## Biathlon

New Zealand qualified one athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Olivia Thomson | Girls' sprint | 23:41.4 | 1 | 45 |
| Olivia Thomson | Girls' pursuit | 41:40.3 | 2 | 45 |

## Curling

New Zealand qualified a team.

### Roster

* Skip: Luke Steele
* Third: Eleanor Adviento
* Second: David Weyer
* Lead: Kelsi Heath

### Mixed team

| Blue Group | Skip | W | L |
| United States | Korey Dropkin | 7 | 0 |
| Switzerland | Michael Brunner | 6 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | Marek Černovský | 4 | 3 |
| China | Bai Yang | 3 | 4 |
| Norway | Markus Skogvold | 3 | 4 |
| South Korea | Kang Sue-yeon | 2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | Luke Steele | 2 | 5 |
| Estonia | Robert-Kent Päll | 1 | 6 |

#### Round Robin

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Brunner) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 6 |
| New Zealand (Steele) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Steele) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| United States (Dropkin) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Steele) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| China (Bai) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Steele) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Estonia (Päll) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Steele) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Norway (Skogvold) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Černovský) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| New Zealand (Steele) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kang) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
| New Zealand (Steele) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Mixed doubles
#### Round of 32

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Scoffin (CAN) Kelsi Heath (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Mizuki Kitaguchi (JPN) Thomas Muirhead (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Angharad Ward (GBR) Markus Skogvold (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Luke Steele (NZL) Johanna Heldin (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Marek Černovský (CZE) Rachel Hannen (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Denise Pimpini (ITA) David Weyer (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Eleanor Adviento (NZL) Romano Meier (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Duncan Menzies (GBR) Taylor Anderson (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |

#### Round of 16

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Luke Steele (NZL) Johanna Heldin (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Scoffin (CAN) Kelsi Heath (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mikhail Vaskov (RUS) Zuzana Hrůzová (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |

## Freestyle skiing

New Zealand qualified three athletes.

### Freeski

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank |
| Samantha Poots | Girls' half-pipe | 23.00 | 52.00 | 52.00 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Beau-James Wells | Boys' half-pipe | 82.50 | 77.50 | 82.50 | 1 Q | 85.50 | 83.75 | 85.50 | 4 |

### Ski cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Samuel Andrews | Boys' ski cross | 1:02.74 | 18 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

## Ice hockey

New Zealand qualified two athletes.
| Athlete(s) | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Callum Burns | Boys' individual skills challenge | 21 | 4 Q | 19 | 4 |
| Libby-Jean Hay | Girls' individual skills challenge | 15 | 8 Q | 12 | 8 |

## Luge

New Zealand qualified one athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Matheson Hill | Boys' singles | 42.677 | 25 | 41.357 | 25 | 1:24.034 | 25 |

## Snowboarding

New Zealand qualified two athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank |
| Hamish Bagley | Boys' halfpipe | 58.50 | 64.75 | 64.75 | 10 q | 40.50 | 68.50 | 68.50 | 5 Q | 57.25 | 46.25 | 57.25 | 10 |
| Hamish Bagley | Boys' slopestyle | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tim Herbert | Boys' slopestyle | 44.50 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 21 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |