# Italy at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Felix Schwarz Lukas Gufler | Luge | Doubles | 15 February |
| Silver | Pietro Canzio | Alpine skiing | Boys' super-G | 13 February |
| Silver | Anita Muraro | Ice hockey | Girls' individual skills challenge | 16 February |
| Bronze | Pietro Canzio | Alpine skiing | Boys' combined | 14 February |
| Bronze | Noemi Bonazza | Speed skating | Girls' 1500 m | 15 February |
| Bronze | Caterina Carpano | Snowboarding | Girls' snowboard cross | 15 February |
| Bronze | Marion Oberhofer Fabian Malleier Felix Schwarz Lukas Gufler | Luge | Mixed team relay | 16 February |
| Bronze | Lara Malsiner | Ski jumping | Girls' normal hill | 16 February |
| Bronze | Samuela Comola Irene Lardschneider Cedric Christille Patrick Braunhofer | Biathlon | Mixed relay | 21 February |

### Medalists in mixed NOCs events

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Noemi Bonazza | Speed skating | Mixed team sprint | 17 February |
| Bronze | Chiara Cristelli | Speed skating | Mixed team sprint | 17 February |

## Alpine skiing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pietro Canzio | Slalom | 50.30 | 4 | 50.44 | 9 | 1:40.74 | 5 |
| Pietro Canzio | Giant slalom | 1:17.69 | 2 | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Pietro Canzio | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:10.65 | |
| Pietro Canzio | Combined | 1:12.45 | 6 | 41.20 | 3 | 1:53.65 | |
| Michael Tedde | Slalom | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michael Tedde | Giant slalom | 1:19.92 | 13 | 1:20.04 | 12 | 2:39.96 | 11 |
| Michael Tedde | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:11.52 | 7 |
| Michael Tedde | Combined | 1:12.04 | 2 | 43.08 | 18 | 1:55.12 | 10 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sofia Pizzato | Slalom | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sofia Pizzato | Giant slalom | 1:19.73 | 7 | 1:16.10 | 9 | 2:35.83 | 7 |
| Sofia Pizzato | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:14.47 | 9 |
| Sofia Pizzato | Combined | 1:17.39 | 18 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Carlotta Saracco | Slalom | 55.01 | 5 | 51.66 | 8 | 1:46.67 | 5 |
| Carlotta Saracco | Giant slalom | 1:19.84 | 8 | 1:16.62 | 12 | 2:36.46 | 10 |
| Carlotta Saracco | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:16.18 | 15 |
| Carlotta Saracco | Combined | 1:15.72 | 10 | 44.65 | 8 | 2:00.37 | 7 |

### 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 |
| Carlotta Saracco Pietro Canzio | Parallel mixed team | Russia (RUS) L 0 – 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Biathlon
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Patrick Braunhofer | Sprint | 19:56.7 | 2 | 9 |
| Patrick Braunhofer | Pursuit | 30:01.5 | 4 | 4 |
| Cedric Christille | Sprint | 21:03.4 | 2 | 25 |
| Cedric Christille | Pursuit | 34:04.1 | 8 | 32 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Samuela Comola | Sprint | 18:55.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Samuela Comola | Pursuit | 25:58.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Irene Lardschneider | Sprint | 20:49.9 | 3 | 29 |
| Irene Lardschneider | Pursuit | 27:18.7 | 2 | 14 |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Samuela Comola Patrick Braunhofer | Single mixed relay | 43:32.7 | 3+13 | 11 |
| Samuela Comola Irene Lardschneider Cedric Christille Patrick Braunhofer | Mixed relay | 1:20:06.0 | 0+6 | |

## Cross-country skiing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Luca Del Fabbro | 10 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25:20.5 | 10 |
| Luca Del Fabbro | Classical sprint | 3:08.01 | 17 Q | 3:02.91 | 3 q | 3:24.85 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Luca Del Fabbro | Cross-country cross | 3:13.08 | 12 Q | — | — | 3:08.12 | 3 q | 3:06.23 | 5 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chiara De Zolt Ponte | 5 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14:18.0 | 19 |
| Chiara De Zolt Ponte | Classical sprint | 3:45.38 | 26 Q | 3:43.53 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chiara De Zolt Ponte | Cross-country cross | 3:45.38 | 13 Q | — | — | 3:39.46 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |

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

* Stefania Constantini
* Martina Ghezze
* Luca Rizzolli
* Alberto Zisa

#### 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 A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| United States (Violette) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Du) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Karakurt) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Russia (Karelina) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| 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 |

#### Tiebreaker

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Karakurt) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### 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 |
| Stefania Constantini (ITA) Callum Kinnear (GBR) | Mixed doubles | Burgess (CAN) Peips (EST) W 9 – 1 | Karelina (RUS) Aita (JPN) W 7 – 3 | Zhao (CHN) Haarstad (NOR) L 9 – 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martina Ghezze (ITA) Michael Mellemseter (NOR) | Mixed doubles | Witschonke (SUI) Gustsin (EST) L 3 – 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tova Petterson (SWE) Alberto Zisa (ITA) | Mixed doubles | Sillaots (EST) Violette (USA) L 4 – 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Beyzanur Konuksever (TUR) Luca Rizzolli (ITA) | Mixed doubles | Laidsalu (EST) Maksimov (RUS) L 4 – 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Figure skating
### Singles

| Athlete | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Adrien Bannister | Boys' singles | 46.68 | 10 | 106.71 | 9 | 153.39 | 9 |
| Lucrezia Gennaro | Girls' singles | 47.45 | 11 | 86.73 | 9 | 134.18 | 9 |

### Couples

| Athletes | Event | SP/SD | SP/SD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Irma Caldara Edoardo Caputo | Pairs | 35.49 | 9 | 64.66 | 9 | 100.15 | 9 |
| Francesca Righi Pietro Papetti | Ice dancing | 38.22 | 12 | 57.32 | 11 | 95.54 | 12 |

### Mixed NOC team trophy

| Athletes | Event | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance |
| Athletes | Event | Ice dance | Pairs | Girls | Boys | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points | Rank |
| Team Courage Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov (RUS) Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo (ITA) Alexandra Hagarova (SVK) Cha Jun-hwan (KOR) | Team trophy | 86.48 8 | 68.81 1 | 75.55 2 | 139.97 6 | 17 | 6 |
| Team Determination Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti (ITA) Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin (RUS) Annika Hocke (GER) Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) | Team trophy | 53.70 1 | 100.98 6 | 82.41 3 | 97.80 4 | 14 | 8 |
| Team Hope Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski (BLR) Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae (KOR) Lucrezia Gennaro (ITA) Adrien Bannister (ITA) | Team trophy | 65.42 5 | 70.50 2 | 83.64 4 | 119.28 5 | 16 | 7 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Ski cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Group heats | Group heats | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Position | Position |
| Tobias Knollseisen | Boys' ski cross | 44.69 | 11 | 8 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Slopestyle

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank |
| Sophia Insam | Girls' slopestyle | 18.20 | 47.20 | 47.20 | 9 |

## Ice hockey

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Anita Muraro | Girls' individual skills challenge | 12 | 8 Q | 14 | |

## Luge
### Individual sleds

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fabian Malleier | Boys | 48.082 | 4 | 48.037 | 5 | 1:36.119 | 5 |
| Ivan Nagler | Boys | 48.105 | 6 | 48.139 | 6 | 1:36.244 | 7 |
| Marion Oberhofer | Girls | 53.724 | 8 | 53.830 | 12 | 1:47.554 | 11 |
| Lukas Gufler Felix Schwarz | Doubles | 52.200 | 1 | 52.060 | 1 | 1:44.260 | |

### Mixed team relay

| Athlete | Event | Girls | Girls | Boys | Boys | Doubles | Doubles | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marion Oberhofer Fabian Malleier Felix Schwarz Lukas Gufler | Team relay | 57.917 | 8 | 57.683 | 3 | 57.440 | 1 | 2:53.040 | |

## Nordic combined
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Aaron Kostner | Normal hill/5 km | 90.0 | 110.5 | 10 | 1:25 | 14:31.4 | 9 |

### Nordic mixed team

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Lara Malsiner Aaron Kostner Alessio Longo Chiara De Zolt Ponte Luca Del Fabbro | Nordic mixed team | 281.2 | 11 | 2:06 | 28:38.0 | 10 |

## Ski jumping
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Alessio Longo | Boys' normal hill | 72.5 | 67.8 | 18 | 71.0 | 58.0 | 18 | 125.8 | 18 |
| Lara Malsiner | Girls' normal hill | 95.5 | 116.3 | 3 | 94.5 | 115.3 | 2 | 231.6 | |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lara Malsiner Aaron Kostner Alessio Longo | Team competition | 219.7 | 11 | 259.3 | 10 | 479.0 | 11 |

## Short track speed skating
### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Gloria Ioriatti | 500 m | 46.103 | 3 SC/D | PEN | PEN | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gloria Ioriatti | 1000 m | 1:43.603 | 3 ADV | 1:39.573 | 5 FB | 1:42.581 | 8 |

### Mixed team relay

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Team E Gloria Ioriatti (ITA) Anna Seidel (GER) Aaron Heo (USA) Hong Kyung-hwan (KOR) | Mixed team relay | 4:16.056 | 2 FA | PEN | PEN |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized

## Snowboarding
### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Group heats | Group heats | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Position | Position |
| Caterina Carpano | Girls' snowboard cross | 52.44 | 7 Q | 15 | 5 Q | 2 FA | |

### Snowboard and ski cross relay

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Position | Position | Position |
| Caterina Carpano (ITA) Minja Lehikoinen (FIN) Yoshiki Takahara (JPN) Tobias Knollseisen (ITA) | Team snowboard ski cross | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

## Speed skating
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Francesco Betti | 500 m | 38.63 | 21 | 38.59 | 23 | 77.228 | 22 |
| Francesco Betti | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 1:59.79 | 24 |
| Francesco Betti | Mass start | — | — | — | — | 5:58.40 | 23 |
| Jeffrey Rosanelli | 500 m | 37.558 | 14 | 37.61 | 13 | 75.17 | 14 |
| Jeffrey Rosanelli | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 1:56.65 | 13 |
| Jeffrey Rosanelli | Mass start | — | — | — | — | 6:48.52 | 26 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Noemi Bonazza | 500 m | 40.72 | 7 | 40.76 | 6 | 81.48 | 6 |
| Noemi Bonazza | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 2:05.49 | |
| Noemi Bonazza | Mass start | — | — | — | — | 5:54.82 | 8 |
| Chiara Cristelli | 500 m | 40.89 | 9 | 41.16 | 10 | 82.05 | 10 |
| Chiara Cristelli | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 2:07.16 | 6 |
| Chiara Cristelli | Mass start | — | — | — | — | 5:55.36 | 9 |

### Mixed team sprint

| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank |
| Team 1 Jasmin Guentert (SUI) Kim Min-sun (KOR) Isa Izmailov (RUS) Jeffrey Rosanelli (ITA) | Mixed team sprint | 1:59.75 | 7 |
| Team 6 Noemi Bonazza (ITA) Sumiya Buyantogtokh (MGL) Chung Jae-woong (KOR) Shen Manyang (CHN) | Mixed team sprint | 1:57.85 | |
| Team 10 Chiara Cristelli (ITA) Mihaela Hogas (ROU) Ole Jeske (GER) Allan Johansson (NOR) | Mixed team sprint | 1:58.87 | |
| Team 11 Anna Nifantava (BLR) Yuna Onodera (JPN) Daan Baks (NED) Francesco Betti (ITA) | Mixed team sprint | 2:00.13 | 9 |