# Italy at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Italy is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be Italy's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
Freestyle skier Flora Tabanelli was the country's flagbearer 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 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Curling | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Freestyle skiing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Luge | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Nordic combined | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Snowboard | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 32 | 42 | 74 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Camilla Vanni | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | 21 January |
| Gold | Philipp Brunner Manuel Weissensteiner | Luge | Men's doubles | 20 January |
| Gold | Katharina Sofie Kofler Alexandra Oberstolz | Luge | Women's doubles | 21 January |
| Gold | Leon Haselrieder | Luge | Men's singles | 21 January |
| Gold | Philipp Brunner Leon Haselrieder Alexandra Oberstolz Manuel Weissensteiner | Luge | Team relay | 23 January |
| Gold | Giorgia Collomb | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 23 January |
| Gold | Carlotta Gautero | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 23 January |
| Gold | Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet Carlotta Gautero Hannes Bacher Michel Deval | Biathlon | Mixed relay | 24 January |
| Gold | Flora Tabanelli | Freestyle skiing | Women's slopestyle | 24 January |
| Gold | Flora Tabanelli | Freestyle skiing | Women's big air | 28 January |
| Gold | Federico Pozzi | Cross-country skiing | Men's sprint | 29 January |
| Silver | Alexandra Oberstolz | Luge | Women's singles | 20 January |
| Silver | Giorgia Collomb | Alpine skiing | Women's combined | 22 January |
| Silver | Manuel Senoner | Nordic combined | Men's individual normal hill/6 km | 29 January |
| Bronze | Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet | Biathlon | Women's individual | 20 January |
| Bronze | Philipp Brunner | Luge | Men's singles | 21 January |
| Bronze | Giorgia Collomb | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 25 January |
| Bronze | Bryan Venturini Giada Delugan Anna Senoner Manuel Senoner | Nordic combined | Mixed team normal hill/4 × 3.3 km | 31 January |

## Alpine skiing

Italy qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jonas Feichter | Super-G | — | | |
| Jonas Feichter | Giant slalom | | | | | | |
| Jonas Feichter | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Jonas Feichter | Combined | | | | | | |
| Pietro Scesa | Super-G| | — | | |
| Pietro Scesa | Giant slalom | | | | | | |
| Pietro Scesa | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Pietro Scesa | Combined | | | | | | |
| Edoardo Simonelli | Super-G | — | | |
| Edoardo Simonelli | Giant slalom | | | | | | |
| Edoardo Simonelli | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Edoardo Simonelli | Combined | | | | | | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Giorgia Collomb | Super-G | — | 54.22 | 6 |
| Giorgia Collomb | Giant slalom | 48.42 | 1 | 52.68 | 2 | 1:41.10 | |
| Giorgia Collomb | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Giorgia Collomb | Combined | 57.51 | 13 | 50.85 | 1 | 1:48.36 | |
| Rita Granruaz | Super-G | — | DNF | DNF |
| Rita Granruaz | Giant slalom | 49.05 | 5 | 53.58 | 8 | 1:42.63 | 6 |
| Rita Granruaz | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Rita Granruaz | Combined | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Camilla Vanni | Super-G | — | 53.54 | |
| Camilla Vanni | Giant slalom | 48:88 | 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Camilla Vanni | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Camilla Vanni | Combined | 56.61 | 5 | 53.46 | 16 | 1:50.07 | 8 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Rank |
| | Mixed team | | | | | |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Athlete | Event |
| Hannes Bacher | Sprint |
| Hannes Bacher | Individual |
| Manuel Contoz | Sprint |
| Manuel Contoz | Individual |
| Michel Deval | Sprint |
| Michel Deval | Individual |
| Antonio Pertile | Sprint |
| Antonio Pertile | Individual |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Carlotta Gautero | Sprint | 19:40.2 | 1 (1+0) | |
| Carlotta Gautero | Individual | 39:11.8 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | 8 |
| Matilde Giordano | Sprint | 21:48.8 | 5 (2+3) | 15 |
| Matilde Giordano | Individual | 38:40.0 | 3 (2+0+1+0) | 5 |
| Eva Hutter | Sprint | 22:41.7 | 4 (2+2) | 32 |
| Eva Hutter | Individual | 44:34.3 | 7 (3+1+1+2) | 52 |
| Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet | Sprint | 21:16.3 | 4 (3+1) | 9 |
| Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet | Individual | 38:23.0 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Hannes Bacher Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet | Single mixed relay | 45:46.4 | 17 (3+14) | 5 |
| Hannes Bacher Michel Deval Carlotta Gautero Nayeli Mariotti Cavagnet | Mixed relay | | | |

## Cross-country skiing

Italy qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender).

## Curling

Italy 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 |
| Andrea Gilli Giorgia Maurino Alberto Cavallero Rebecca Mariani | Mixed team | Canada W 8–3 | South Korea W 6–5 | Germany W 7–5 | Denmark L 3–7 | Great Britain L 5–7 | Brazil W 10–3 | Switzerland L 7–8 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Vittoria Maioni Elia Nichelatti | Mixed doubles | Switzerland L 2–7 | Denmark L 3–13 | Austria L 5–6 | Germany L 2–8 | Kazakhstan L 2–10 | — | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |

### 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 D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Gray) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy (Gilli) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |

#### Draw 2

Sunday, January 21, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Italy (Gilli) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

#### Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Italy (Gilli) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Gilli) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |

#### Draw 5

Tuesday, January 23, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Gilli) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Great Britain (Carson) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 18:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brazil (Ribeiro) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 3 |
| Italy (Gilli) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 10 |

#### 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 |

### 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 2

Saturday, January 27, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 13 |

#### Draw 6

Sunday, January 28, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Austria (Müller / Heinisch) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

#### Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Sutor / Angrick) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 8 |
| Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

#### Draw 13

Tuesday, January 30, 18:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
| Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |

## Ice hockey

Italy qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament.

### Roster

Luca Giacomuzzi served as head coach.
* Maddalena Bedont – C
* Caterina Bolech
* Olivia de Bortoli – A
* Aurora de Fanti
* Emily Innocenti
* Lucrezia la Sala
* Carlotta Mellare
* Sofia Moser
* Arianna Novati
* Eleonora Pisetta
* Giorgia Todesco – A
* Aurora Varesco
* Nicole Varesco

### Women's 3x3 tournament
#### Summary

Key:
* GWS – Game winning shots
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Team | Event | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank |
| Italy | Women's 3x3 tournament | Turkey W 5–3 | China L 3–4 | Australia W 15–4 | Mexico W 11–3 | South Korea L 5–6 GWS | Netherlands W 0–27 | Hungary L 1–11 | 4 | Hungary L 4–14 | China L 7–8 | 4 |

#### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 5 | +125 | 21 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 18 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea (H) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 14 | Semifinals |
| 4 | Italy | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 13 | Semifinals |
| 5 | Turkey | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 9 | |
| 6 | Australia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 75 | −52 | 6 | |
| 7 | Mexico | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 71 | −53 | 3 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 119 | −114 | 0 | |

#### Bronze medal game
## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Philipp Brunner | Singles | 46.653 | 3 | 46.588 | 3 | 1:33.241 | |
| Leon Haselrieder | Singles | 46.294 | 2 | 46.062 | 1 | 1:32.356 | |
| Philipp Brunner Manuel Weißensteiner | Doubles | 46.951 | 1 | 47.332 | 2 | 1:34.283 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Katharina Sofie Kofler | Singles | 48.971 | 9 | 49.785 | 17 | 1:38.756 | 15 |
| Alexandra Oberstolz | Singles | 48:205 | 2 | 48.121 | 2 | 1:36.326 | |
| Katharina Sofie Kofler Alexandra Oberstolz | Doubles | 47.975 | 1 | 48.496 | 1 | 1:36.471 | |

### Mixed team relay

| Athletes | Event | Women's singles | Women's singles | Men's singles | Men's singles | Doubles | Doubles | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Philipp Brunner Leon Haselrieder Alexandra Oberstolz Manuel Weißensteiner | Team relay | 49.244 | 3 | 50.047 | 2 | 50.179 | 2 | 2:29.470 | |

## Ski jumping

Italy qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).