# New Zealand at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. It was New Zealand's second appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at the inaugural Games four years earlier.
The New Zealand team consisted of 11 athletes (eight men and five women) competing in five sports. The flag bearer for the team was freestyle skier Finn Bilous, who won both of New Zealand's medals at the Games.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Finn Bilous | Freestyle skiing | Boys' halfpipe | 14 February |
| Bronze | Finn Bilous | Freestyle skiing | Boys' slopestyle | 19 February |

## Alpine skiing

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Elizabeth Reid | Girls' slalom | 58.07 | 16 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Elizabeth Reid | Girls' giant slalom | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elizabeth Reid | Girls' super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:16.87 | 20 |
| Elizabeth Reid | Girls' combined | 1:17.25 | 15 | 45.39 | 15 | 2:02.64 | 11 |
| Jackson Rich | Boys' slalom | 1:00.70 | 41 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Jackson Rich | Boys' giant slalom | 1:24.54 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jackson Rich | Boys' super-G | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Jackson Rich | Boys' combined | 1:16.76 | 38 | 46.28 | 27 | 2:03.04 | 25 |

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

* Matthew Neilson
* Ben Smith
* Courtney Smith
* Holly Thompson

#### 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 B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Karelina) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 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 A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Karakurt) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | X | 13 |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| 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 B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| United States (Violette) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| China (Du) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

### 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 |
| Holly Thompson (NZL) Sterling Middleton (CAN) | Mixed doubles | Smith (GBR) Hong (KOR) W 8 – 2 | Polat (TUR) Zhang (CHN) W 9 – 2 | Matsuzawa (JPN) Hoesli (SUI) L 1 – 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 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 |
| Maria Arkhipova (RUS) Matthew Neilson (NZL) | Mixed doubles | Lee (KOR) Nygren (SWE) L 4 – 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cora Farrell (USA) Ben Smith (NZL) | Mixed doubles | Oh (KOR) Esenboga (TUR) L 1 – 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Freestyle skiing

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
| Finn Bilous | Boys' halfpipe | 89.60 | 90.80 | 92.20 | 92.20 | |
| Finn Bilous | Boys' slopestyle | 86.00 | 61.20 | — | 86.00 | |
| Jackson Wells | Boys' slopestyle | 61.40 | 79.00 | — | 79.00 | 6 |

## Ice hockey

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Ollie Curtis | Boys' individual skills challenge | 8 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Snowboarding

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
| Tiarn Collins | Boys' halfpipe | 72.25 | 14.00 | 76.25 | 76.25 | 5 |
| Tiarn Collins | Boys' slopestyle | 65.50 | 86.25 | — | 86.25 | 4 |
| Rakai Tait | Boys' halfpipe | 67.25 | 75.75 | 67.00 | 75.75 | 6 |
| Rakai Tait | Boys' slopestyle | 53.00 | 11.50 | — | 53.00 | 13 |