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 Freestyle skiing Boys' halfpipe Freestyle skiing Boys' slopestyle

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankElizabeth ReidGirls' slalom58.0716Girls' giant slalomDid not advanceGirls' super-Gcolspan="4" 1:16.8720Girls' combined1:17.251545.39152:02.6411Jackson RichBoys' slalom1:00.7041Boys' giant slalom1:24.5434Did not advanceBoys' super-Gcolspan="4" Boys' combined1:16.763846.28272:03.0425

Curling

Mixed team

Team Matthew Neilson Ben Smith Courtney Smith Holly Thompson

Round Robin Group A Skip W L Luc Violette 6 1 Selina Witschonke 6 1 Nadezhda Karelina 6 1 Oğuzhan Karakurt 3 4 Luca Rizzolli 3 4 Du Hongrui 2 5 Matthew Neilson 1 6 Kota Ito 1 6

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Mixed doubles

AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMixed doublesW 8 – 2W 9 – 2L 1 – 11Did not advanceL 4 – 10Did not advanceL 4 – 11Did not advanceL 1 – 8Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankFinn BilousBoys' halfpipe89.6090.8092.2092.20Boys' slopestyle86.0061.2086.00Jackson WellsBoys' slopestyle61.4079.0079.006

Ice hockey

AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankOllie CurtisBoys' individual skills challenge814Did not advance

Snowboarding

AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankTiarn CollinsBoys' halfpipe72.2514.0076.2576.255Boys' slopestyle65.5086.2586.254Rakai TaitBoys' halfpipe67.2575.7567.0075.756Boys' slopestyle53.0011.5053.0013

See also New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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