The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland. Forty-one athletes were selected for these Winter Games.

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate Skeleton Women's 16 February

Alpine skiing

In the super-G and downhill, Chemmy Alcott was a rare female competitor in a historically male-dominated GB team. Alcott impressed as she finished 11th in the women's downhill, but was disqualified from the combined due to a technical infringement with the width of her skis.

Noel Baxter, Alain Baxter and James Leuzinger were the men's representatives in the slalom, and the Baxters also raced in the giant slalom. Finlay Mickel and Roger Cruickshank were the men's downhill and super-G skiers.

In the men's downhill, Finlay Mickel finished 25th, 2.68 seconds behind the winner Antoine Dénériaz. Roger Cruickshank, skiing with a knee-brace, finished 37th, 5.85 behind. Noel Baxter finished 14th in the men's combined. Cruickshank also finished 37th in the giant slalom before announcing his retirement from skiing.

AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRankChemmy AlcottWomen's downhilln/a1:57.8511Women's super-Gn/a1:34.2019Women's giant slalom1:04.471:09.95n/a2:14.4222Women's combineddisqualifiedAlain BaxterMen's slalom54.9351.22n/a1:46.1516Noel BaxterMen's slalom56.0751.15n/a1:47.2220Men's combined1:42.2645.6444.893:12.7914Roger CruickshankMen's downhilln/a1:54.6537Men's super-Gn/a1:34.8737James LeuzingerMen's slalomdid not finishFinlay MickelMen's downhilln/a1:51.4825Men's super-Gn/a1:32.1022

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankTom ClemensMen's sprint31:05.0478Men's individual1:01:43.9457Emma FowlerWomen's sprint26:22.9167Women's individual1:03:38.9778

Bobsleigh

The men chosen for the 2-man and 4-man bobsleigh event were: Marcus Adam, Dan Humphries, Lee Johnston, Karl Johnston and Martin Wright.

The competitors for the 2-woman event were Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Davies.

AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total RankLee JohnstonDan HumphriesTwo-man56.2255.8457.2157.083:46.3415Nicola MinichielloJackie DaviesTwo-woman57.7857.4958.4158.483:52.169Lee JohnstonMartin WrightKarl JohnstonDan HumphriesFour-man56.0656.0755.9355.323:43.3817

Curling

Britain sent two teams to the Olympic curling competition. All of the members of both teams were Scottish. The women's team were the defending Olympic gold medallists.

The members of the men's team were Euan Byers, Ewan McDonald, David Murdoch, Warwick Smith and Craig Wilson. The members of the women's team were Kelly Wood, Lynn Cameron, Deborah Knox, Jacqueline Lockhart and Rhona Martin.

Men's tournament

Team: David Murdoch, Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Craig Wilson (alternate)

Round robin Draw 1 ;Draw 2 ;Draw 4 ;Draw 5 ;Draw 6 ;Draw 8 ;Draw 9 ;Draw 10 ;Draw 11

Standings RankTeamSkipWonLost1 Markku Uusipaavalniemi722Brad Gushue633 Pete Fenson634David Murdoch635 Pål Trulsen546 Ralph Stockli547 Joel Retornaz458Peter Lindholm369Andy Kapp3610Sean Becker09

Playoffs Semi-final ;Bronze Medal Game

Women's tournament

Team: Rhona Martin, Jacqueline Lockhart, Kelly Wood, Lynn Cameron and Deborah Knox (alternate)

Round robin Draw 1 ;Draw 2 ;Draw 4 ;Draw 5 ;Draw 7 ;Draw 8 ;Draw 9 ;Draw 10 ;Draw 12

Standings RankTeamSkipWonLost1 Anette Norberg722Mirjam Ott723 Shannon Kleibrink634Dordi Nordby635 Rhona Martin546 Ludmila Privivkova547 Ayumi Onodera458Dorthe Holm279Cassandra Johnson2710Diana Gaspari18

Figure skating

The British figure skating representatives were Sinead Kerr and her brother John Kerr, who competed in ice dancing. They hail from Scotland and Turin was their first Olympic games.

AthleteEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankSinead Kerr John KerrIce dance31.581150.28 1185.5713167.4310

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Luge

The British luge participants for 2006 were Mark Hatton and Adam Rosen. Hatton finished a disappointing 35th place after coming off his luge on his third run of four, although he stayed in contact with the luge and remounted. Rosen finished in 16th place.

AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRankMark HattonMen's singles52.79052.7201:34.89552.4944:12.89935Adam RosenMen's singles52.61052.13052.09352.1503:28.98316

Short track speed skating

The men's short track speed skating team was Jon Eley and Paul Stanley. The women's team was Sarah Lindsay and Joanna Williams. Lindsay participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

This was the first Olympics in which Great Britain and Northern Ireland sent a full short track speed skating team.

AthleteEventHeatQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJon EleyMen's 500 m42.5112 Q42.4242 Q42.6503 ADV42.4975Men's 1000 m1:29.1473did not advance17Men's 1500 m2:23.8873 Qn/a2:21.8625did not advance13Sarah LindsayWomen's 500 m46.2902 Q1:09.7853 ADV46.0605did not advance8Women's 1000 m1:35.5393did not advance16Women's 1500 m2:38.4603 Qn/a2:29.1736did not advance15Paul StanleyMen's 500 m43.4864did not advance20Men's 1000 m1:28.5114did not advance19Joanna WilliamsWomen's 500 m46.8573did not advance19

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Skeleton

Two men and one woman skeleton athletes travelled to Turin. Shelley Rudman was selected as the woman's sole representative; the men were Kristan Bromley and Adam Pengilly

Shelley Rudman won the silver medal in the women's event, while Bromley and Pengilly finished fifth and eighth respectively.

AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2TotalRankKristan BromleyMen's58.3558.751:57.105Adam PengillyMen's58.3759.091:57.468Shelley RudmanWomen's1:00.571:00.492:01.06

Snowboarding

The GB team had four competitors in the snowboarding events at the Olympics in 2006, with veteran competitor Lesley McKenna falling in both runs of the half pipe alongside first-time Olympians Kate Foster and Daniel Wakeham. First-time Olympian Zoe Gillings was the sole British competitor in the snowboardcross event which had its first Olympic appearance in 2006.

Wakeham finished 26th in men's halfpipe qualifying, missing the final. Gillings qualified 12th for the snowboard cross quarter-finals with a time of 1:31. She failed to progress further, being taken out of the heat following a collision with another rider and finished 15th.

Halfpipe AthleteEventQualifying run 1Qualifying run 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2RankKate FosterWomen's halfpipe16.42424.714did not advance20Lesley McKennaWomen's halfpipe1.4345.227did not advance33Daniel WakehamMen's halfpipe14.33527.820did not advance26

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Snowboard cross AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalsTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankZoe GillingsWomen's snowboard cross1:31.9312 Qn/a4 did not advanceClassification 13–16 315

References

External links British Olympic Association