Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (Italian)
in Turin
Competitors	185 (111 men, 74 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Carolina Kostner (opening) Armin Zöggeler (closing)[1][2]
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 0 6 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo) and the third time overall (after the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome). Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Zöggeler, ArminArmin Zöggeler	Luge	Men's singles	12 February
01 ! Gold	Anesi, MatteoMatteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello	Speed skating	Men's team pursuit	16 February
01 ! Gold	Valbusa, FulvioFulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay	19 February
01 ! Gold	Fabris, EnricoEnrico Fabris	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m	21 February
01 ! Gold	Di Centa, GiorgioGiorgio Di Centa	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km freestyle	26 February
03 ! Bronze	Fabris, EnricoEnrico Fabris	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m	11 February
03 ! Bronze	Piller Cottrer, PietroPietro Piller Cottrer	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km pursuit	12 February
03 ! Bronze	Plankensteiner, GerhardGerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Luge	Doubles	15 February
03 ! Bronze	Follis, AriannaArianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay	18 February
03 ! Bronze	Weissensteiner, GerdaGerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco	Bobsleigh	Two-woman	21 February
03 ! Bronze	Capurso, MartaMarta Capurso Mara Zini Arianna Fontana Katia Zini	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 m relay	22 February

Host

Italy were hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time. The 1956 Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cortina d'Ampezzo had also been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics which were cancelled due to World War II.

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Massimiliano Blardone	Super-G	n/a			1:33.48	29
	Giant slalom	1:17.21	1:19.74	n/a	2:36.95	11
Peter Fill	Downhill	n/a			1:50.88	19
	Super-G	n/a			1:31.54	13
	Combined	1:39.22	47.46	45.43	3:12.21	9
Kristian Ghedina	Downhill	n/a			1:50.98	23
Manfred Mölgg	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	Did not finish
Giorgio Rocca	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	1:41.39	44.88	44.47	3:10.74	5
Alberto Schieppati	Giant slalom	1:18.21	1:19.62	n/a	2:37.83	15
Hannes Paul Schmid	Slalom	55.26	1:13.37	n/a	2:08.63	39
Davide Simoncelli	Giant slalom	Did not finish
Patrick Staudacher	Downhill	n/a			1:50.29	9
	Super-G	n/a			1:31.91	17
	Combined	1:40.52	Did not finish
Kurt Sulzenbacher	Downhill	n/a			1:50.84	18
Patrick Thaler	Slalom	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Daniela Ceccarelli	Super-G	n/a			1:35.26	31
Annalisa Ceresa	Slalom	44.55	48.22	n/a	1:32.77	24
Chiara Costazza	Slalom	44.15	46.93	n/a	1:31.08	8
Elena Fanchini	Downhill	n/a			2:01.06	29
	Super-G	Did not finish
Nadia Fanchini	Downhill	n/a			1:57.84	10
	Super-G	n/a			1:36.46	38
	Giant slalom	1:01.77	1:09.69	n/a	2:11.46	8
	Combined	40.90	46.21	1:30.04	2:57.15	20
Denise Karbon	Giant slalom	1:02.90	Did not finish
Daniela Merighetti	Downhill	n/a			2:01.76	32
	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	41.41	Disqualified
Manuela Mölgg	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	43.59	48.58	1:32.17	n/a	19
Karen Putzer	Giant slalom	1:02.46	1:10.01	2:12.47	n/a	14
Lucia Recchia	Downhill	n/a			1:58.30	13
	Super-G	n/a			1:33.48	8
Wendy Siorpaes	Combined	42.66	48.48	1:31.71	3:02.85	27

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Sergio Bonaldi	Sprint	30:06.7	3	67
Paolo Longo	Individual	1:01:27.9	5	55
Christian de Lorenzi	Sprint	28:14.5	2	27
	Pursuit	37:28.53	4	14
	Mass start	49:59.6	4	26
	Individual	56:04.0	1	7
Wilfried Pallhuber	Sprint	28:05.6	1	22
	Pursuit	37:30.36	3	17
	Mass start	49:41.5	2	24
	Individual	56:08.4	1	9
Rene Laurent Vuillermoz	Sprint	28:46.7	4	40
	Pursuit	37:27.33	6	13
	Mass start	49:53.1	4	25
	Individual	58:17.9	4	25
Christian de Lorenzi Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Paolo Longo Wilfried Pallhuber	Relay	1:23:40.9	12	8

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Barbara Ertl	Individual	55:30.0	2	38
Katja Haller	Sprint	25:22.6	1	53
	Pursuit	Did not finish
Michela Ponza	Sprint	23:27.2	1	13
	Pursuit	38:51.79	2	5
	Mass start	42:21.6	1	11
	Individual	53:01.4	2	17
Nathalie Santer	Sprint	24:09.5	2	26
	Pursuit	43:31.68	10	38
	Individual	57:08.4	6	52
Saskia Santer	Sprint	25:42.6	3	57
	Pursuit	Lapped
	Individual	56:52.1	6	51
Michela Ponza Saskia Santer Nathalie Santer Barbara Ertl	Relay	1:22:42.7	12	12

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Simone Bertazzo Matteo Torchio	Two-man	55.78	55.99	56.43	56.95	3:45.15	9
Fabrizio Tosini Samuele Romanini	Two-man	56.06	56.02	56.93	57.10	3:46.11	13
Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco	Two-woman	57.50	57.67	57.71	58.13	3:51.01
Jessica Gillarduzzi Fabiana Mollica	Two-woman	58.26	57.77	58.38	58.55	3:52.96	12
Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini Matteo Torchio Omar Sacco	Four-man	55.63	56.13	55.46	55.62	3:42.84	12
Fabrizio Tosini Luca Ottolino Antonio De Sanctis Giorgio Morbidelli	Four-man	55.80	55.73	55.57	55.51	3:42.61	11

Cross-country skiing

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Valerio Checchi	15 km classical	41:01.5	38
	30 km pursuit	1:17:37.8	19
Giorgio Di Centa	30 km pursuit	1:17:03.2	4
	50 km freestyle	2:06:11.8
Pietro Piller Cottrer	30 km pursuit	1:17:01.7
	50 km freestyle	2:06:14.0	5
Fabio Santus	15 km classical	40:47.0	33
	30 km pursuit	1:17:25.5	16
	50 km freestyle	2:06:38.2	19
Cristian Saracco	15 km classical	41:12.0	40
Fulvio Valbusa	15 km classical	39:18.8	12
	50 km freestyle	2:07:22.5	30
Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	4 x 10 km relay	1:43:45.7

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Antonella Confortola	10 km classical	30:26.9	34
	15 km pursuit	45:11.9	22
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Arianna Follis	15 km pursuit	46:40.9	36
	30 km freestyle	1:24:46.1	12
Magda Genuin	10 km classical	31:37.8	48
Cristina Paluselli	10 km classical	30:46.0	39
Gabriella Paruzzi	10 km classical	29:24.0	13
	15 km pursuit	43:18.9	5
	30 km freestyle	1:23:00.8	5
Sabina Valbusa	15 km pursuit	44:44.7	17
	30 km freestyle	1:23:37.6	10
Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	4 x 5 km relay	54:58.7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Arianna Follis	Women's sprint	2:12.90	2 Q	2:14.7	2 Q	2:16.2	3	Final B 2:20.3	7
Loris Frasnelli	Men's sprint	2:16.30	8 Q	2:20.4	2 Q	2:26.8	3	Final B 2:25.2	6
Magda Genuin	Women's sprint	2:16.41	18 Q	2:17.9	4	Did not advance			19
Barbara Moriggl	Women's sprint	2:19.12	33	Did not advance					33
Renato Pasini	Men's sprint	2:16.87	11 Q	2:23.7	4	Did not advance			18
Freddy Schwienbacher	Men's sprint	2:18.59	17 Q	2:20.4	1 Q	2:22.8	3	Final B 2:23.9	5
Cristian Zorzi	Men's sprint	2:16.23	5 Q	2:25.9	1 Q	2:26.1	2 Q	2:31.7	4
Freddy Schwienbacher Giorgio Di Centa	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:26.2	4 Q	17:31.3	9
Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:32.6	3 Q	17:24.8	7

Curling

Men's tournament

Team: Joël Retornaz (skip), Fabio Alvera, Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo , Antonio Menardi, Marco Mariani (alternate)

Round robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	7

;Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	5
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

;Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	8
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	9

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3
Norway (Trulsen)	0	2	0	4	0	1	4	X	X	X	11

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	6
Italy (Retornaz)	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

;Draw 12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	4	0	1	0	3	2	X	X	X	X	10
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stockli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Women's tournament

Team: Diana Gaspari (skip), Giulia Lacedelli, Rosa Pompanin, Violetta Caldart, Eleonora Alvera (alternate)

Round robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	4	0	2	0	3	2	X	X	11
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

;Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	7
Denmark (Holm)	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	10

;Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6
Russia (Privivkova)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	8
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	9
Italy (Gaspari)	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	7

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	9
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	3
United States (Johnson)	0	2	3	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	11

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
Canada (Kleibrink)	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	X	11

;Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Japan (Onodera)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	6

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Sweden	Anette Norberg	7	2
2	Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	7	2
3	Canada	Shannon Kleibrink	6	3
4	Norway	Dordi Nordby	6	3
5	Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
6	Russia	Ludmila Privivkova	5	4
7	Japan	Ayumi Onodera	4	5
8	Denmark	Dorthe Holm	2	7
9	United States	Cassandra Johnson	2	7
10	Italy	Diana Gaspari	1	8

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Silvia Fontana	Ladies'	n/a		42.47	23 Q	77.90	22	120.37	22
Carolina Kostner	Ladies'	n/a		53.77	11 Q	99.73	9	153.50	9
Karel Zelenka	Men's	n/a		53.46	25	Did not advance			25
Federica Faiella Massimo Scali	Ice dance	33.20	10	43.25	21	87.92	10	164.37	13
Barbara Fusar-Poli Maurizio Margaglio	Ice dance	38.78	1	51.73	10	92.95	8	183.46	6

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

Freestyle skiing

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Walter Bormolini	Men's moguls	22.87	18 Q	21.36	18
Claudio Bosia	Men's moguls	19.62	31	Did not advance	31
Simone Galli	Men's moguls	21.98	21	Did not advance	21
Mariangela Parravicini	Women's moguls	19.62	23	Did not advance	23
Mattia Pegorari	Men's moguls	16.25	34	Did not advance	34
Deborah Scanzio	Women's moguls	22.72	13 Q	23.00	9

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Players

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
G	Rene Baur	180	74	01/19/85	Innichen	SG Bruneck
G	Gunther Hell	174	81	08/30/78	Bolzano	HC Bolzano
G	Jason Muzzatti	186	87	02/03/70	York, Ontario	HC Bolzano
D	Christian Borgatello	176	84	02/10/82	Meran	HC Milano
D	Armin Helfer	188	84	05/31/80	Bruneck	HC Milano
D	Bob Nardella	175	80	01/30/68	Chicago, Illinois	Rockford IceHogs
D	Florian Ramoser	188	87	10/07/79	Bolzano	HC Bolzano
D	Andre Signoretti	174	80	01/16/79	Ottawa, Ontario	SG Cortina
D	Michele Strazzabosco	193	98	02/06/76	Asiago	HC Milano
D	Carter Trevisani	186	88	06/15/82	Hamilton, Ontario	A&O Asiago
F	Luca Ansoldi	183	91	01/05/82	Meran	SV Ritten
F	Joe Busillo	185	99	05/13/70	Toronto, Ontario	HC Milano
F	Mario Chitarroni	171	80	06/11/67	Haileybury, Ontario	HC Milano
F	Jason Cirone	177	93	02/21/71	Toronto, Ontario	HC Asiago
F	Giorgio de Bettin	175	84	08/07/72	Pieve di Cadore	SG Cortina
F	Manuel de Toni	181	90	01/10/79	Feltre	HC Alleghe
F	Tony Iob	182	93	01/02/71	Renfrew, Ontario	Klagenfurter AC
F	Stefano Margoni	182	85	05/12/75	Bolzano	HC Bolzano
F	John Parco	182	85	08/25/71	Sault Ste Marie, Ontario	A&0 Asiago
F	Giulio Scandella	183	84	09/18/83	Montreal, Quebec	A&O Asiago
F	Lucio Topatigh	183	88	10/19/65	Gallio	A&O Asiago
F	Tony Tuzzolino	184	90	10/09/75	Buffalo, New York	Modo Hockey
F	Stefan Zisser	170	82	03/26/80	Bolzano	HC Bolzano
F	Nicola Fontanive	165	71	10/25/85	Belluno	HC Alleghe
D	Carlo Lorenzi	175	75	09/02/74	Agordo	HC Alleghe

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006 13:05

Italy

2 – 7 (0–1, 2–5, 0–1)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,575

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	0 – 1 5:33 - Iginla (Bertuzzi, Sakic) Cirone (Scandella) (PP) - 20:43 1 – 1 1 – 2 21:55 - Heatley (St. Louis, Lecavalier) 1 – 3 25:38 - Doan (Pronger, Richards) 1 – 4 26:04 - Iginla (Sakic) (PP) 1 – 5 33:53 - St. Louis (Heatley, Lecavalier) 1 – 6 34:38 - Richards (Doan, Bertuzzi) Parco (Tuzzolino) - 38:08 2 – 6 2 – 7 43:39 - Thornton (Gagné) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	50

16 February 2006 12:05

Finland

6 – 0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,776

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Günther Hell	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Lehtinen (Numminen) (PP) - 21:49 1 – 0 S. Koivu (Numminen) (PP) - 23:51 2 – 0 J. Jokinen (Nummelin, Salo) (PP) - 30:11 3 – 0 Peltonen (Nummelin) (PP) - 38:25 4 – 0 Selänne (S. Koivu, Salo) (PP) - 52:07 5 – 0 Selänne (Lehtinen) - 55:08 6 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	16

18 February 2006 13:05

Italy

3 – 3 (1–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Germany

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,908

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Olaf Kölzig	Referee: Timo Favorin
	Parco (Iob) - 2:03 1 – 0 1 – 1 26:21 - Martinec (Boos) Iob (Parco, de Bettin) - 44:27 2 – 1 2 – 2 47:16 - Felski (Kreutzer) Borgatello (de Bettin, Chitarroni) (SH) - 58:28 3 – 2 3 – 3 Goc (Kreutzer, Lewandowski) - 58:43 (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	34

19 February 2006 20:05

Czech Republic

4 – 1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,776

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Hejduk (Výborný, T. Kaberle) - 12:57 1 – 0 Prospal (Jágr, Straka) - 14:20 2 – 0 Prospal (Straka) (SH) - 28:36 3 – 0 3 – 1 57:53 - Parco (de Bettin, Iob) Prospal (Straka, Vokoun) (EN) - 58:40 4 – 1
	20 min	Penalties	58 min
	43	Shots	16

21 February 2006 12:35

Switzerland

3 – 3 (2–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,529

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Dennis Larue
	Lemm (Bezina, Blindenbacher) (PP) - 3:06 1 – 0 Fischer (Plüss) - 6:33 2 – 0 2 – 1 15:41 - Busillo (Nardella) (PP) 2 – 2 20:53 - Trevisani (Cirone, Busillo) (PP) 2 – 3 46:13 - Iob (de Bettin) Rüthemann - 56:38 3 – 3
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

Women's tournament

Players

No.	Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2004–05 team
2	D	Michela Angeloni	167	67	09/25/84	Bergamo	HC Lario Halloween Como
12	F	Evelyn Bazzanella - C	168	58	06/15/76	Bolzano	HC Eagles Bolzano
9	D	Valentina Bettarini	170	66	06/29/90	Bolzano	HC Eagles Bolzano
8	F	Celeste Bissardella	166	58	10/17/88	Bolzano	HC Eagles Bolzano
29	F	Heidi Caldart	167	56	10/19/83	Feltre	Agordo Hockey
18	F	Silvia Carignano	160	59	08/11/87	Pinerolo	HC All Stars Piemonte
17	F	Diana da Rugna	160	53	10/16/89	Feltre	Agordo Hockey
25	F	Anna de la Forest	163	47	06/24/88	Turin	HC All Stars Piemonte
19	D	Nadia de Nardin	170	67	11/14/75	Agordo	Agordo Hockey
7	D	Linda de Rocco	162	53	01/03/86	Belluno	Agordo Hockey
14	D	Rebecca Fiorese	162	61	09/04/80	Milano	HC Lario Halloween Como
11	F	Sabina Florian - A	168	68	05/28/83	Bolzano	SC Riessersee
1	G	Luana Frasnelli	162	54	07/25/75	Bolzano	HC Eagles Bolzano
13	D	Manuela Friz - A	156	51	08/16/78	Agordo	Agordo Hockey
24	F	Waltraud Kaser	169	61	07/03/80	Brixen	HC Eagles Bolzano
10	F	Maria Michaela Leitner	161	54	12/30/81	Sterzing	HC Eagles Bolzano
26	G	Debora Montanari	159	58	10/17/80	Pinerolo	HC All Stars Piemonte
16	D	Katharina Sparer	163	52	02/22/90	Bolzano	HC Eagles Bolzano
27	F	Silvia Toffano	163	52	01/05/85	Venezia	HC Eagles Bolzano
23	D	Sabrina Viel	166	53	02/17/73	Belluno	Agordo Hockey

Results

Round-robin

11 February 2006 20:35

Canada

16 – 0 (5–0, 4–0, 7–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,399

Game reference
	Kim St. Pierre	Goalies	Debora Montanari (out 40:00) Luana Frasnelli (in 40:00)	Referee: Danyel Howard
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) - 1:36 1 – 0 Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) - 1:52 2 – 0 Wickenheiser (Piper) - 4:04 3 – 0 Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) - 6:53 4 – 0 Pounder (Kellar) - 11:34 5 – 0 Vaillancourt (Piper) - 20:25 6 – 0 MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) - 22:32 7 – 0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) - 38:45 8 – 0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) - 39:56 9 – 0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) - 41:35 10 – 0 Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) - 47:31 11 – 0 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) - 48:41 12 – 0 Pounder - 49:42 13 – 0 Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) - 52:19 14 – 0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) - 56:15 15 – 0 Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) - 57:37 16 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	66	Shots	5

13 February 2006 15:05

Sweden

11 – 0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,156

Game reference
	Cecilia Andersson	Goalies	Debora Montanari (out 40:00) Luana Frasnelli (in 40:00)	Referee: Katerina Ivicicova
	Sjölander (Winberg) (PP) - 7:09 1 – 0 Sjölander (Lindberg, G. Andersson) (PP) - 15:45 2 – 0 G. Andersson (Holst) - 18:15 3 – 0 Jansson (Eliasson) - 20:59 4 – 0 Holst (Rooth) - 25:05 5 – 0 Edstrand (Sjölander) - 31:45 6 – 0 Rooth (Holst) (SH) - 32:37 7 – 0 G. Andersson (Nevalainen) - 34:16 8 – 0 Sjölander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) - 49:31 9 – 0 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) - 50:55 10 – 0 Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) - 58:08 11 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	4

14 February 2006 13:05

Italy

1 – 5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,046

Game reference
	Debora Montanari	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Bianca Walter
	Florian (Leitner, Bettarini) (PP) - 8:02 1 – 0 1 – 1 11:17 - Gladysheva (PP) 1 – 2 25:51 - Trefilova (Pashkevich) (PP) 1 – 3 44:31 - Gavrilova (Khomich) 1 – 4 46:53 - Gavrilova (Sotnikova) 1 – 5 53:04 - Trefilova (Shchelchkova) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	13	Shots	40

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	9	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	16	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	1	32	0

Classification games

5th-8th classification

17 February 2006 18:35

Germany

5 – 2 (3–2, 0–0, 2–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,750

Game reference
	Stephanie Wartosch-Kuerten	Goalies	Debora Montanari	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Becker (M. Lanzl) - 0:27 1 – 0 Seiler (Tamas) (PP) - 5:32 2 – 0 2 – 1 6:18 - Leitner 2 – 2 6:59 - Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella) Holmes (Soesilo) - 7:47 3 – 2 Becker (Ritter) - 42:50 4 – 2 Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) - 55:35 5 – 2
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	13

7th place game

20 February 2006 13:05

Switzerland

11 – 0 (4–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Irina Gasehnnikova	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter (out 30:00) Florence Schelling (in 30:00)	Referee: Stephanie Normand
	Diaz - 4:33 1 – 0 Diaz (Mosimann) (PP) - 9:54 2 – 0 J. Marty (Diaz) (PP) - 16:06 3 – 0 Lehmann (S. Marty) - 16:41 4 – 0 Ruhnke (Rochat) - 22:36 5 – 0 J. Marty (Ruhnke) - 26:51 6 – 0 Meier (Kunzle) - 31:09 7 – 0 Lehmann (Mosimann) - 32:48 8 – 0 Ruhnke (Rochat) - 33:16 9 – 0 S. Marty (Lehmann) - 35:37 10 – 0 S. Marty (Lehmann) - 56:08 11 – 0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	29

Luge

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Wilfried Huber	Men's singles	52.095	51.748	51.848	51.984	3:27.675	10
Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova	Women's singles	Did not finish
Sarah Podorieszach	Women's singles	47.858	47.647	47.519	47.850	3:10.874	11
Reinhold Rainer	Men's singles	51.926	51.696	51.647	51.733	3:27.002	8
Armin Zoeggeler	Men's singles	51.718	51.414	51.430	51.526	3:26.088
Patrick Gruber Christian Oberstolz	Doubles	47.620	47.336	n/a		1:34.956	5
Oswald Haselrieder Gerhard Plankensteiner	Doubles	47.236	47.694	n/a		1:34.930

Nordic combined

Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Davide Bresadola	Sprint	102.0	31	1:35	21:43.3 +3:14.3	44
Giuseppe Michielli	Sprint	104.7	26	1:24	19:32.0 +1:03.0	16
	Individual Gundersen	219.5	21	2:52	42:05.5 +2:20.9	14
Daniele Munari	Sprint	89.2	44	2:26	21:03.1 +2:34.1	38
	Individual Gundersen	196.5	35	4:24	45:06.3 +5:21.7	39
Alessandro Pittin	Individual Gundersen	161.5	47	6:44	48:50.2 +9:05.6	46
Jochen Strobl	Sprint	96.0	37	1:59	20:09.8 +1:40.8	30
	Individual Gundersen	190.5	41	4:48	44:42.3 +4:57.7	34
Davide Bresadola Jochen Strobl Daniele Munari Giuseppe Michielli	Team	Did not start

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marta Capurso	Women's 500 m	45.217	2 Q	44.438	2 Q	45.204	4	Final B 46.899	5
	Women's 1000 m	Disqualified
	Women's 1500 m	2:31.053	2 Q	n/a		2:27.291	4	Final B 2:30.054	9
Fabio Carta	Men's 1000 m	1:27.826	2 Q	1:27.656	3	Did not advance			8
	Men's 1500 m	2:27.799	3 Q	n/a		2:19.724	3	Final B 2:24.658	7
Arianna Fontana	Women's 500 m	45.398	2 Q	44.948	3	Did not advance			11
	Women's 1000 m	1:32.033	2 Q	1:33.401	1 Q	1:33.228	4	Final B 1:34.269	6
Nicola Rodigari	Men's 500 m	42.189	2 Q	43.701	2 Q	42.131	4	Final B 42.398	7
	Men's 1000 m	1:27.184	2 Q	1:27.240	3	Did not advance			7
	Men's 1500 m	2:29.885	2 Q	n/a		2:18.615	6	Did not advance	14
Roberto Serra	Men's 500 m	43.120	2 Q	42.773	3	Did not advance			9
Katia Zini	Women's 1500 m	2:41.561	3 Q	n/a		2:23.141	4	Final B 2:30.164	10
Fabio Carta Nicola Rodigari Nicola Franceschina Yuri Confortola	Men's 5000 m relay	n/a				7:07.358	3 ADV	6:48.597	4
Marta Capurso Arianna Fontana Katia Zini Mara Zini	Women's 3000 m relay	n/a				4:19.797	2 Q	4:20.030

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

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Maurizio Oioli	Men's	59.28	59.24	1:58.52	12
Costanza Zanoletti	Women's	1:00.99	1:01.18	2:02.17	5

Ski jumping

Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Alessio Bolognani	Normal hill	100.5	40	Did not advance				40
	Large hill	74.9	33 Q	70.7	44	Did not advance		44
Sebastian Colloredo	Normal hill	118.0	14 Q	113.5	30 Q	113.0	226.5	27
	Large hill	94.1	13 Q	90.2	36	Did not advance		36
Andrea Morassi	Normal hill	107.5	30 Q	108.5	36	Did not advance		36
	Large hill	45.7	50	Did not advance				50
Alessio Bolognani Davide Bresadola Sebastian Colloredo Andrea Morassi	Team	n/a		328.4	11	Did not advance		11

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Tania Detomas	Women's halfpipe	29.7	13	33.6	8	Did not advance		14
Giacomo Kratter	Men's halfpipe	12.8	36	37.0	7	Did not advance		13
Romina Masolini	Women's halfpipe	12.7	27	20.5	19	Did not advance		25
Manuel Pietropoli	Men's halfpipe	12.3	37	4.1	37	Did not advance		43

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.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Corinna Boccacini	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:23.40	19	Did not advance				19
Isabella Dal Balcon	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:22.55	13 Q	Boldikova (RUS) (4) L +18.13 (-0.32 +18.45)	Did not advance			13
Meinhard Erlacher	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:13.22	22	Did not advance				22
Roland Fischnaller	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:11.61	12 Q	Jaquet (SUI) (5) L +0.51 (0.00 +0.51)	Did not advance			13
Rudi Galli	Men's parallel giant slalom	Disqualified
Marion Posch	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:22.89	15 Q	Fletcher (USA) (2) L +0.96 (+0.47 +0.49)	Did not advance			15
Carmen Ranigler	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:25.23	26	Did not advance				26
Simone Salvati	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:13.48	24	Did not advance				24

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Simone Malusa	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.53	33	Did not advance				33
Stefano Pozzolini	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.23	19 Q	3	Did not advance			24
Carmen Ranigler	Women's snowboard cross	1:32.91	18	Did not advance				18
Alberto Schiavon	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.38	22 Q	3	Did not advance			26
Tommaso Tagliaferri	Men's snowboard cross	1:20.93	4 Q	2	3	Did not advance	Classification 9-12 3	11

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matteo Anesi	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:49.88	29
Maurizio Carnino	Men's 500 m	36.24	36.43	1:12.67	31
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.44	30
Stefano Donagrandi	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:48.85	22
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:33.45	16
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:47,67	13
Enrico Fabris	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:45.97
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:18.25
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:21.54	8
Ermanno Ioriatti	Men's 500 m	35.88	35.80	1:11.68	21
	Men's 1000 m	Disqualified
Adelia Marra	Women's 1500 m	n/a		2:03.07	31
	Women's 3000 m	n/a		4:16.27	20
Ippolito Sanfratello	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:48.44	18
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:32.58	14
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:41.91	12
Chiara Simionato	Women's 500 m	39.02	38.66	1:17.68	10
	Women's 1000 m	n/a		1:17.53	13
	Women's 1500 m	n/a		1:58.76	5

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
From: Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello	Men's team pursuit	3:47.79	2	United States (7) W 3:43.64 OR	Netherlands (3) W Overtaken	Canada (1) W 3:44.46

Athlete's oath

Italian skier Giorgio Rocca delivered the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

References

External links

• Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Italy at the Wayback Machine (archive index)