| Noc: | ARG |
| Nocname: | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Turin |
| Competitors: | 9 (5 men, 4 women) |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer: | María Belén Simari Birkner (opening) Clyde Getty (closing)[1] [2] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1928 |
Argentina competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Of the five-person alpine skiing contingent Argentina sent to Turin, three were members of the Simari Birkner family. These three accounted for all of Argentina's top-30 finishes, with the best performances coming from Cristian Javier in the giant slalom and the combined.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Facundo Aguirre | Men's giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
| Cristian Javier Simari Birkner | Men's giant slalom | 1:22.37 | 1:20.19 | n/a | 2:42.56 | 23 |
| Men's slalom | did not finish | |||||
| Men's combined | 1:43.93 | 45.89 | 46.72 | 3:16.54 | 23 | |
| Macarena Simari Birkner | Women's super-G | did not finish | ||||
| Women's giant slalom | 1:05.81 | 1:13.62 | n/a | 2:19.43 | 31 | |
| Women's slalom | 45.90 | 51.17 | n/a | 1:37.07 | 31 | |
| Women's combined | 40.99 | 45.95 | 1:35.72 | 3:02.66 | 26 | |
| María Belén Simari Birkner | Women's super-G | n/a | 1:38.02 | 47 | ||
| Women's giant slalom | did not finish | |||||
| Women's slalom | 46.35 | 51.26 | n/a | 1:37.61 | 37 | |
| Women's combined | 41.55 | 47.08 | 1:36.72 | 3:05.35 | 29 | |
| Miriam Vazquez | Women's downhill | n/a | 2:07.42 | 39 | ||
| Women's combined | did not start | |||||
Note: In the men's combined, runs 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.
See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Beltrame's best finish came in the individual event, where he finished 84th ahead of three other finishers.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Sebastian Beltrame | Men's sprint | 33:32.4 | 5 | 87 |
| Men's individual | 1:09:24.3 | 9 | 84 | |
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics. [5]
See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
44-year-old Colorado resident Clyde Getty represented Argentina in the men's aerials, finishing last in the field after failing to land his second jump.[6] [7]
See main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Michelle Despain bumped into the track walls several times during the competition, and was nearly 10 seconds slower than the next-to-last finisher, but she did manage to complete all four runs.[8] [9]