Bermuda at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:BER
Nocname:Bermuda Olympic Association
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2006
Location:Turin
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Patrick Singleton (opening and closing)
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1992

Bermuda sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. The Bermudian delegation consisted of a single athlete, skeleton racer Patrick Singleton. This was Bermuda's fifth Winter Olympic Games and Singleton's third consecutive Olympics as the only Bermudian athlete. In his event he came in 19th place.

Background

Bermuda first participated in Olympic competition at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, made their Winter Olympic Games debut in 1992 at the Albertville Games; and have appeared in every Olympics since their respective debuts bar one, the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] [2] The only medal the territory has won so far is a bronze in the sport of boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[3] The only competitor Bermuda sent to Turin was Patrick Singleton, a skeleton racer.[4] He was the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony[5] and the closing ceremony.[6]

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Patrick Singleton, who was 31 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics, was the lone athlete representing Bermuda for a third consecutive games. He had previously raced luge for Bermuda at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.[7] [8] The skeleton race consisted of two runs, Singleton completed the first run in one minute and six one-hundredths of a second, after which he was in 22nd place.[9] In his second run, he posted a time of 59.75 seconds, which saw him finish the event in 19th place.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bermuda. Sports Reference. 2 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180306083443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BER/. 6 March 2018.
  2. News: 54 Boycotted in 1980. 10 May 1984. The New York Times. 1 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091021/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/10/world/54-boycotted-in-1980.html. 30 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Clarence Hill Bio, Stats, and Results. Sports Reference. 2 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170709045934/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/clarence-hill-1.html. 9 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Bermuda at the 2006 Torino Winter Games. Sports Reference. 11 July 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061245/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BER/winter/2006/. 7 January 2018.
  5. Web site: List of flag bearers – Torino 2006 – Olympics. 10 February 2006. Eurosport. 29 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180429005607/https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/torino/2006/list-of-flag-bearers_sto830383/story.shtml. 29 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Flag Bearers for the Closing Ceremony – Olympic News. 26 February 2006. International Olympic Committee. 29 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161016180938/https://www.olympic.org/news/flag-bearers-for-the-closing-ceremony-2. 16 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Bermuda at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. Sports Reference. 12 July 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701025800/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BER/winter/1998/. 1 July 2017.
  8. Web site: Bermuda at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games. Sports Reference. 12 July 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BER/winter/2002/. 7 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Skeleton at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's Skeleton Run 1. Sports Reference. 12 July 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707061314/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/SKE/mens-skeleton-run-1.html. 7 July 2017.
  10. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report – Skeleton . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 22 September 2009 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013510/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Skeleton.pdf . 12 June 2012.

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