Chile at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	CHI
Nocname:	Chilean Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2006
Website:
Location:	Turin
Competitors:	9 (5 men, 4 women)
Sports:	2
Flagbearer:	Daniela Anguita (opening) Marco Zúñiga (closing)^[1] ^[2]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Chile competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

7 of Chile's 9 athletes in Turin participated in alpine skiing, including the country's top finisher, Noelle Barahona, who was 30th in the women's combined. The 15-year-old was more than 35 seconds behind the gold medal winner, and more than 20 behind the next-to-last finisher, but did complete all three runs, something 15 other competitors were unable to do.^{[3] [4]}

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Daniela Anguita	Women's super-G	did not finish
Noelle Barahona	Women's combined	47.62	56.39	1:42.61	3:26.62	30
Macarena Benvenuto	Women's super-G	n/a	1:41.52	50
Mikael Gayme	Men's downhill	n/a	1:55.73	41
	Men's super-G	n/a	1:39.68	54
Maui Gayme	Men's downhill	n/a	1:56.10	42
	Men's super-G	n/a	1:36.85	47
Duncan Grob	Men's super-G	n/a	1:36.24	44
	Men's giant slalom	did not finish
Jorge Mandrú	Men's downhill	n/a	1:58.77	49
	Men's combined	1:45.81	52.92	disqualified

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

See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Zúñiga finished second-to-last in both his events, while Isbej was last in each of hers.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Verónica Isbej	Women's sprint	33:52.0	4	83
	Women's individual	1:14:55.3	7	81
Marco Zúñiga	Men's sprint	33:38.1	1	89
	Men's individual	1:11:02.5	5	87

External links

• Chile NOC

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony . 22 February 2009 .
2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony . https://web.archive.org/web/20120115165300/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726 . dead . 15 January 2012 . 22 February 2009 .
3. Web site: Noelle Barahona: "Mi participación en los Juegos Olímpicos fue increíble". Diego Bastarrica. Cooperativa.cl. 19 February 2006. 27 May 2009.
4. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013210/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 27 May 2009.
5. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013218/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Biathlon.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 27 May 2009.