Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's moguls explained

Event:Women's moguls
Games:2006 Winter
Venue:Sauze d'Oulx
Dates:11 February
Competitors:30
Nations:15
Gold:Jennifer Heil
Goldnoc:CAN
Silver:Kari Traa
Silvernoc:NOR
Bronze:Sandra Laoura
Bronzenoc:FRA
Prev:2002
Next:2010

The Women's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy took place on 11 February.[1]

Results

Qualification

Hannah Kearney, the winner of the event at the 2005 World Championship,[2] failed to qualify for the final, while Canadian Jennifer Heil, the World Cup leader[3] finished over a point ahead of the competition in her qualifying race.[4]

Rank Name CountryScoreNotes
1 26.67Q
2 25.45Q
3 24.85Q
4 24.45Q
5 24.20Q
6 24.15Q
7 24.06Q
8 23.76Q
9 23.63Q
10 23.49Q
11 23.31Q
12 22.73Q
13 22.72Q
14 22.45Q
15 22.34Q
16 22.19Q
17 22.15Q
18 22.07Q
19 21.82Q
20 Jillian Vogtli21.79Q
21 Lyudmila Dymchenko21.42
22 Hannah Kearney20.80
23 Mariangela Parravicini19.62
24 Nina Bednarik19.54
25 Darya Rybalova18.70
26 Sarka Sudova18.64
27 Miyuki Hatanaka18.61
28 Yuliya Rodonova16.76
29 Nuria Montané11.76
30 Yun Chae-rin7.07

Final

Heil, the top qualifier, started last, and was up against the time of Norwegian Kari Traa, who improved on her qualifying sum by 1.39 points. However, Heil's total of 26.50 was nearly a point better than Traa, which gave her the gold.[5]

Rank Athlete Score
26.50
25.65
25.37
4 24.74
5 24.01
6 23.58
7 23.30
8 23.10
9 23.00
10 22.82
11 22.72
12 22.52
13 22.44
14 22.21
15 22.12
16 22.05
17 20.79
18 20.04
19 19.84
20 17.78

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freestyle Skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics: Moguls, Women . Olympedia . 10 July 2020.
  2. http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2005/FS/8057/2005FS8057FRL.pdf Results - World Ski Championships 2005 - Moguls
  3. http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2006/FS/8069/2006FS8069WCS.pdf 2006 Freestyle FIS World Cup – Ladies' Overall World Cup Standings as of 05/02/2006
  4. http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2006/FS/8090/8090QRL.pdf Qualification results
  5. http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2006/FS/8089/8089FRL.pdf Final results