New Zealand at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	NZL
Nocname:	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Games Link:	2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Games:	Winter Youth Olympics
Year:	2024
Location:	Gangwon, South Korea
Competitors:	22
Sports:	7
Flagbearer Open:	Jed Nevill & Lucia Georgalli
Flagbearer Close:	Luke Harrold
Rank:	17
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

New Zealand competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. It was New Zealand's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The New Zealand team consisted of 22 athletes (13 men and nine women) competing in seven sports.^[1] The flag bearers at the opening ceremony were snowboarder Lucia Georgalli and curler Jed Nevill.^{[2] [3]} Freestyle skier Luke Harrold was the flag bearer at the closing ceremony.^[4] With the team winning seven medals—one gold, two silver, and four bronze—the event was New Zealand's most successful Winter Youth Olympics to date.^[4]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Freestyle skiing	Men's halfpipe
		Freestyle skiing	Men's halfpipe
		Freestyle skiing	Men's big air
		Figure skating	Men's singles

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

width=120	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	1	2	3
Biathlon	1	0	1
Curling	2	2	4
Figure skating	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	5	2	7
Luge	0	1	1
Snowboarding	3	2	5
Total	13	9	22

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. New Zealand qualified three alpine skiers (one man and two women).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ruby Fullerton	Women's slalom	58.95	47
	Women's giant slalom	53.25	27	56.76	24	1:50.01	23
	Women's super-G	57.56	36	57.56		36
	Women's combined	1:00.00	37	59.10	29	1:59.10	29
Hemi Meikle	Men's slalom	50.54	34
	Men's giant slalom	51.73	28	47.25	19	1:38.98	22
	Men's super-G	55.23	13	55.23		13
	Men's combined	56.08	24
Charlotte Wiggins	Women's slalom	55.65	37	54.82	31	1:50.47	30
	Women's giant slalom			Did not advance
	Women's super-G	57.39	34	57.39		34
	Women's combined	59.69	36	57.35	26	1:57.04	27

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Baxter Pollard	Men's sprint	32:02.3	8 (5+3)	95
Men's individual	1:05:01.7	16 (4+5+3+4)	96

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. New Zealand qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.^{[6] [7]} However, only four athletes were selected (two per gender), with two athletes doubling up in both events.

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jed Nevill Olivia Russell Jack Steele Ellie McKenzie	Mixed team	L 3–9	L 4–8	L 1–9	W 12–1	L 2–6	L 2–5	L 3–6	7	Did not advance			13
Olivia Russell Jed Nevill	Mixed doubles	W 12–5	L 3–6	L 4–9	L 2–11	L 4–12	5	Did not advance			20

Mixed team

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team.

width=140	Group A	width=150	Skip	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
		6	1	1–0	65	25	28	17	0	12	59.04
		6	1	0–1	68	26	31	16	1	15	51.38
		5	2	1–0	64	26	27	17	2	11	39.53
		5	2	0–1	55	42	27	19	5	10	58.05
		3	4	–	49	39	25	19	2	11	65.33
		2	5	–	41	40	16	26	5	5	82.17
		1	6	–	27	44	18	23	3	6	86.52
		0	7	–	6	133	4	39	1	0	199.60

Round robin

Draw 1Saturday, 20 January, 10:00

Draw 2Saturday, 20 January, 18:00

Draw 3Sunday, 21 January, 14:00

Draw 4Monday, 22 January, 10:00

Draw 5Monday, 22 January, 18:00

Draw 6Tuesday, 23 January, 14:00

Draw 7Wednesday, 24 January, 9:00

Mixed doubles

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles.

width=140	Group C	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20
	5	0	–	56.80
	4	1	–	38.84
	3	2	–	77.39
	2	3	–	89.37
	1	4	–	94.80
	0	5	–	112.92

Round robin

Draw 4Saturday, 27 January, 18:00

Draw 5Sunday, 28 January, 10:00

Draw 9Monday, 29 January, 14:00

Draw 12Tuesday, 30 January, 14:00

Draw 14Wednesday, 31 January, 9:00

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Freeski

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best / Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Hamish Barlow	Men's slopestyle	19.50	44.25	44.25	18	Did not advance
Men's big air	59.25	56.25	59.25	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Madeleine Disbrowe	Women's slopestyle	65.25	63.25	65.25	8 Q	34.75	43.50	14.00	43.50	9
Women's big air					Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Luke Harrold	Men's halfpipe	88.00	89.25	89.25	2 Q	94.25	25.75	85.50	94.25
Men's slopestyle	61.00	81.75	81.75	5 Q	51.75	62.50	65.25	65.25	6
Men's big air	89.75	32.75	89.75	4 Q	84.25	88.00	25.25	172.25
align=left rowspan=3	Fin Melville Ives	Men's halfpipe	81.75	92.00	92.00	1 Q	92.50	55.25	42.00	92.50
Men's slopestyle	20.75		20.75	23	Did not advance
Men's big air					Did not advance
Liam Richards	Men's halfpipe	50.50	62.00	62.00	7 Q	70.25	16.50	20.75	70.25	7
align=left rowspan=2	Mischa Thomas	Women's slopestyle	70.50	77.75	77.75	4 Q					10
Women's big air					Did not advance

Ski cross

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. New Zealand qualified one female luger.^[8]

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Ava Beer	Women's halfpipe	35.00	33.00	35.00	14	Did not advance
Women's slopestyle	76.50	21.00	76.50	4 Q	22.50	25.75	6.75	25.75	10
Women's big air	85.25	86.25	86.25	3 Q	20.00	67.25	17.50	84.75	10
align=left rowspan=2	Lucia Georgalli	Women's slopestyle	80.75	83.25	83.25	3 Q	19.75	22.00	88.25	88.25
Women's big air	65.75	83.00	83.00	5 Q	79.25	39.75	72.75	152.00
Joshua Li	Men's slopestyle	31.75	22.25	31.75	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Txema Mazet-Brown	Men's slopestyle	4.00	18.50	18.50	19	Did not advance
Men's big air	84.75	25.25	84.75	5 Q	21.75	17.50	21.50	21.75	9
align=left rowspan=3	Campbell Melville Ives	Men's halfpipe	75.75	43.00	75.75	5 Q	81.50	68.50	77.50	81.50	4
Men's slopestyle	57.25	80.00	80.00	2 Q	71.00	30.75	89.00	89.00	4
Men's big air	88.00	16.00	88.00	4 Q	82.75	70.25	25.00	153.00

Officials

• Chef de Mission – Marty Toomey^[1]

See also

• New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 22 athletes to represent New Zealand at Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. 16 January 2024. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 16 January 2024.
2. Web site: Lucia Georgalli and Jed Nevill named New Zealand team flag bearers for Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games. 19 January 2024. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 19 January 2024.
3. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information. 19 January 2024. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024.
4. Web site: Gold medallist Luke Harrold named closing ceremony flag bearer + most successful ever Winter Youth Olympic Games for New Zealand . 1 February 2024 . . 2 February 2024.
5. Web site: Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024.
6. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed. 12 April 2023. www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 September 2023.
7. Web site: Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed. Shefferd. Neil. 14 April 2023. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 23 December 2023.
8. Web site: Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women´s Singles World Cup referring D.1. International Luge Federation (FIL). www.fil-luge.org/. 10 December 2023. 2 January 2024.