| Noc: | RSA |
| Nocname: | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Location: | Turin |
| Competitors: | 3 (3 men) |
| Sports: | 3 |
| Flagbearer: | Alexander Heath (opening) Tyler Botha (closing)[1] [2] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1960 |
Three men from South Africa competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.One of them, Alexander Heath, became the first African to compete in all 5 alpine events. The three-man South African team was the largest from the continent in Turin.
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Alexander Heath, competing in his third Olympics, qualified in all five events, with his best finish a 27th in the giant slalom.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Alexander Heath | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:59.79 | 52 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:37.77 | 50 | |||
| Men's giant slalom | 1:25.61 | 1:25.81 | n/a | 2:51.42 | 27 | |
| Men's slalom | did not finish | |||||
| Men's combined | 1:47.62 | did not finish | ||||
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.
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Kraas competed in three events in Turin, but finished in only one, the sprint, where he finished 57th out of 80 competitors.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Oliver Kraas | Men's 15 km classical | Did not finish | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | Did not finish | ||
See main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Tyler Botha finished second in a pair of Challenge Cup events that allowed him to qualify for the Games, where he ended up in 21st place.[5] [6]