Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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| At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 in 11 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Torah Bright (opening) Lydia Lassila (closing) |
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| Medals Rank: 13 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 3 |
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Australia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A team of forty athletes was selected to compete in eleven sports. The Chef de Mission was Ian Chesterman who has held the position since the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Australia achieved its best ever results, winning two gold medals; in the women's aerials and women's halfpipe; and a silver in the men's Moguls. To date Australia has won a total of five gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals in Winter olympic competition.
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Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Gold |
Torah Bright | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | February 18 |
| Gold |
Lydia Lassila | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | February 24 |
 Silver |
Dale Begg-Smith | Freestyle Skiing | Men's moguls | February 14 |
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Branch | Men's Downhill | 1:57.19 | 34 |
| Men's Super-G | 1:32:89 | 29 | |
| Jono Brauer | Men's Downhill | 1:58.08 | 39 |
| Men's Super-G | 1:32:92 | 30 |
Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Alexei Almoukov | Men's sprint | 30:57.9 | 4 | 87 |
Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Time | Rank | ||
| Chris Spring Duncan Harvey (Heats 1 and 2) Anthony Ryan (Heat 3) |
Two-man | 53.14 | 54.41 | 53.18 | DNQ | 2:40.73 | 22 |
| Jeremy Rolleston Duncan Pugh |
Two-man | DNF | DNS | ||||
| Jeremy Rolleston Duncan Pugh Duncan Harvey Anthony Ryan |
Four-man | DNS | |||||
| Astrid Loch-Wilkinson Cecilia Mcintosh |
Two-woman | 54.85 | 54.66 | 55.16 | DNQ | 2:44.67 | 19 |
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Esther Bottomley | Women's sprint | 4:05.12 | 50 | Did not advance | 50 | ||||
| Paul Murray | Men's sprint | 3:52.96 | 55 | Did not advance | 55 | ||||
| Ben Sim | 15 km freestyle | N/A | 35:48.6 | 45 | |||||
| 30 km pursuit | N/A | 1:23:25.8 | 47 | ||||||
| Paul Murray Ben Sim |
Men's team sprint | 19:57.0 | 10 | N/A | Did not advance | 20 | |||
Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete(s) | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Cheltzie Lee[1] | Ladies' | N/A | 52.16 | 18 | 86.00 | 20 | 138.16 | 20 | |
Freestyle skiing
Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Men's team – Aerials and Moguls
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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| Points 663 | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Dale Begg-Smith | Moguls | 25.03 | 4 Q | 26.58 |  |
| Ramone Cooper | Moguls | 21.11 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| David Morris | Aerials | 221.02 | 13 | Did not advance | |
- Men's team – Ski cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 Final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Final | Rank | ||
| Scott Kneller | Ski Cross | 1:13.85 | 12 Q | 2 Q | 2 Q | 3 q | Small Final 3 |
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- Women's team – Aerials and Moguls
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Britteny Cox | Moguls | 19.87 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Jacqui Cooper | Aerials | 162.99 | 11 Q | 194.29 | 5 |
| Elizabeth Gardner | Aerials | 164.60 | 10 Q | 86.70 | 12 |
| Lydia Lassila | Aerials | 167.55 | 9 Q | 214.74 |  |
| Bree Munro | Aerials | 143.46 | 18 | Did not advance | |
- Women's team – Ski cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 Final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Final | Rank | ||
| Katya Crema | Ski Cross | 1:20.19 | 17 Q | 2 Q | 3 | Did not advance | 15 | |
| Jenny Owens | Ski Cross | 1:19.80 | 15 Q | 2 Q | 3 | Did not advance | 13 | |
Luge
Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Finals | |||||
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| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Time | Rank | ||
| Hannah Campbell-Pegg | Women's singles | 42.527 | 42.570 | 42.606 | 42.519 | 2:50.222 | 23 |
Short track speed skating
Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Ranking | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Tatiana Borodulina | Women's 500 metres | 44.901 | 3 | Did not advance | 21 | |||||
| Women's 1000 metres | 1:32.509 | 1 Q | 1:32.465 | 2 Q | 1:29.663 | 3 QB | Final B 1:32.661 |
4 | 7 | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 2:27:408 | 2 Q | N/A | 2:21.617 | 4 QB | Final B 2:43.051 |
3 | 11 | ||
| Lachlan Hay | Men's 1000 metres | 1:26.132 | 4 | Did not advance | 26 | |||||
Skeleton
Main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Anthony Deane | Men's | 54.55 | 54.12 | 54.68 | DNQ | 2:43.45 | 23 |
| John Farrow | Men's | DNS | |||||
| Melissa Hoar | Women's | 54.73 | 54.48 | 54.48 | 54.53 | 3:38.22 | 12 |
| Emma Lincoln-Smith | Women's | 54.28 | 54.41 | 54.54 | 54.40 | 3:37.63 | 10 |
Snowboarding
Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Halfpipe
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||
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| Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
| Torah Bright | Women's | 41.3 | 45.8 | 1 QF | Bye | 5.9 | 45.0 | |
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| Holly Crawford | Women's | 38.6 | 39.5 | 7 QS | 17.3 | 41.7 | 1 QF | 23.9 | 30.3 | 8 |
| Scott James | Men's | 7.6 | 28.2 | 12 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ben Mates | Men's | 28.3 | 29.6 | 9 QS | 3.6 | 27.5 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
- Parallel giant slalom
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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| Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
| Johanna Shaw | Women's | 1:26:10 | 19 | Did not advance | 19 | |||
- Snowboard cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |
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| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
| Damon Hayler | Men's | 1.21.81 | 9 | 2 Q | 4 | Did not advance | 10 |
| Stephanie Hickey | Women's | 1:35.26 | 18 | Did not advance | 18 | ||
| Alex Pullin | Men's | 1.20.15 | 1 | 3 | Did not advance | 17 | |
Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sophie Muir | Women's 500 metres | 39.649 | 31 | 39.400 | 27 | 1:19.04 | 29 |
| Women's 1000 metres | N/A | 1:18.79 | 30 | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Lee's Vancouver spot confirmed". Australian Olympic Committee. 3 February 2010. http://olympics.com.au/news/lee-s-vancouver-spot-confirmed. Retrieved 3 February 2010.[dead link]
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