New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. 16 athletes were named by January 28, 2010.

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Tim Cafe Tim Cafe Tim Cafe is an alpine skier from New Zealand. He competed for New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He finished in 38th place in the Super-G. at Whistler Creekside. This was the best result of any alpine New Zealand skier at the games.Cafe was brought up in Queenstown, New Zealand. His father...	Super-G Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G The men's Super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 19, 2010....	1:35.55		38
Ben Griffin	Super-G Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G The men's Super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 19, 2010....	DNF		n/a
Ben Griffin	Giant Slalom Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom The men's giant slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia. Originally scheduled for February 21st, it was rescheduled to February 23rd, due to delays of preceding alpine events....	DNF	Did not advance	n/a

Biathlon

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sarah Murphy Sarah Murphy Sarah Murphy is a New Zealand biathlete. She represented New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was the first Kiwi Olympic biathlete....	Sprint Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint The women's sprint competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 13, 2010. This competition started at 1:00 PM PST.- Results :- References :...	23:49.7	2+1	82
	Individual Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's individual The women's individual competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 18, 2010.- Results :-External links:*, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-17....	52:54.9	1+2+0+3	82

Cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katherine Calder Katherine Calder Katherine Calder is a cross country skier from New Zealand who has competed since 1999. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 47th in the individual sprint event and 63rd in the 10 km events while not starting the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit events.Calder's best finish at the...	Women's sprint Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia....	4:03.11	47	Did not advance					47
	Women's 10 km freestyle Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle The women's 10 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on February 15 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 10:00 PST....							28:50.9	63
	Women's 15 km pursuit Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit The women's 7.5 kilometre + 7.5 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 19 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 13:00 PST....							DNS
Ben Koons	Men's 15 km freestyle Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST....							DNS
	Men's 30 km pursuit Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit The men's 15 kilometre + 15 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 20 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 13:30 PST....							LAP	56
	Men's 50 km classical Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical The men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 28 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 09:30 PST. on the final day of the Games....								53

Freestyle skiing

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 Final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points/Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Points	Rank
Michelle Greig	Women's Ski Cross Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's ski cross The women's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, took place on 23 February at Cypress Bowl Ski Area.-Qualification:-1/8 Round:The top 32 qualifiers advanced to the 1/8 round...	1:22.52	30 Q	4	Did not advance			30

Short track speed skating

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final		Ranking
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Ranking
Blake Skjellerup Blake Skjellerup Blake Skjellerup is a short-track speed skater who competed for New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Skjellerup finished sixteenth in the 2010 Olympics....	Men's 500 metres Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held 24–26 February 2010 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada....	42.510	3	Did not advance
	Men's 1000 metres Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics began on February 17. The final was held on February 20, at the Pacific Coliseum.-Heats:-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-Final B :...	1:27.875	2 Q	1:27.374	4	Did not advance
	Men's 1500 metres Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place February 13 at the Pacific Coliseum. Heats took place at 5:00 PM PST, while the semifinals took place at 6:18 PM PST and the final event one hour later at 7:18 PM PST.-Preview:Going into the competition,...	2:14.730	5			Did not advance

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Iain Roberts Iain Roberts Iain Roberts is a British-born, New Zealand skeleton racer, who has competed since 2004. His best World Cup finish was 18th in Igls in January 2010....	Men's Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's The men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada took place at the Whistler Sliding Centre on 18-19 February. Canada's Duff Gibson was the defending Olympic champion. Gibson retired after the 2006 Olympics...	55.21	57.58	DNS
Ben Sandford Ben Sandford Ben Sandford is a New Zealand skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished tenth in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....	Men's Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's The men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada took place at the Whistler Sliding Centre on 18-19 February. Canada's Duff Gibson was the defending Olympic champion. Gibson retired after the 2006 Olympics...	53.11	53.32	52.90	53.26	3:32.59	11
Tionette Stoddard Tionette Stoddard Tionette Stoddard aka T-Dog is a New Zealand skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. Her best Skeleton World Cup finish was seventh at St...	Women's Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's The women's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place at the Whistler Sliding Centre on 18–19 February. The competition was won by British athlete Amy Williams, who set new course records for the track on her first and third runs...	55.85	55.93	55.02	54.89	3:41.69	14

Snowboarding

Men's halfpipe

Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe

The men's halfpipe competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain on February 17, 2010.In each round of competition, each competitor performed two rides through the halfpipe. The highest-scoring run determined whether or not the competitor continued to the next round...

Athlete	Qualification			Semifinals			Finals
Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Mitch Brown	18.4	15.2	18	Did not advance
James Hamilton	5.2	28.0	10	Did not advance

Women's halfpipe

Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe

The women's halfpipe competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain on February 18, 2010.-Qualification:-Semifinal:-Final:-References:...

Athlete	Qualification			Semifinals			Finals
Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Juliane Bray Juliane Bray Juliane Bray is a New Zealand snowboarder. She first gained notice in 2001 when she won a World Cup boarder-cross race in Japan. She represented New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics by competing in snowcross and halfpipe. She represented New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics and was selected...	17.8	15.5	24	Did not advance
Kendall Brown Kendall Brown Kendall Brown, born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 15 August 1989, is a halfpipe snowboarder based in Wanaka, New Zealand. 16 years old, at the 2006 Winter Olympics she finished 25th and at the 2010 Winter Olympics she ended 15th, after dislocating her shoulder twice in the semi...	11.4	29.5	16 QS	33.3	28.2	9	Did not advance
Rebecca Sinclair	14.7	23.7	21	Did not advance

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shane Dobbin Shane Dobbin Shane Dobbin is an inline skater and speed skater from New Zealand. He was New Zealand's only competitor in speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th in the Men's 5000m.- References :...	Men's 5000 metres Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on February 13, 2010.-Records:Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows....					6:33.38	17

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