Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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Canada at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Lillehammer
Competitors54 in 11 sports
Flag bearerBenjamin Churchill
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Canada competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016. Isabelle Charest was named as the chef de mission.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Brooke Apshkrum Luge Girls' singles 15 February
 Gold Reece Howden Freestyle skiing Boys' ski cross 15 February
 Gold Mary Fay
Tyler Tardi
Karlee Burgess
Sterling Middleton		 Curling Mixed Team 17 February
 Silver Ali Nullmeyer Alpine skiing Girls' slalom 18 February
 Silver
Benoît-Olivier Groulx
  • Aidan Dudas
  • Gabriel Fortier
  • Luka Burzan
  • Tristen Nielsen
  • Anderson MacDonald
  • Allan McShane
  • Carson Focht
  • Connor Roberts
    		•  Ice hockey Boys' tournament 21 February
     Bronze Reid Watts Luge Boys' singles 14 February

    Medalists in mixed NOCs events

    Medal Name Sport Event Date
     Bronze Marjorie Lajoie
    Zachary Lagha    		 Figure skating Team trophy 20 February

    Alpine skiing

    Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

    Canada qualified a full team of two boys and two girls.[1] The team is listed below.[2]

    Boys
    Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Justin Alkier Slalom 52.31 24 Disqualified
    Giant slalom 1:20.48 17 1:22.85 26 2:43.33 22
    Super-G — 1:12.68 19
    Combined 1:13.57 20 did not finish
    Ryan Moffatt Slalom 52.98 26 52.92 25 1:45.90 24
    Giant slalom DNF did not advance
    Super-G — 1:12.95 21
    Combined DSQ did not advance
    Girls
    Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Ali Nullmeyer Slalom 54.78 3 50.02 2 1:44.80 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
    Giant slalom 1:19.44 5 1:15.29 1 2:34.73 5
    Combined DNF did not advance
    Super-G — 1:13.98 7
    Amelia Smart Slalom 1:00.71 24 53.85 17 1:54.56 19
    Giant slalom 1:20.66 13 did not finish
    Super-G — 1:16.84 19
    Combined 1:16.79 13 44.13 6 2:00.92 8
    Parallel mixed team
    Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
    Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Rank
    Ali Nullmeyer
    Justin Alkier     		Parallel mixed team  United States (USA)
    W 2+ – 2     		 Norway (NOR)
    W 2+ – 2     		 Russia (RUS)
    L 2 – 2+     		 Finland (FIN)
    L 1 – 3     		4

    Biathlon

    Main article: Biathlon at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

    Canada qualified a full team of four athletes (two boys and two girls). The team was officially named on December 23, 2015.[3]

    Boys
    Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
    Ben Churchill Sprint 20:37.0 1 17
    Pursuit 30:59.8 2 10
    Leo Grandbois Sprint 21:00.1 2 22
    Pursuit 32:51.4 5 25
    Girls
    Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
    Tekarra Banser Sprint 21:05.7 2 35
    Pursuit 30:56.5 5 35
    Gillian Gowling Sprint 20:51.3 0 30
    Pursuit 34:58.2 6 45
    Mixed
    Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
    Tekarra Banser
    Ben Churchhill     		Single mixed relay 44:58.4 2+10 13
    Tekarra Banser
    Gillian Gowling
    Ben Churchhill
    Leo Grandbois     		Mixed relay 1:29:40.2 4+14 16

    Bobsleigh

    Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
    Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Parker Reid Boys 58.29 11 58.51 11 1:56.80 12
    Katherine Hogan Girls 1:00.12 13 59.88 13 2:00.00 13
    Martha Nikiolek 59.60 10 59.46 8 1:59.06 9
    Taylor Rooke 1:00.56 14 1:00.22 14 2:00.78 14

    Cross country skiing

    Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

    Canada qualified a full team of one boy and one girl.[4] The team was officially named on December 17, 2015.[5]

    Boys
    Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Levi Nadlersmith
    10 km freestyle
    		 — 26:18.6 28
    Classical sprint
    		 3:15.19 33 did not advance
    Cross-country cross 3:19.14 29 Q — 3:22.35 9 did not advance
    Girls
    Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Annika Richardson
    5 km freestyle
    		 — 14:09.8 16
    Classical sprint
    		 3:53.42 33 did not advance
    Cross-country cross 3:53.88 25 Q — 3:54.86 9 did not advance

    Curling

    Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

    Canada qualified a mixed team of four athletes. The team was officially named on April 14, 2015.[6]

    Mixed team

    Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team

    Team: Mary Fay (skip), Tyler Tardi, Karlee Burgess, Sterling Middleton

    Round Robin
    Group B Skip W L
     Canada Mary Fay 7 0
     Great Britain Ross Whyte 6 1
     Sweden Johan Nygren 5 2
     Norway Maia Ramsfjell 4 3
     South Korea Hong Yun-jeong 3 4
     Czech Republic Pavel Mareš 2 5
     Estonia Eiko-Siim Peips 1 6
     Brazil Victor Santos 0 7
    Quarterfinals
    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
     Canada (Fay) 0 5 0 1 1 3 X X 10
     Turkey (Karakurt) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
    Semifinals
    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
     Canada (Fay) 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 7
     Switzerland (Witschonke) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 5
    Gold Medal Final
    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
     Canada (Fay) (has hammer) 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 10
     United States (Violette) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

    Final rank: 1st place, gold medalist(s)

    Mixed doubles

    Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
     Mary Fay (CAN)
     Elian Rocha (BRA)     		Mixed doubles  Han (CHN)
     Whyte (GBR)
    L 5 – 9     		did not advance
     Honoka Sasaki (JPN)
     Tyler Tardi (CAN)     		 Bryce (GBR)
     Blahovec (CZE)
    W 12 – 1     		 Laidsalu (EST)
     Maksimov (RUS)
    W 6 – 2     		 Ramsfjell (NOR)
     Kim (KOR)
    W 7 – 5     		 Han (CHN)
     Whyte (GBR)
    L 3 – 6     		 
    Haarstad (NOR
    )
    L 1 – 10     		4
     Karlee Burgess (CAN)
     Eiko-Siim Peips (EST)     		 Constantini (ITA)
     Kinnear (GBR)
    L 1 – 9     		did not advance
     Holly Thompson (NZL)
     Sterling Middleton (CAN)     		 Smith (GBR)
     Hong (KOR)
    W 8 – 2     		 Polat (TUR)
     Zhang (CHN)
    W 9 – 2     		 Matsuzawa (JPN)
     Hoesli (SUI)
    L 1 – 11     		did not advance

    Figure skating

    Main article: Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
    Singles
    Athlete Event SP FS Total
    Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
    Roman Sadovsky Boys' singles 72.61 2 133.08 4 205.69 4
    Couples
    Athletes Event SP/SD FS/FD Total
    Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
    Justine Brasseur
    Mathieu Ostiguy     		Pairs 48.51 4 92.08 5 140.59 4
    Marjorie Lajoie
    Zachary Lagha     		Ice dancing 51.06 4 74.81 4 125.87 4
    Mixed NOC team trophy
    Athletes Event Free skate/Free dance
    Ice dance Pairs Girls Boys Total
    Points
    Team points     		Points
    Team points     		Points
    Team points     		Points
    Team points     		Points Rank
    Team Discovery
     
    Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT
    )     		Team trophy 73.78
    6     		74.45
    3     		71.26
    1     		149.09
    8     		18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

    Freestyle skiing

    Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
    Halfpipe
    Athlete Event Final
    Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
    Evan Marineau Boys' halfpipe 59.40 17.60 24.20 59.40 7
    Mackenzie Wilson Girls' halfpipe 62.20 60.00 53.40 62.20 5
    Ski cross
    Athlete Event Qualification Group heats Semifinal Final
    Time Rank Points Rank Position Position
    Reece Howden Boys' ski cross 43.35 3 Q 20 1 Q 1 FA 1st place, gold medalist(s)
    Zoe Chore Girls' ski cross 45.93 3 Q 17 3 Q 3 FB 6

    Hockey

    Main article:
    Hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

    Canada qualified a boys' team of 17 athletes. The team was named on January 14, 2016.[7] Forward Carson Focht will also represent the country in the boys' skill challenge tournament as well.[7]

    Boys' tournament
    Roster
    Legend
    • G = Goalie, FW = Forward, D = Defenceman
    Group Stage
    Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Canada 4 3 0 0 1 18 7 +11 9 Advance to semifinals
    2  United States 4 3 0 0 1 18 7 +11 9
    3  Russia 4 2 1 0 1 21 9 +12 8
    4  Finland 4 1 0 1 2 14 11 +3 4
    5  Norway 4 0 0 0 4 1 38 −37 0
    Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com
    13 February 2016
    17:00    		Canada 3–4
    (0–2, 1–0, 2–2)    		 
    Sokolov (Svechnikov, Kotkov) (PP)
    0-205:20 – Svechnikov (Khovanov, Kotkov)
    Smith (Dudas) (PP) – 27:371–2
    1–330:37 – Kotkov (Svechnikov, Khovanov)
    1–434:39 – Khovanov
    McShane – 44:122–4
    Burzan (EA) – 44:553–4
    3 minPenalties4.5 min40Shots21
    15 February 2016
    17:00    		Canada 5–1
    (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)    		 
    Groulx
    (SH) – 30:50    		4–1
    T. Smith (PP) – 38:525–1
    20.5 minPenalties9 min28Shots25
    16 February 2016
    14:00
    Kristins Hall
    Attendance: 1,745
    Game reference
    Todd ScottGoaliesAlexis GravelReferee:
    Sweden Lars Johan Gossas
    Linesmen:
    Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau
    Sweden Tobias Nordlander
    0–102:45 – McShane (McIsaac)
    Weiss (Semik, Wise) (PP) – 09:401–1
    Wise (T. J. Walsh, DeBoer) – 14:362–1
    2–221:52 – Fortier (Roberts, McShane)
    2–326:42 – Roberts (Focht, MacDonald)
    2–438:09 – Burzan (Dudas)
    6 minPenalties6 min
    23Shots20
    18 February 2016
    17:00
    Kristins Hall
    Attendance: 2,250
    Game reference
    Theo Rooseboom de VriesGoaliesOlivier RodrigueReferee:
    Germany Marc Iwert
    Linesmen:
    United Kingdom Danny Beresford
    France Clement Goncalves
    0–106:02 – Roberts (Burzan, McIsaac (PP))
    0–218:32 – Focht (Nielsen, Smith)
    0–325:19 – Burzan (Chisholm)
    0–425:57 – McIsaac (Fortier) (SH)
    0–530:29 – McShane (Smith, Busby)
    0–644:43 – Groulx (Chisholm, McIsaac) (PP)
    9 minPenalties4.5 min
    2Shots37
    Semifinals
    19 February 2016
    17:00    		Canada 4–3
    Groulx, Merkley) (SH) – 18:59
    		1–2
    MacDonald (Merkley, Burzan) – 21:222–2
    2–339:10 – Kotkaniemi (Rannisto, Nordgren)
    Groulx (Merkley, Focht) (PP) – 41:323–3
    Groulx GOAL
    MacDonald MISS
    Merkley GOALShootoutMISS Nordgren
    MISS Nevasaari
    23.5 minPenalties7.5 min21Shots29
    Gold medal game
    21 February 2016
    15:00    		Canada 2–5
    (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)    		 
    Kristins Hall
    Attendance: 2,428
    Game reference
    Alexis Gravel
    Olivier Rodrigue    		GoaliesDrew DeRidderReferee:
    Switzerland Alex DiPietro
    Linesmen:
    Denmark Niclas Lundgaard
    Sweden Tobias Nordlander
    0–108:00 – Walsh (Gruden, DeBoer)
    0–217:56 – DeBoer (Pivonka, Semik) (PP)
    Merkley (Focht) (PP) – 24:321–2
    1–326:25 – Krygier (MacKinnon, Gruden)
    McShane (Busby, Smith) – 41:112–3
    2–444:04 – Tyler Weiss (EN)
    2–544:41 – Wise (Pivonka) (PP, EN)
    7.5 minPenalties4.5 min
    25Shots23

    Final rank: 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

    Skills challenge
    Athlete(s) Event Qualification Grand final
    Points Rank Points Rank
    Carson Focht Boys' individual skills 9 10 did not advance

    Luge

    Main article: Luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
    Individual sleds
    Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Reid Watts Boys 48.086 5 47.908 2 1:35.994 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
    Brooke Apshkrum Girls 53.165 2 52.861 1 1:46.026 1st place, gold medalist(s)
    Matt Riddle
    Adam Shippit     		Doubles 53.046 5 52.909 5 1:45.955 5
    Mixed team relay
    Athlete Event Girls Boys Doubles Total
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Brooke Apshkrum
    Reid Watts
    Matt Riddle
    Adam Shippit
    Team relay
    		 57.147 3 57.802 5 58.600 4 2:53.549 4

    Skeleton

    Main article: Skeleton at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
    Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Zachary Lipinski Boys 55.81 17 56.26 18 1:52.07 17
    Laura Vargas Girls 58.03 19 57.85 18 1:55.88 18

    Snowboarding

    Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

    Canada qualified a team of one boy and three girls.[8]

    Halfpipe
    Athlete Event Final
    Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
    Kira Lengkeek Girls' halfpipe 63.25 65.75 68.00 68.00 6
    Baily McDonald Girls' halfpipe 13.50 33.25 27.25 33.25 14
    Snowboard cross
    Athlete Event Qualification Group heats Semifinal Final
    Time Rank Points Rank Position Position
    Evan Bichon Boys' snowboard cross 48.09 4 Q 18 3 Q 2 FA 4
    Audrey Shieh Girls' snowboard cross 55.12 13 Q 5 15 did not advance
    Slopestyle
    Athlete Event Final
    Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
    Baily McDonald Girls' slopestyle 72.50 75.50 75.50 6
    Snowboard and ski cross relay
    Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
    Position Position Position
     Fiona Torello (ESP)
     Zoe Chore (CAN)
     Evan Bichon (CAN)
     Reece Howden (CAN)     		Team snowboard ski cross 1 Q 1 FA 4

    Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

    See also

    References

    1. International Ski Federation. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original
      on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
    2. ^ "Okanagan Zone Skiers Qualify For Youth Olympic Games in Norway". Kelowna Now. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
    3. ^ "Youth Olympic Games & 2016 World Youth & Junior Championships / Amended NTP". Biathlon Canada. Biathlon Canada. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
    4. International Ski Federation. 11 December 2015. Archived from the original
      on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
    5. Cross Country Canada
      . Retrieved 21 December 2015.
    6. ^ "Team Canada curlers announced for 2016 Youth Winter Youth Olympics". Curling Canada. Curling Canada. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
    7. ^ a b "17 players named to Canada's Winter Youth Olympic Games roster". Hockey Canada. Hockey Canada. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
    8. International Ski Federation. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original
      on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 19 December 2015.


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