Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag bearers
Simon Ammann (opening)[1][2]
Patrizia Kummer (closing)[3]
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
7
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (
overview)

Switzerland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. 163 athletes were participating, making it the largest team Switzerland has ever sent to the Olympic Winter Games.[4] The four-time Olympic gold medalist Simon Ammann was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Dario Cologna Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon February 9
 Gold Iouri Podladtchikov Snowboarding Men's halfpipe February 11
 Gold Dominique Gisin Alpine skiing Women's downhill February 12
 Gold Sandro Viletta Alpine skiing Men's combined February 14
 Gold Dario Cologna Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre classical February 14
 Gold Patrizia Kummer Snowboarding Women's parallel giant slalom February 19
 Gold
Alex Baumann
Beat Hefti
Bobsleigh Two-man February 17
 Silver Selina Gasparin Biathlon Women's individual February 14
 Silver Nevin Galmarini Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom February 19
 Bronze
Lara Gut
Alpine skiing Women's downhill February 12
 Bronze Ice hockey Women's tournament February 20

Alpine skiing

The Swiss Olympic selection committee named the following 21 athletes to the Winter Olympic team.[5] Both Silvan Zurbriggen[6] and Nadja Kamer[7] were selected to the team but did not compete in any race.

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Luca Aerni Slalom DNF
Gino Caviezel Giant slalom 1:25.45 35 1:24.95 22 2:50.40 30
Mauro Caviezel Combined 1:54.75 13 DNF
Giant slalom 1:23.58 =23 1:26.17 34 2:49.75 28
Didier Défago Downhill 2:07.79 14
Super-G DNF
Giant slalom DNF
Beat Feuz Downhill 2:07.49 13
Super-G 1:20.65 27
Combined 1:54.46 10 53.29 15 2:47.75 15
Carlo Janka Downhill 2:06.71 6
Super-G 1:20.01 22
Giant slalom 1:22.52 9 1:24.52 19 2:47.04 13
Combined 1:54.42 9 52.46 11 2:46.88 8
Patrick Küng Downhill 2:07.82 15
Super-G 1:19.38 12
Justin Murisier Slalom 49.92 33 DNF
Sandro Viletta Combined 1:54.88 14 50.32 2 2:45.20 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Daniel Yule Slalom 48.38 =12 DSQ
Ramon Zenhäusern 51.01 39 58.39 19 1:49.40 19
Women
Women's downhill podium
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fränzi Aufdenblatten Super-G 1:26.79 6
Denise Feierabend Combined 1:46.03 24 51.68 6 2:37.71 12
Slalom 55.80 15 53.67 22 1:49.47 17
Dominique Gisin Downhill 1:41.57 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Super-G DNF
Combined 1:44.01 10 52.11 11 2:36.12 5
Giant slalom 1:19.99 11 1:19.59 19 2:39.58 10
Michelle Gisin Slalom 1:00.73 38 56.39 27 1:57.12 28
Lara Gut
Downhill 1:41.67 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Super-G 1:26.25 4
Combined 1:43.15 2 DNF
Giant slalom 1:20.54 16 1:18.10 2 2:38.64 9
Wendy Holdener Giant slalom DNF
Slalom DNF
Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden Downhill DNF
Combined DNF
Fabienne Suter Downhill 1:41.94 5
Super-G 1:26.89 7
Giant slalom 1:22.07 28 1:19.99 25 2:42.06 26

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Switzerland qualified 5 men and 4 women.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Claudio Böckli Individual 58:19.2 4 (1+1+0+2) 79
Simon Hallenbarter 54:52.2 1 (1+0+0+0) 47
Ivan Joller 56:40.6 3 (0+1+1+1) 67
Benjamin Weger Sprint 27:00.5 1 (1+0) 63
Individual 54:54.5 4 (1+1+1+1) 48
Serafin Wiestner Sprint 26:10.2 2 (1+1) 40
Pursuit 39:48.1 7 (2+1+3+1) 57
Claudio Böckli
Ivan Joller
Benjamin Weger
Serafin Wiestner
Team relay 1:16:15.8 10 (0+10) 14
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Irene Cadurisch Individual 49:01.0 1 (0+0+1+0) 37
Aita Gasparin 52:14.9 5 (1+3+1+0) 62
Elisa Gasparin Sprint 21:38.2 0 (0+0) 8
Pursuit 32:42.8 5 (2+1+1+1) 31
Individual 48:46.9 3 (1+1+1+0) 33
Mass start DNF 0 (0+1) DNF
Selina Gasparin Sprint 21:46.5 1 (0+1) 13
Pursuit 30:59.1 2 (0+0+1+1) 15
Individual 44:35.3 0 (0+0+0+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mass start 36:54.9 0 (0+1+1+0) 9
Irene Cadurisch
Aita Gasparin
Elisa Gasparin
Selina Gasparin
Team relay 1:12:34.3 9 (0+9) 9
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Elisa Gasparin
Selina Gasparin
Simon Hallenbarter
Benjamin Weger
Team relay 1:13:33.9 9 (0+9) 12

Bobsleigh

Switzerland qualified a total of thirteen athletes in the following sleds. The qualification was based on the world rankings as of 20 January 2014.[9]

Men
SUI-2 two-man sled
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alex Baumann
Beat Hefti
*
Two-man 56.46 4 56.68 =3 56.26 2 56.65 3 3:46.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Juerg Egger
Rico Peter*
56.96 13 56.68 =3 56.60 7 56.72 6 3:46.96 10
Four-man 55.21 9 55.34 3 55.60 =8 55.60 =9 3:41.75 8

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fabienne Meyer*
Tanja Mayer
Two-woman 58.18 10 58.34 9 58.29 7 58.39 9 3:53.20 8

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Jonas Baumann 15 km classical 40.33.2 +2:03.5 24
30 km skiathlon 37:06.1 34 33:14.8 30 1:10:52.3 +2:36.9 29
Dario Cologna 15 km classical 38:29.7 +0.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
30 km skiathlon 36:04.9 13 31:39.6 2 1:08:15.4 +0.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 km freestyle 1:48:21.6 +1:26.4 27
Remo Fischer 50 km freestyle 1:47:44.2 +49.0 22
Toni Livers 1:48:49.9 +1:54.7 30
Curdin Perl 15 km classical 40:27.8 +1:58.1 22
30 km skiathlon 36:40.8 24 33:05.4 27 1:10:22.4 +2:07.0 27
50 km freestyle 1:47:31.3 +36.1 12
Jonas Baumann
Remo Fischer
Toni Livers
Curdin Perl
4×10 km relay 1:30:33.8 +1:51.8 7
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Deficit Rank
Seraina Boner 30 km freestyle 1:12:35.0 +1:29.8 9
Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dario Cologna Sprint 3:35.03 13 Q 4:39.69 6 did not advance
Jovian Hediger 3:42.34 47 did not advance
Jöri Kindschi 3:36.89 23 Q 3:47.94 5 did not advance
Roman Schaad 4:56.63 83 did not advance
Dario Cologna
Gianluca Cologna
Team sprint 23:42.31 3 q 23:35.90 5
Laurien van der Graaff (left)
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Laurien van der Graaff Sprint 2:37.84 20 Q 2:37.95 5 did not advance
Seraina Boner
Bettina Gruber
Team sprint 17:02.14 4 q 16:45.47 7

Curling

Based on results from 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, and based on the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Switzerland qualified a women's team and a men's team (consisting of five athletes) as one of the seven highest ranked nations.

Men's tournament

Preliminary round
Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Sweden Niklas Edin 9 8 1 60 44 38 30 18 8 86% Playoffs
 Canada Brad Jacobs 9 7 2 69 53 39 36 14 7 84%
 China Liu Rui 9 7 2 67 50 41 37 11 5 85%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 5 4 52 53 36 33 18 5 86% Tiebreaker
 Great Britain David Murdoch 9 5 4 51 49 37 35 15 8 83%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 4 5 54 61 32 37 17 4 81%
 Russia Andrey Drozdov 9 3 6 58 70 36 38 13 7 77%
 Switzerland Sven Michel 9 3 6 47 46 31 34 22 7 83%
 United States John Shuster 9 2 7 47 58 30 39 14 7 80%
 Germany John Jahr 9 1 8 53 74 38 39 10 9 76%
Round-robin
Draw 1

Monday, 10 February, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 7
Draw 2

Monday, 10 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5
Draw 4

Wednesday, 12 February, 9:00 am

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Draw 5

Wednesday, 12 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Draw 6

Thursday, 14 February, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6
 Russia (Drozdov) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 7
Draw 8

Friday, 14 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7
 Germany (Jahr) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 8
Draw 9

Saturday, 15 February, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3
 Switzerland (Michel) (has hammer) 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X X 9
Draw 11

Sunday, 16 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Draw 12

Monday, 17 February, 2:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 6
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3

Women's tournament

Preliminary round
Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Canada Jennifer Jones 9 9 0 72 40 43 27 12 14 86% Playoffs
 Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson 9 7 2 58 52 37 35 13 7 80%
 Switzerland Mirjam Ott 9 5 4 63 60 37 38 13 7 78%
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9 5 4 74 58 39 35 9 11 80%
 Japan Ayumi Ogasawara 9 4 5 59 67 39 41 4 10 76%
 Denmark Lene Nielsen 9 4 5 57 56 34 40 12 9 78%
 China Wang Bingyu 9 4 5 58 62 36 38 10 4 81%
 South Korea Kim Ji-sun 9 3 6 60 65 35 37 10 6 79%
 Russia Anna Sidorova 9 3 6 48 56 33 35 19 6 82%
 United States Erika Brown 9 1 8 42 75 33 40 8 5 76%
Round-robin
Draw 1

Monday, 10 February, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 X 7
 United States (Brown) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Draw 2

Tuesday, 11 February, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Denmark (Nielsen) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
Draw 3

Tuesday, 11 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
 Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 8
Draw 5

Thursday, 13 February, 9:00 am

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Ott) 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 8
 Sweden (Sigfridsson) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 9
Draw 6

Thursday, 13 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 X 5
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 X 8
Draw 7

Friday, 14 February, 2:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Sidorova) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 6
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Draw 9

Saturday, 15 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Muirhead) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
Draw 10

Sunday, 16 February, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Japan (Ogasawara) 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 9
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 7
Draw 12

Monday, 17 February, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 10

Semifinal

Wednesday, 19 February, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Sigfridsson) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
 Switzerland (Ott) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5

Bronze medal game

Thursday, 20 February, 12:30 pm'

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

Freestyle skiing

24 Swiss freestyle skiers (10 women and 14 men) were competing in 4 disciplines. On 22 January 2014, the Swiss Olympic committee selected 5 athletes for the Aerials team. Thomas Lambert and Renato Ulrich were competing in their third consecutive Winter Olympics.[10] On 23 January 2014, 6 athletes joined the slopestyle team, a sport that made its first appearance at the Olympics.[11][12] On 27 January 2014, 7 athletes were selected for the ski cross team. The 2010 Olympic champion Michael Schmid and the 2013 World champion Fanny Smith were competing for the second time. 6 athletes were selected for the Halfpipe team, a sport that was also part of the Winter Olympics for the first time.[13][14]

Aerials
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Mischa Gasser Men's aerials 96.52 14 83.91 12 did not advance
Thomas Lambert 96.83 13 89.38 8 did not advance
Renato Ulrich 115.84 3 Q BYE 80.53 12 did not advance
Tanja Schärer Women's aerials 48.72 21 77.17 8 did not advance
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Joel Gisler Men's halfpipe 60.80 2.60 60.80 18 did not advance
Nils Lauper 65.00 58.00 65.00 16 did not advance
Yannic Lerjen 67.60 29.60 67.60 14 did not advance
Virginie Faivre Women's halfpipe 79.40 80.00 80.00 7 Q 74.40 78.00 78.00 4
Mirjam Jäger 73.20 27.20 73.20 10 Q 71.20 16.20 71.20 8
Nina Ragettli 18.00 DNS 18.00 22 did not advance
Ski cross
Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Alex Fiva Men's ski cross DNF 30 4 did not advance 31
Armin Niederer 1:17.39 8 2 Q 1 Q 4 FB 3 7
Michael Schmid DNS 32 DNS did not advance 32
Sanna Lüdi Women's ski cross 1:22.37 6 1 Q DNF did not advance 13
Jorinde Müller 1:22.46 7 4 did not advance 25
Katrin Müller 1:23.85 12 1 Q 3 did not advance 10
Fanny Smith 1:24.61 16 2 Q 2 Q 4 FB 4 8

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

Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Elias Ambühl Men's slopestyle 58.00 65.80 65.80 22 did not advance
Fabian Bösch 11.80 63.00 63.00 23 did not advance
Kai Mahler 76.20 29.00 76.20 16 did not advance
Luca Schuler 6.80 5.20 6.80 32 did not advance
Camillia Berra Women's slopestyle 74.40 74.80 74.80 10 Q 5.60 30.40 30.40 12
Eveline Bhend 67.20 77.20 77.20 9 Q 58.40 63.20 63.20 9

Ice hockey

Switzerland qualified a men's team by being one of the 9 highest ranked teams in the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 World Championships.[15] The women's team qualified by being one of the 5 highest ranked teams in the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 Women's World Championships.[16]

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Swiss roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics.[17][18]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2013–14 team
1 G Jonas Hiller 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 12 February 1982 Felben-Wellhausen United States Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
3 D Julien Vauclair 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 2 October 1979 Delémont
NLA
)
5 D Severin Blindenbacher 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 15 March 1983 Zürich
NLA
)
6 D Yannick Weber 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 23 September 1988 Morges Canada Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
7 D Mark StreitA 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 11 December 1977 Englisberg United States Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
10 F Andres Ambühl 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 14 September 1983 Davos
NLA
)
12 F Luca Cunti 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 4 July 1989 Zürich
NLA
)
14 F Roman Wick 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 30 December 1985 Zuzwil
NLA
)
16 D Raphael Diaz 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 9 January 1986 Baar Canada Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
20 G Reto Berra 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 3 January 1987 Bülach Canada Calgary Flames (NHL)
22 F Nino Niederreiter 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 8 September 1992 Chur United States Minnesota Wild (NHL)
23 F Simon Bodenmann 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 2 March 1988 Urnäsch
NLA
)
24 F Reto Suri 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 March 1989 Zürich
NLA
)
28 F Martin PlüssA 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 5 April 1977 Bülach
NLA
)
31 D Mathias SegerC 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 17 December 1977 Flawil
NLA
)
43 F Morris Trachsler 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 15 July 1984 Zürich
NLA
)
48 F Matthias Bieber 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 14 March 1986 Zürich
NLA
)
51 F Ryan Gardner 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 18 April 1978
Toronto, Canada
NLA
)
52 G Tobias Stephan 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 7 April 1984 Zürich
NLA
)
70 F Denis Hollenstein 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 15 October 1989 Zürich
NLA
)
72 D Patrick von Gunten 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 10 February 1985 Biel/Bienne
NLA
)
82 F Simon Moser 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 10 March 1989 Bern United States Nashville Predators (NHL)
88 F Kevin Romy 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 January 1985 La Chaux-de-Fonds
NLA
)
90 D Roman Josi 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 1 June 1990 Bern United States Nashville Predators (NHL)
96 F Damien Brunner 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 9 March 1986 Kloten United States New Jersey Devils (NHL)
Group stage
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 0 10 5 +5 9 Quarterfinals
  Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 +1 6
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 6 7 −1 3
 Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
12 February 2014
21:00
Latvia 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  SwitzerlandShayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 5,116
Game reference
Edgars MasaļskisGoaliesJonas HillerReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
United States Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Canada Derek Amell
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–159:52 – S. Moser (M. Streit)
10 minPenalties6 min
21Shots39

14 February 2014
16:30
Sweden 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandBolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 7,968
Game reference
Henrik LundqvistGoaliesReto BerraReferees:
Canada Mike Leggo
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Canada Greg Devorski
Finland Sakari Suominen
D. Alfredsson (E. Karlsson, P. Berglund) – 52:391–0
4 minPenalties8 min
31Shots26

15 February 2014
21:00
Switzerland 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicBolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 10,253
Game reference
Jonas HillerGoaliesOndřej PavelecReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Canada Kevin Pollock
Linesmen:
Canada Brad Kovachik
United States Chris Woodworth
S. Bodenmann (D. Hollenstein, K. Romy) – 14:101–0
10 minPenalties6 min
26Shots26
Qualification playoffs
18 February 2014
21:00
PP)
M. Plüss (R. Suri) – 35:011–2
1–359:00 – L. Dārziņš (V. Pavlovs, E. Masaļskis) (EN)
4 minPenalties2 min33Shots22

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Swiss roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics.[19][20]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2013–14 team
1 G Janine Alder 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) 53 kg (117 lb) 5 July 1995 Urnäsch Switzerland EHC Winterthur (Elite Jr. B)
2 F Katrin Nabholz 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) 56 kg (123 lb) 3 April 1986 Zürich
LKA
)
3 D Sarah Forster 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) 55 kg (121 lb) 19 May 1993 Berneck Switzerland HC Ajoie (Elite Jr. B)
6 D Julia Marty 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 16 April 1988 Rothenthurm
RIKS
)
7 F Lara Stalder 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 15 May 1994 Lucerne
NCAA
)
9 F Stefanie Marty 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 16 April 1988 Rothenthurm
RIKS
)
10 D Nicole Bullo 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) 56 kg (123 lb) 18 July 1987 Claro
LKA
)
11 D Angela Frautschi 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 5 June 1987 Saanen
LKA
)
13 F Sara Benz 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) 55 kg (121 lb) 25 August 1992 Kloten
LKA
)
14 F Evelina Raselli 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 3 May 1992 Poschiavo
LKA
)
16 F Nina Waidacher 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 23 August 1992 Arosa
NCAA
)
17 F Jessica Lutz 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 24 May 1989 Thal
Ronin (KCIHL
)
21 D Laura Benz 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) 63 kg (139 lb) 25 August 1992 Kloten
LKA
)
22 D Livia Altmann 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 13 December 1994 Glarus Süd
LKA
)
25 F Alina Müller 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) 50 kg (110 lb) 12 March 1998 Lengnau Switzerland EHC Winterthur (Novizen Elite)
28 G Sophie Anthamatten 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 26 July 1991 Saas-Grund Switzerland EHC Saastal (1. Liga)
41 G Florence Schelling 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 9 March 1989 Schaffhausen Switzerland EHC Bülach (1. Liga)
61 F Romy Eggimann 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) 54 kg (119 lb) 29 September 1995 Sumiswald
LKA
)
63 F Anja Stiefel 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 9 August 1990 Wil
LKA
)
88 F
Phoebe Stanz
163 cm (5 ft 4 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 7 January 1994 Zetzwil
NCAA
)
92 D Sandra Thalmann 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 18 December 1992 Basel
LKA
)
Group stage
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Canada 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Semifinals
 United States 3 2 0 0 1 14 4 +10 6
 Finland 3 0 1 0 2 5 9 −4 2 Quarterfinals
  Switzerland 3 0 0 1 2 3 18 −15 1
8 February 2014
17:00
Canada 5–0
(2–0, 3–0, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandShayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,386
Game reference
Charline LabontéGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferee:
Norway Aina Hove
Linesmen:
United States Alicia Hanrahan
Slovakia Michaela Kúdelová
J. Larocque (N. Spooner) – 01:251–0
T. Watchorn (R. Johnston) – 06:302–0
H. Wickenheiser (SH) – 23:543–0
M-P. Poulin (J. Hefford, R. Johnston) – 32:284–0
R. Johnston (M-P. Poulin) – 36:105–0
2 minPenalties4 min
69Shots14

10 February 2014
14:00
K. Coyne) – 10:15
3–0
H. Knight (K. Stack, J. Chu) – 14:234–0
A. Kessel (B. Decker, K. Coyne) (PP) – 15:425–0
M. Lamoureux (J. Lamoureux, L. Stecklein) – 33:266–0
K. Coyne (K. Stack) – 40:497–0
K. Coyne (A. Kessel, M. Bozek) – 43:598–0
A. Carpenter (J. Pucci) – 55:399–0
4 minPenalties8 min53Shots10
12 February 2014
12:00
L. Välimäki
, A. Kilponen)
31 minPenalties12 min27Shots34
Quarterfinal
15 February 2014
16:30
Switzerland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 RussiaShayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,962
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesAnna PrugovaReferee:
United Kingdom Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Sweden Therese Bjorkman
Canada Denise Caughey
S. Marty (A. Müller, S. Thalmann) – 10:461–0
L. Stalder (N. Bullo) (ENG) – 59:392–0
8 minPenalties2 min
27Shots41
Semifinal
17 February 2014
21:00
Canada 3–1
(3–0, 0–1, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandShayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 3,378
Game reference
Shannon SzabadosGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferee:
United States Erin Blair
Linesmen:
United States Alicia Hanrahan
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
N. Spooner (H. Wickenheiser) – 07:291–0
N. Spooner (C. Ward, H. Wickenheiser) (PP) – 11:102–0
M. Daoust (J. Wakefield) – 11:333–0
3–125:14 – J. Lutz (S. Benz, L. Benz) (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min
48Shots22
Bronze medal game
20 February 2014
16:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Switzerland 4–3
(0–1, 0–1, 4–1)
 SwedenBolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 8,263
Game reference
Florence Lizana SchellingGoaliesValentina Lizana WallnerReferee:
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
Canada Denise Caughey
United States Alicia Hanrahan
0–114:00 – M. Löwenhielm (M. Lindh, C. Östberg)
0–238:58 – E. Johansson (C. Östberg)
S. Benz (S. Forster) – 41:181–2
P. Stanz (A. Müller) (PP) – 46:132–2
J. Lutz (L. Stalder, L. Benz) – 53:433–2
A. Müller (ENG) – 58:534–2
4–359:16 – P. Winberg (J. Asserholt, E. Grahm) (EA)
10 minPenalties4 min
26Shots31

Luge

Switzerland qualified two athletes (one man and one woman) in the luge.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gregory Carigiet Men's singles 52.775 =11 52.579 8 52.274 12 52.167 8 3:29.795 12
Martina Kocher Women's singles 50.560 9 50.454 6 50.593 8 50.559 8 3:22.166 9

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tim Hug Normal hill/10 km 91.5 106.5 38 24:09.4 23 25:49.4 27
Large hill/10 km 123.5 102.3 25 23:09.5 21 24:56.5 24

Skeleton

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marina Gilardoni Women's 59.77 17 59.79 18 58.77 16 58.41 7 3:56.74 18

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Simon Ammann Men's normal hill BYE 97.5 125.5 16 Q 98.5 121.1 18 246.6 17
Men's large hill BYE 125.5 113.2 29 Q 131.0 126.0 10 239.2 23
Gregor Deschwanden Men's normal hill 99.0 111.7 23 Q 100.5 120.7 27 96.5 118.6 21 239.3 25
Men's large hill 120.0 108.2 14 Q 134.5 130.3 6 Q 123.0 117.1 25 247.4 14
Bigna Windmüller Women's normal hill 96.0 112.3 20 96.0 108.4 18 220.7 18

Snowboarding

24 Swiss snowboarders were competing in 5 disciplines, including the new events of parallel slalom and slopestyle.[21] It will be the largest team competing in Sochi along with Canada and the United States.[22] The two-time Olympic champion Philipp Schoch will be competing in his third Olympics, while his brother Simon Schoch, the 2006 silver medalist, will be participating in his fourth consecutive Games.

Alpine
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Kaspar Flütsch Giant slalom 1:37.82 7 Q  S Schoch (SUI)
L +0.22
did not advance
Slalom 59.38 8 Q  Fischnaller (ITA)
L +0.11
did not advance
Nevin Galmarini Giant slalom 1:39.07 12 Q  Karl (AUT)
W −0.10
 Marguč (SLO)
W −0.09
 
Kosir (SLO
)
W −1.36
 Wild (RUS)
L +2.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Slalom 59.13 7 Q  Dufour (FRA)
W DSQ
 Košir (SLO)
L +0.20
did not advance
Philipp Schoch Giant slalom 1:37.85 9 Q  Košir (SLO)
L +1.17
did not advance
Slalom DSQ did not advance
Simon Schoch Giant slalom 1:38.46 10 Q  Flütsch (SUI)
W −0.22
 Wild (RUS)
L +4.19
did not advance
Slalom 59.08 6 Q  March (ITA)
L DSQ
did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Ladina Jenny Giant slalom 1:50.41 12 Q  Leeson (CAN)
L +0.30
did not advance
Slalom 1:05.96 24 did not advance
Patrizia Kummer Giant slalom 1:46.62 2 Q  
Tudegesheva (RUS
)
W −0.76
 Ledecká (CZE)
W −0.30
 Zavarzina (RUS)
W DSQ
 Takeuchi (JPN)
W −7.32
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slalom 1:03.82 3 Q  Kober (GER)
L +0.10
did not advance
Stefanie Müller Giant slalom 1:51.98 17 did not advance
Slalom 1:05.64 18 did not advance
Julie Zogg Giant slalom 1:47.11 3 Q  Lavigne (CAN)
L +0.12
did not advance
Slalom 1:03.92 4 Q  Takeuchi (JPN)
W DSQ
 Dujmovits (AUT)
L DSQ
did not advance
Freestyle
Halfpipe
Nadja Purtschert
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
David Hablützel Men's halfpipe 48.75 81.00 81.00 3 QF BYE 80.75 88.50 88.50 5
Christian Haller 74.00 83.75 83.75 2 QF BYE 46.25 51.50 51.50 11
Iouri Podladtchikov 15.00 82.00 82.00 8 QS 87.50 41.25 87.50 1 Q 86.50 94.75 94.75 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jan Scherrer 43.50 69.75 69.75 9 QS DNS did not advance
Ursina Haller Women's halfpipe 69.00 74.75 74.75 5 QS 74.50 43.00 74.50 4 Q 48.75 26.75 48.75 12
Nadja Purtschert 47.50 20.75 47.50 12 did not advance
Verena Rohrer 34.50 31.50 34.50 13 did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Lucien Koch Men's slopestyle 32.00 29.25 32.00 12 QS 16.25 20.75 20.75 20 did not advance
Jan Scherrer 74.50 18.75 74.50 10 QS 64.25 23.50 64.25 11 did not advance
Sina Candrian Women's slopestyle 58.25 36.50 58.25 9 QS 84.25 81.50 84.25 2 QF 77.25 87.00 87.00 4
Isabel Derungs 82.50 87.50 87.50 1 QF BYE 58.50 15.25 58.50 8
Elena Könz 86.25 38.00 86.25 3 QF BYE 24.50 54.50 54.50 9

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Marvin James Men's snowboard cross CAN 3 Q DNF did not advance =21
Tim Watter CAN 2 Q DSQ did not advance =21
Sandra Gerber
Women's snowboard cross 1:24.10 10 4 did not advance 13
Simona Meiler 1:25.17 19 2 Q DSQ* 4 10

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
* Qualify immediately to consolation round after being disqualified in the semifinals

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