The
United Kingdom competed under the name
Great Britain at the
2006 Winter Olympics in
Turin,
Italy. Athletes from
Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the
Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the
British Olympic Association and the
Olympic Council of Ireland. Forty-one athletes were selected for these Winter Games.
Medallists
Alpine skiing
In the
Super-G and
downhill,
Chemmy Alcott was a rare female competitor in a historically male-dominated GB team. Alcott impressed as she finished 11th in the women's downhill, but was disqualified from the combined due to a technical infringement with the width of her skis.
Noel Baxter,
Alain Baxter and
James Leuzinger were the men's representatives in the
slalom, and the Baxters also raced in the
giant slalom.
Finlay Mickel and
Roger Cruickshank were the men's
downhill and
Super-G skiers.
In the men's downhill, Finlay Mickel finished 25th, 2.68 seconds behind the winner
Antoine Dénériaz. Roger Cruickshank, skiing with a knee-brace, finished 37th, 5.85 behind. Noel Baxter finished 14th in the men's combined. Cruickshank also finished 37th in the giant slalom before announcing his retirement from skiing.
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.
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
The men chosen for the 2-man and 4-man bobsleigh event were:
Marcus Adam,
Dan......
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