Norway at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway at the Youth Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer
Competitors	73 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Aleksander Melås
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 4	Silver 9	Bronze 6	Total 19
Youth Olympic history
Summer Games
2010 2014
Winter Games
2012 2016

Norway competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics as the host nation in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bakken, SivertSivert Bakken	Biathlon	Boys' pursuit	15 February
Gold	Larsen, ThomasThomas Larsen	Cross-country skiing	Boys' sprint	16 February
Gold	Ruud, BirkBirk Ruud	Freestyle skiing	Boys' slopestyle	19 February
Gold	Johansen, MartheMarthe Johansen Marit Oeygard Sivert Bakken Fredrik Bucher-Johannessen	Biathlon	Mixed relay	21 February
Silver	Larsen, ThomasThomas Larsen	Cross-country skiing	Boys' cross-country cross	13 February
Silver	Bakken, SivertSivert Bakken	Biathlon	Boys' sprint	14 February
Silver	Johansen, MartheMarthe Johansen	Biathlon	Girls' sprint	14 February
Silver	Johansen, MartheMarthe Johansen	Biathlon	Girls' pursuit	15 February
Silver	Lindvik, MariusMarius Lindvik	Ski jumping	Boys' normal hill	16 February
Silver	Johansen, MartheMarthe Johansen Fredrik Bucher-Johannessen	Biathlon	Single mixed relay	17 February
Silver	Hegdal, VebjørnVebjørn Hegdal	Cross-country skiing	Boys' 10 km	18 February
Silver	Hestengen, AlexanderAlexander Hestengen	Skeleton	Boys'	19 February
Silver	Odine Strøm, AnnaAnna Odine Strøm Einar Oftebro Marius Lindvik Martine Engebretsen Vebjoern Hegdal	Nordic combined	Nordic mixed team	19 February
Bronze	Sunde Andreassen, TrymTrym Sunde Andreassen	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	14 February
Bronze	Engebretsen, MartineMartine Engebretsen	Cross-country skiing	Girls' sprint	16 February
Bronze	Hegdal, VebjørnVebjørn Hegdal	Cross-country skiing	Boys' sprint	16 February
Bronze	Johansson, AllanAllan Johansson	Speed skating	Boys' mass start	19 February
Bronze	Breivik, OdinOdin Breivik	Alpine skiing	Boys' slalom	19 February
Bronze	Olsen, KristianKristian Olsen	Bobsleigh	Boys' monobob	20 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Farstad, AneAne Farstad	Short track	Mixed team relay	20 February
Bronze	Johansson, AllanAllan Johansson	Speed skating	Mixed team sprint	17 February
Bronze	Haarstad, AndreasAndreas Haarstad	Curling	Mixed doubles	21 February

Alpine skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Odin Breivik	Slalom	49.64	1	50.43	8	1:40.07
	Giant slalom	1:20.84	19	Did not finish
	Super-G	N/A				1:11.82	10
	Combined	1:13.00	9	Did not advance
Henrik Thorsby	Slalom	52.02	19	50.12	5	1:42.14	11
	Giant slalom	1:21.94	24	1:20.16	14	2:42.10	18
	Super-G	N/A				1:11.79	9
	Combined	DNF		Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristiane Bekkestad	Slalom	58.62	18	53.04	13	1:51.66	15
	Giant slalom	1:24.55	22	1:19.22	17	2:43.77	18
	Super-G	N/A				1:13.66	6
	Combined	1:17.10	14	43.95	5	2:01.05	9
Kajsa Lie	Slalom	56.45	9	51.38	6	1:47.83	9
	Giant slalom	1:20.86	14	1:16.43	11	2:37.29	13
	Super-G	N/A				DNF
	Combined	1:15.22	8	44.19	7	1:59.41	5

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kajsa Lie Henrik Thorsby	Parallel mixed team	Czech Republic (CZE) W 2^+ – 2	Canada (CAN) L 2 – 2^+	Did not advance

Biathlon

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sivert Bakken	Sprint	19:08.6	2
	Pursuit	28:10.7	4
Fredrik Bucher-Johannessen	Sprint	19:29.1	2	4
	Pursuit	31:09.5	8	12

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Marthe Johansen	Sprint	18:29.1	1
	Pursuit	25:20.4	4
Marit Oeygard	Sprint	19:00.7	2	7
	Pursuit	26:32.0	4	8

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Marthe Johansen Fredrik Bucher-Johannessen	Single mixed relay	41:35.6	1+12
Marthe Johansen Marit Oeygard Sivert Bakken Fredrik Bucher-Johannessen	Mixed relay	1:18:35.6	0+11

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristian Olsen	Boys'	57.43	5	57.10	1	1:54.53

Cross-country skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vebjørn Hegdal	10 km freestyle	N/A						23:30.8
	Classical sprint	2:59.75	6 Q	2:57.95	1 Q	2:55.59	1 Q	2:56.49
	Cross-country cross	3:05.96	4 Q	N/A		3:13.21	7	Did not advance
Thomas Larsen	10 km freestyle	N/A						24:03.6	4
	Classical sprint	2:56.89	2 Q	3:04.54	1 Q	2:57.63	2 Q	2:55.39
	Cross-country cross	3:05.67	3 Q	N/A		3:02.35	1 Q	3:00.73

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martine Engebretsen	5 km freestyle	N/A						14:24.8	22
	Classical sprint	3:32.68	6 Q	3:28.57	1 Q	3:24.79	2 Q	3:22.82
	Cross-country cross	3:38.10	6 Q	N/A		3:39.31	2 Q	3:32.48	5
Nora Ulvang	5 km freestyle	N/A						DNS
	Classical sprint	3:44.02	24 Q	3:32.30	3	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:44.85	12 Q	N/A		3:40.21	5	Did not advance

Curling

Mixed team

Team

• Andreas Hårstad
• Michael Mellemseter
• Eline Mjøen
• Maia Ramsfjell

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

Draw 1 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Sweden (Nygren) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 8 Norway (Ramsfjell) 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 Draw 2 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Czech Republic (Mareš) 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 2 2 0 6 0 X X 10 Draw 3 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Estonia (Peips) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 Norway (Ramsfjell) 4 1 0 1 0 2 X X 8 Draw 4 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Great Britain (Whyte) 0 4 1 4 0 0 X X 9 Norway (Ramsfjell) 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3

Draw 5 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Canada (Fay) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 Draw 6 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Norway (Ramsfjell) 4 0 0 3 2 2 X X 11 Brazil (Santos) 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 2 Draw 7 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 7 South Korea (Hong) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5

Quarterfinals

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
United States (Violette)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	5
Norway (Ramsfjell)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

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
Zhao Ruiyi (CHN)  Andreas Haarstad (NOR)	Mixed doubles	Engler (SUI)  Santos (BRA) W 9 – 1	Lee (KOR)  Nygren (SWE) W 11 – 6	Constantini (ITA)  Kinnear (GBR) W 10 – 9	Matsuzawa (JPN)  Hoesli (SUI) L 6 – 7	Sasaki (JPN)  Tardi (CAN) W 10 – 1
Martina Ghezze (ITA)  Michael Mellemseter (NOR)		Witschonke (SUI)  Gustsin (EST) L 3 – 9	Did not advance
Eline Mjoen (NOR)  Pavel Mares (CZE)		Matsuzawa (JPN)  Hoesli (SUI) L 6 – 9	Did not advance
Maia Ramsfjell (NOR)  Kim Ho-geon (KOR)		Smith (NZL)  Lockmann (SUI) W 10 – 4	Barros (BRA)  Richardson (USA) W 9 – 7	Sasaki (JPN)  Tardi (CAN) L 5 – 7	Did not advance

Figure skating

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juni Marie Benjaminsen	Girls' singles	47.18	12	69.98	16	117.16	15

Freestyle skiing

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Trym Sunde Andreassen	Boys' halfpipe	80.20	30.00	52.40	80.20

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Mathis Bosshard Haavi	Boys' ski cross	45.99	14 Q	11	10	Did not advance
Ebba Ruud	Girls' ski cross	50.39	16	7	15	Did not advance

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Birk Ruud	Boys' slopestyle	89.20	57.80	89.20
Trym Sunde Andreassen	Boys' slopestyle	79.80	39.80	79.80	5
Tora Johansen	Girls' slopestyle	41.60	41.40	41.60	10

Ice hockey

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sander Hurrod	Boys' individual skills challenge	13	6 Q	9	8
Millie Sirum	Girls' individual skills challenge	15	4 Q	12	4

Boys' tournament

Roster

• Erik Beier Jensen
• Jens Bjornslett
• Sondre Bolling Vaaler
• Truls Brathen
• Pontus Finstad
• Kristian Hovik
• Sander Hurrod
• Markus Mikkelsen
• Fredrik Pedersen
• Mathias Pettersen
• Kalle Rode
• Lars Rodne
• Theo Rooseboom De Vries
• Oliver Skramo
• Alexander Thomas
• Kristoffer Thomassen
• Christian Wetteland

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

12 February 2016 14:00

Finland

11–0 (5–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Norway

Youth Hall Attendance: 550

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Kristian Hovik	Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Danny Beresford Aleh Kliashcheunikau
	Moilanen (Maki, Salonen) – 05:53 Maki (Salonen, Kupari) – 08:38 Nordgren (Matikainen, Moilanen) –09:56 Nevasaari (Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) – 11:02 Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) (PP) – 12:59 Maki (Hirvonen) – 22:17 Nevasaari (Moilanen) – 25:24 Nordgren (Matikainen) (SH) – 35:28 Nordgren (Hirvonen, Rannisto) – 38:38 Kukkonen (Utunen, Nordgren) – 38:59 Nordgren (Ruikka) – 39:56	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0 10–0 11–0
	12 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	36	Shots	3

14 February 2016 20:00

Norway

0–8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1)

United States

Kristins Hall Attendance: 2,094

Game reference
	Theo Rooseboom de Vries	Goalies	Drew DeRidder	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Niclas Lundsgaard
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8	06:48 – Wahlstrom (Weiss, DeBoer) (PP) 11:09 – Wahlstrom (Weiss, Wise) 11:49 – (Pivonka, Middendorf, Emberson) 17:09 – Pivonka (Walsh, M. Samuelsson) (PP) 21:35 – Middendorf (Krygier, Pivonka) (SH) 23:04 – Pivonka (Middendorf, Semik) 24:48 – DeBoer (Wise, Weiss) 30:31 – Wahlstrom (Wise, Weiss)
	7.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	35

15 February 2016 20:00

Russia

13–1 (4–0, 3–0, 6–1)

Norway

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,198

Game reference
	Georgi Dubrovski	Goalies	Kristian Hovik	Referee: Alex DiPietro Linesmen: Clement Goncalves Tobias Nordlander
	Zhabreyev (Denisenko) – 03:17 Zhabreyev (Kupchikhin, Nizhnikov) – 11:01 Svechnikov (Khovanov, Zhilyakov) – 11:27 Svechnikov (Sitdikov) – 13:43 Zhabreyev (Svechnikov) (SH) – 21:01 Denezhkin (Sokolov) – 24:45 Svechnikov (Zhabreyev) – 29:59 Khovanov (Svechnikov) – 31:55 Nizhnikov (Denisenko) – 33:48 Nizhnikov (Denisenko, Zhabreyev) – 37:05 Svechnikov (Khovanov, Sokolov) (PP) – 38:34 Sokolov (Rotenberg) – 42:41 Denisenko (Zhuravlyov, Zhabreyev) – 43:36	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1 11–1 12–1 13–1	30:42 – Pettersen (Beier Jensen, Skramo)
	19 min	Penalties	6 min
	51	Shots	10

18 February 2016 17:00

Norway

0–6 (0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Kristins Hall Attendance: 2,250

Game reference
	Theo Rooseboom de Vries	Goalies	Olivier Rodrigue	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Danny Beresford Clement Goncalves
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6	06:02 – Roberts (Burzan, McIsaac (PP)) 18:32 – Focht (Nielsen, Smith) 25:19 – Burzan (Chisholm) 25:57 – McIsaac (Fortier) (SH) 30:29 – McShane (Smith, Busby) 44:43 – Groulx (Chisholm, McIsaac) (PP)
	9 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	2	Shots	37

Girls' tournament

Roster

• Ingrid Berge
• Marthe Brunvold
• Nora Christophersen
• Mabel Endrerud
• Karen Forgaard
• Hedda Havarstein
• Mia Isdahl
• Karen Jensen
• Thea Jorgensen
• Stine Kjellesvik
• Maren Knudsen
• Kaja Kristensen
• Malin Kristensen
• Ena Marie Nystrom
• Emilie Olsen
• Kamilla Olsen
• Millie Sirum

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	2	1	1	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to semifinals
2	Czech Republic	4	3	0	0	1	7	4	+3	9
3	Switzerland	4	2	1	0	1	10	6	+4	8
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	6	9	−3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com

12 February 2016 14:00

Slovakia

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

Kristins Hall Attendance: 425

Game reference
	Simona Lezovicova Andrea Risianova	Goalies	Ena Marie Nystrøm Mia Christine Isdahl	Referee: Vanessa Ley Linesmen: Senovwa Mollen Jacqueline Sauer
	Agostonova – 38:04 Matasova (Čorňáková, Koyšová) – 15:51	0–1 1–1 2–1	Sirum (Endrerud, Jørgensen – 12:45
	1.5 min	Penalties	29.5 min
	19	Shots	8

14 February 2016 17:00

Norway

0–3 (0–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Kristins Hall

15 February 2016 20:00

Switzerland

3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Norway

Youth Hall

18 February 2016 14:00

Norway

0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Kristins Hall

Luge

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksander Melaas	Boys	48.239	8	48.150	7	1:36.389	8
Vilde Tangnes	Girls	53.545	7	53.339	7	1:46.884	6

Nordic combined

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Einar Oftebro	Normal hill/5 km	85.0	99.3	13	2:10	16:09.0	14

Nordic mixed team

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anna Odine Strøm Einar Oftebro Marius Lindvik Martine Engebretsen Vebjoern Hegdal	Nordic mixed team	337.8	6	0:51	26:38.0

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexander Hestengen	Boys	53.99	2	53.95	2	1:47.94

Ski jumping

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marius Lindvik	Boys' normal hill	98.5	129.2	2	94.0	121.8	2	251.0
Anna Odine Strøm	Girls' normal hill	84.0	94.0	7	86.5	98.4	6	192.4	6

Team

Athlete	Event	First round		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anna Odine Strøm Einar Oftebro Marius Lindvik	Team competition	309.4	6	300.5	6	609.9	6

Short track speed skating

Boys

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martinius Elvebakken	500 m	45.998	3 SC/D	45.018	4 FD	45.001	13
	1000 m	1:39.565	4 SC/D	1:54.966	3 FD	1:43.686	13

Girls

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ane Farstad	500 m	1:24.363	4 SC/D	50.538	4 FD	1:03.617	13
	1000 m	1:50.565	3 FC	N/A		1:41.666	13

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team B  Ane Farstad (NOR)  Kim Ji-yoo (KOR)  Stijn Desmet (BEL)  Quentin Fercoq (FRA)	Mixed team relay	4:16.206	2 FA	4:14.413
Team G  Elizaveta Kuznetsova (RUS)  Angelina Tarasova (RUS)  Martinius Elvebakken (NOR)  Hwang Dae-heon (KOR)	Mixed team relay	4:20.469	4 FB	4:23.553	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Mathias Echhoff	Boys' halfpipe	34.75	55.00	16.25	55.00	11
Hanne Eilertsen	Girls' halfpipe	Did not show
Nora Frisvold	Girls' halfpipe	26.00	22.25	23.75	26.00	16

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Herman Svendsen	Boys' snowboard cross	49.94	12 Q	11	10	Did not advance

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Mathias Eckhoff	Boys' slopestyle	81.75	32.00	81.75	7
Isak Ulstein	Boys' slopestyle	85.50	44.75	85.50	5
Hanne Eilertsen	Girls' slopestyle	33.50	19.00	33.50	16
Nora Frisvold	Girls' slopestyle	46.50	31.50	46.50	12

Speed skating

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Allan Johansson	500 m	37.556	13	37.49	12	75.05	12
	1500 m	N/A				1:53.37	4
	Mass start	N/A				10 pts
Jonas Kristensen	500 m	37.96	15	37.830	15	75.79	15
	1500 m	N/A				1:56.16	10
	Mass start	N/A				5:55.05	18

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Camilla Evjevik	500 m	43.20	21	43.74	23	86.95	23
	1500 m	N/A				2:12.72	18
	Mass start	N/A				5:58.67	19

Mixed team sprint

Athletes	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Team 4  Camilla Evjevik (NOR)  Park Ji-woo (KOR)  Jonas Kristensen (NOR)  Gawel Oficjalski (POL)	Mixed team sprint	1:59.93	8
Team 10  Chiara Cristelli (ITA)  Mihaela Hogas (ROU)  Ole Jeske (GER)  Allan Johansson (NOR)	Mixed team sprint	1:58.87

See also

• Norway at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References