2015 New Zealand Winter Games
Events35
Opening21 August 2015
Closing30 August 2015

The 2015 New Zealand Winter Games was the 4th edition of the New Zealand Winter Gameswas contested August 21 through August 30 in the cities of Naseby, Queenstown, and Wānaka. A total of 35 events across 5 disciplines will be contested, as well as a night parallel slalom to be contested during the opening ceremony. The event is officially called the Audi quattro Wintergames. [1]

Venues

All venues were located within the Otago region of New Zealand. Alpine skiing will be contested within Coronet Peak in Queenstown. Cross country skiing will take place at the Snow Farm in Wānaka. Curling will be held in the Naseby Curling Rink, or the Maniototo Curling International within Naseby. Both freestyle skiing and snowboarding will be held at the Cardrona Alpine Resort near Wānaka.[2]

Sports

Five winter sports will be contested throughout the duration of the games. This is an increase from the total number of events from the 2011 New Zealand Winter Games.

Alpine skiing will be made up of the giant slalom, slalom, IPC giant slalom, and IPC slalom, all of which will feature both men's and women's events for a total of 16. Additionally, a night parallel slalom will be contested on the 21st during the opening ceremonies with the winners receiving $15,000.[3]

Cross-country skiing will include the events of 15 km Mass Start Classic and 10 km Individual Freestyle for men, the 10 km Mass Start Classic and 5 km Individual Freestyle for women, as well as the sprint for both genders. A total of 6 events will be contested within the discipline.[4]

Curling will only feature one event, the curling mixed doubles. It will include a 2-person team made up of one man and one woman. The event was recently added onto the Winter Olympic program, and this will most likely serve as an important testing event for the sport.[5]

Freestyle skiing will feature big air (or aerials) as well as halfpipe and slopestyle. The halfpipe and slopestyle will both be a part of the 2016 Freestyle Skiing World Cup. All events will feature both a male and female version for a total of 6 events.[6]

Snowboarding will include big air, halfpipe, and slopestyle. Big air was also recently added onto the Winter Olympic Program, so this will likely serve as an important test event. The halfpipe and slopestyle events are part of the 2016 Snowboarding World Cup. All events will include a male and female version for a total of 6 events.[7]

Medalists

Men's Alpine Skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Night Slalom: Parallel [8] United States Ted Ligety United States David Chodounsky United States AJ Ginnis Switzerland Simon Steimle
Giant Slalom [9] Slovakia Adam Žampa Austria Manuel Feller United States Brennan Rubie
Slalom [10] Slovakia Adam Žampa Austria Marco Schwarz Switzerland Marc Gini
IPC Giant Slalom; Standing [11] Australia Mitchell Gourley United States James Stanton United Kingdom James Whitley
IPC Giant Slalom; Sitting [11] South Korea Sang Min Han United States Joshua Elliot South Korea Chi Won Lee
IPC Slalom; Standing [12] New Zealand Adam Hall Australia Mitchell Gourley United States James Stanton
IPC Slalom; Sitting [12] United States Tyler Walker New Zealand Corey Peters South Korea Min Sang Han
IPC Slalom; Visually Impaired [12] Australia Patrick Jensen, Guide: Kirsty O'Sullivan not awarded not awarded

Women's Alpine Skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Night Slalom: Parallel [13] United States Mikaela Shiffrin United States Paula Moltzan United States Nina O'Brien Norway Kristin Gjelsten Haugen
Giant Slalom [9] Austria Chiara Mair Norway Lotte Smiseth Sejersted Norway Kristine Fausa Aasberg
Slalom [10] Austria Katharina Truppe Austria Ricarda Haaser Austria Elisabeth Kappaurer
IPC Giant Slalom; Standing [14] United States Melanie Schwartz United States Stephanie Jallen not awarded
IPC Giant Slalom; Sitting [14] United States Laurie Stephens not awarded not awarded
IPC Giant Slalom; Visually Impaired [14] South Korea Jae Rim Yang, Guide: Un So Ri Ko United States Danelle Umstead, Guide: Rob Umstead not awarded
IPC Slalom; Standing [15] United States Melanie Schwartz United States Stephanie Jallen not awarded
IPC Slalom; Sitting [15] United States Laurie Stephens not awarded not awarded
IPC Slalom; Visually Impaired [15] South Korea Jae Rim Yang, Guide: Un So Ri Ko United States Danelle Umstead, Guide: Rob Umstead not awarded

Men's Cross Country Skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint Classic [16] South Korea Eun-Ho Kim South Korea Jun-Ho Hwang Canada William Poffenrorth
15 km Mass Start Classic [17] South Korea Jun Ho Hwang South Korea Seong-Beom Park South Korea Eun-Ho Kim
10 km Individual Freestyle [18] South Korea Seong-Beom Park New Zealand Andrew Pohl South Korea Yong-Jin Cho

Women's Cross Country Skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint Classic [16] Canada Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt Slovenia Barbara Jezeršek Australia Katerina Paul
10 km Mass Start Classic [17] South Korea Chae-Won Lee Slovenia Barbara Jezeršek Canada Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt
5 km Individual Freestyle Slovenia Barbara Jezeršek South Korea Chae-Won Lee Canada Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt

Curling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed Doubles Canada Kalynn Park & Charley Thomas United States Sarah Anderson & Korey Dropkin Finland Katya Kiiskinen & Paulie Jaamies

Men's Freestyle Skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Big Air [19] Switzerland Andri Ragettli Norway Johan Berg Switzerland Luca Schuler
Halfpipe [20] France Kevin Rolland France Thomas Krief France Benoit Valentin
Slopestyle [21] United Kingdom James Woods Norway Øystein Bråten United States Joss Christensen

Women's Freestyle Skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Big Air [22] Germany Lisa Zimmermann Italy Silvia Bertagna Chile Dominique Ohaco
Halfpipe [23] United States Devin Logan New Zealand Janina Kuzma Japan Ayana Onozuka
Slopestyle [24] Norway Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen Italy Silvia Bertagna Germany Lisa Zimmermann

Men's Snowboarding

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Big Air [25] Japan Keita Inamura Japan Yuki Kadono Japan Tomoki Wakita
Halfpipe [26] Japan Raibu Katayama Japan Taku Hiraoka Switzerland Louri Podladtchikov
Slopestyle [27] United States Chris Corning Japan Yuki Kadono Canada Michael Ciccarelli

Women's Snowboarding

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Big Air [25] Japan Miyabi Onitsuka Japan Natsuki Sato Japan Asami Hirono
Halfpipe [28] China Xuetong Cai Japan Hikaru Ōe France Sophie Rodriguez
Slopestyle [29] United States Jamie Anderson Canada Laurie Blouin United States Hailey Langland

Medal table

The United States claimed the most medals by far, winning 10 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze for a total of 25; 1/4 of the medals in total awarded. In 2nd was South Korea, with 7 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze for a total of 14. In 3rd was Japan, with 3 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze for a total of 11. The host nation, New Zealand, finished in 9th with 1 gold and 3 silver. A total of 18 nations took home at least 1 medal, and 15 nations took home at least 1 gold.

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)109625
2 South Korea (KOR)73414
3 Japan (JPN)35311
4 Austria (AUT)2316
5 Canada (CAN)2147
6 Australia (AUS)2114
7 Slovakia (SVK)2002
8 Norway (NOR)1326
9 New Zealand (NZL)*1304
10 Slovenia (SLO)1203
11 France (FRA)1124
12  Switzerland (SUI)1045
13 Germany (GER)1012
 Great Britain (GBR)1012
15 China (CHN)1001
16 Italy (ITA)0202
17 Chile (CHI)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (18 entries)363331100

References

  1. ↑ "Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Venues – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Alpine Skiing – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  4. ↑ "Cross Country Skiing – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  5. ↑ "Curling – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  6. ↑ "Freeskiing – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  7. ↑ "Snowboarding – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  8. ↑ "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - MEN ELITE" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  9. 1 2 "Slovakian Adam Zampa wins second alpine gold medal – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  10. 1 2 "Gold medals for Austria and Slovakia after close fought FIS Alpine slalom – Winter Games NZ". Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
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  12. 1 2 3 "Men's Slalom Final" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  13. ↑ "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - WOMEN ELITE" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  14. 1 2 3 "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  15. 1 2 3 "Women's Slalom Final" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  16. 1 2 "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - SPRINT CLASSIC RESULTS ELITE" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  17. 1 2 "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - MASS START CLASSIC" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  18. ↑ "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - MENS 10 LADIES 5KM" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  19. ↑ "Live Scoring by Global-Sportservice.com". Live-scoring.at. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  20. ↑ "Mens Ski Halfpipe" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  21. ↑ "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - MEN'S SKI SLOPESTYLE" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  22. ↑ "Live Scoring by Global-Sportservice.com". Live-scoring.at. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  23. ↑ "Ladies Ski Halfpipe" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  24. ↑ "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - LADIES@ SKI SLOPESTYLE" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  25. 1 2 "Live Scoring by Global-Sportservice.com". Live-scoring.at. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  26. ↑ "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - MEN's HALFPIPE" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  27. ↑ "FIS Snowboard : Mens Slopestyle" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  28. ↑ "Audi Quatro Wintergames Night Slalom - LADIES' HALFPIPE" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  29. ↑ "FIS Snowboard : Ladies Slopestyle" (PDF). Wintergamesnz.kiwi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
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