Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
| Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | SVK | ||||||||
| NOC | Slovak Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 58 (45 men, 13 women) in 9 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Walter Marx (opening) Martin Bajčičák (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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 Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1920–1992) |
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Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Židek's silver medal was the first Winter Olympic medal won by Slovakia as an independent nation.
The top finish for the six-person Slovak alpine team came from Veronika Zuzulová, who finished 15th in the women's combined.
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.
Marek Matiaško had the best result out of the Slovak biathlon team, with a surprising 5th place finish in the men's individual. He missed only one shot, and the resultant time penalty meant that he fell short of the medals.
Milan Jagnešák piloted the Slovak sled in both the two-man and four-man events, but did not manage a top-20 finish in either.
Martin Bajčičák finished 8th in the men's pursuit, the best showing from any Slovak cross-country skier, and carried the nation's flag in the closing ceremonies.
The Slovak team finished atop its round-robin group, going undefeated through the opening round, including a 3–0 win over eventual gold medal winners Sweden. In the quarterfinals, however, the team fell to rivals Czech Republic 3–1, failing to advance to a medal game.
The Slovakian luge delegation was one of the Olympic team's largest, but managed only a single top 15 finish, from the doubles team of Ľubomír Mick and Walter Marx.
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