South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics
| South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | RSA | ||||||||
| NOC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Competitors | 3 (3 men) in 3 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Alexander Heath (opening) Tyler Botha (closing) |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Three men from South Africa competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. One of them, Alexander Heath, became the first African to compete in all 5 alpine events. The three-man South African team was the largest from the continent in Turin.
Alexander Heath, competing in his third Olympics, qualified in all five events, with his best finish a 27th in the giant slalom.
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.
Kraas competed in three events in Turin, but finished in only one, the sprint, where he finished 57th out of 80 competitors.
Tyler Botha finished second in a pair of Challenge Cup events that allowed him to qualify for the Games, where he ended up in 21st place.
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