Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at
in Innsbruck
Competitors	81 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Tamara Grascher[1]
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 13
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016

Austria is the host of the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. With 81 athletes competing, Austria is the largest team at these Games. The host nation will compete in all events except for the Figure Skating pair's event.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Marco Schwarz	Alpine Skiing	Boys' combined	15 Jan
Gold	Elisabeth Gram	Freestyle skiing	Girls' halfpipe	15 Jan
Gold	Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger	Luge	Girls' Singles	16 Jan
Gold	Martina Rettenwender Marco Schwarz Christine Ager Mathias Graf	Alpine skiing	Parallel Mixed Team	17 Jan
Gold	Marco Schwarz	Alpine skiing	Boys' Giant Slalom	19 Jan
Gold	Michelle Buchholzer	Freestyle Skiing	Girls' Ski Cross	21 Jan
Silver	Stefan Geisler	Skeleton	Boys' Individual	21 Jan
Silver	Carina Mair	Skeleton	Girls' Individual	21 Jan
Silver	Benjamin Maier Robert Ofensberger	Bobsleigh	Two-boys	22 Jan
Silver	Austria women's national under-18 ice hockey team Nicole Arnberger   Martina Kneß   Paulina Polczik Julia Frick   Anja List   Noemi Prosenz Tamara Grascher   Paula Camilla Marchart   Anna Schmid Alexandra Gürtler   Anna Meixner   Luisa Steiner Victoria Hummel   Anna Meixner   Julia Willenshofer Anna Katharina Iberer   Julia Pechmann	Ice hockey	Girls' competition	22 Jan
Bronze	Christine Ager	Alpine skiing	Girls' Super-G	14 Jan
Bronze	Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger Armin Frauscher Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	Luge	Mixed Team Relay	17 Jan
Bronze	Mathias Graf	Alpine Skiing	Boys' Slalom	21 Jan

Alpine skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Mathias Graf	Slalom	40.16	40.19	1:20.35
	Giant slalom	58.34	DNF
	Super-G			1:05.62	10
	Combined	1:04.16	38.51	1:42.67	7
Marco Schwarz	Slalom	DNF
	Giant slalom	57.31	54.39	1:51.70
	Super-G			DNF
	Combined	1:03.32	37.13	1:40.45

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Christine Ager	Slalom	41.89	DNF
	Giant slalom	58.90	1:00.23	1:59.13	9
	Super-G			1:06.06
	Combined	DNF
Martina Rettenwender	Slalom	DNF
	Giant slalom	59.33	DNF
	Super-G			1:06.10	5
	Combined	1:05.84	36.41	1:42.25	5

Team

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Martina Rettenwender Marco Schwarz Christine Ager Mathias Graf	Parallel Mixed Team	Canada W 4-0	France W 2-2	Norway W 3-1

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Boys

Benjamin Maier and Robert Ofensberger will compete for Austria in the boys' bobsleigh event>

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Benjamin Maier Robert Ofensberger	Two-Boys	54.60	54.63	1:49.23

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Mixed team

Team

Skip: Mathias Genner
Third: Camilla Schnabl
Second: Martin Reichel
Lead: Irena Brettbacher

Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Red Group	Skip	W	L
Sweden	Rasmus Wranå	6	1
Canada	Thomas Scoffin	5	2
Japan	Shingo Usui	4	3
Italy	Amos Mosaner	4	3
Great Britain	Duncan Menzies	3	4
Russia	Mikhail Vaskov	3	4
Austria	Mathias Genner	2	5
Germany	Daniel Rothballer	1	6

Round Robin Results

Draw 1 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Great Britain (Menzies) 1 2 1 1 4 0 X X 9  Austria (Genner) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1 Draw 2 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Austria (Genner) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 6  Canada (Scoffin) 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 Draw 3 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final  Austria (Genner) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5  Japan (Usui) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 7 Draw 4 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final  Austria (Genner) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 12  Germany (Rothballer) 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 5 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Austria (Genner) 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 5  Sweden (Wranå) 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 X 7 Draw 6 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Russia (Vaskov) 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8  Austria (Genner) 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 Draw 7 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Italy (Mosaner) 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 X 6  Austria (Genner) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3

Mixed doubles

Results

Round of 32

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Wang Jinbo (CHN)  Ina Roll Backe (NOR) 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 8  Camilla Schnabel (AUT)  Jordan Wåhlin (SWE) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 7 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Corryn Brown (CAN)  Martin Reichel (AUT) 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 6  Shingo Usui (JPN)  Cao Ying (CHN) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Mathias Genner (AUT)  Lisa Gisler (SUI) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2  Yang Ying (CHN)  Thomas Howell (USA) 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 X 10 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Alzbeta Baudyšová (CZE)  Bai Yang (CHN) 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 9  Amos Mosaner (ITA)  Irena Brettbacher (AUT) 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 10

Round of 16

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Corryn Brown (CAN)  Martin Reichel (AUT) 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 7  Kang Sue-yeon (KOR)  Krystof Krupanský (CZE) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 X 9  Amos Mosaner (ITA)  Irena Brettbacher (AUT) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 4

Quarterfinals

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS)	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	X	9
Corryn Brown (CAN)  Martin Reichel (AUT)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	3

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ski Cross

Boy

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Michael Schatz	Boys' ski cross	57.76	6	Cancelled

Girl

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Michelle Buchholzer	Girls' ski cross	58.38		Cancelled

Ski Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elisabeth Gram	Girls' ski half-pipe	87.00	1 Q	84.75
Daniel Walchhofer	Boys' ski half-pipe	52.75	11 Q	66.25	9

Ice hockey

Girls' tournament

Roster

No.	Pos.	2012 Winter Youth Olympics Austria U-16 girls' ice hockey team roster	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Current Team
	GK	Paula Camilla Marchart			25 July 1994	Wiener Eislöwen
	GK	Julia Pechmann			10 March 1994	1. DEC Devils Graz
	GK	Anna Schmid			30 October 1994	SK Zirl
	D	Nicole Arnberger			27 September 1994	HC Die 48er
	D	Martina Kneß			6 May 1994	Neuberg Highlanders
	D	Noemi Prosenz			19 September 1994	Mad Dogs Wr. Neustadt
	D	Paulina Polczik			20 August 1994	ED "Die Adler" Kitzbühel
	D	Luisa Steiner			13 February 1994	Red Angels Innsbruck
	F	Julia Frick			29 July 1994	EC "Die Adler" Kitzbühel
	F	Tamara Grascher			13 June 1994	Gipsy Girls Villach
	F	Alexandra Gürtler			21 November 1994	Tornados Ice Cats Linz
	F	Victoria Hummel			4 January 1994	Wiener Eislöwen
	F	Anna Katharina Iberer			19 March 1994	Vienna Flyers
	F	Anja List			21 December 1994	DEC Salzburg Eagles
	F	Anna Meixner			16 June 1996	EK Zeller Eisbären Juniors
	F	Anna Meixner			21 August 1994	Dylan Panthers Frohnleiten
	F	Julia Willenshofer			22 September 1994	Kapfenberg Bulls

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Christian Yngve

Results

Preliminary round

Legend
Advance to the Semifinals

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	43	0	+43	12
Austria	4	3	0	0	1	22	6	+16	9
Germany	4	2	0	0	2	12	16	-4	6
Kazakhstan	4	1	0	0	3	3	28	-25	3
Slovakia	4	0	0	0	4	1	31	-30	0

January 13, 2012 8:00

Austria

9–0 (2–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 245

Game reference
	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Goalies	Nikola Kaliska	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Nikola Dvorakova Mirjam Gruber
	J. Willenshofer (V. Hummel, N. Arnberger) (PP) – 5:51 1–0 T. Grascher (J. Frick) – 8:33 2–0 T. Grascher (A. Meixner) – 15:46 3–0 A. Guertler (T. Grascher, A. Iberer) – 17:07 4–0 J. Frick – 21:34 5–0 P. Polczik (V. Hummel) – 23:32 6–0 A. Meixner (J. Willenshofer) – 24:59 7–0 J. Frick (A. Meixner, A. List) (PP) – 33:15 8–0 J. Willenshofer (V. Hummel) – 37:23 9–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	3

January 14, 2012 10:15

Kazakhstan

1–8 (0–3, 1–4, 0–1)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 534

Game reference
	Anastassiya Ogay	Goalies	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: HUI Wang Taru Tanhua
	0–1 8:15 – A. Meixner (M. Kness) (PP) 0–2 9:07 – J. Frick (N. Arnberger, V. Hummel) 0–3 11:17 – V. Hummel (J. Frick, M. Kness) 0–4 20:01 – A. Meixner 0–5 22:40 – A. Schmid (J. Willenshofer, N. Prosenz) 0–6 24:43 – A. Guertler (A. Iberer, N. Arnberger) 0–7 26:15 – A. List (A. Meixner, J. Frick) Z. Nurgaliyeva (S. Urpekbayeva, M. Ryspek) – 27:12 1–7 1–8 41:58 – V. Hummel (N. Arnberger, M. Kness)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	10	Shots	32

January 16, 2012 10:30

Germany

2–5 (2–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 475

Game reference
	Viola Hotter	Goalies	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Nikola Dvorakova Taru Tanhua
	0–1 6:02 – V. Hummel (J. Willenshofer) V. Offermann (P. Szawlowski) – 8:34 1–1 1–2 10:51 – J. Willenshofer (A. Meixner) (SH) P. Szawlowski (V. Offermann) (PP) – 14:31 2–2 2–3 15:59 – T. Grascher (A. Meixner) 2–4 31:01 – J. Willenshofer (J. Frick) 2–5 33:34 – V. Hummel (T. Grascher)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	20

January 17, 2012 9:00

Austria

0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 432

Game reference
	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Goalies	Jessica Wahlstrom Hjorth	Referee: Ceci Morris Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Trine Viskum
	0–1 12:31 – A. Lindberg (M. Wong, A. Johansson) 0–2 14:44 – A. Kjellbin (L. Peterson) (PP) 0–3 32:46 – K. Andersson (A. Kjellbin)
	14 min	Penalties	35 min
	11	Shots	54

Semifinals

January 20, 2012 16:30

Austria

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,311

Game reference
	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Goalies	Meike Krimphove	Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Taru Tanhua
	A. Meixner (A. List) – 18:17 1–0 A. Meixner (V. Hummel) (PP) – 27:06 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	22

Gold medal game

January 22, 2012 10:00

Sweden

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,095

Game reference
	Sara Besseling	Goalies	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Taru Tanhua Trine Viskum
	E. Alasalmi (A. Lindberg, M. Wong) (PP) – 13:20 1–0 L. Backlin (R. Hoglund) (PP) – 29:50 2–0 E. Alasalmi (J. Eidensten) – 37:07 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	11

Final rank:

Boys' tournament

Roster

Austria will compete in the boys' ice hockey tournament with a roster of 17 players:^[3]

No.	Pos.	2012 Winter Youth Olympics Austria U-16 boys' ice hockey team roster	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Current Team
30	G	Stefan Müller	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	7001780000000000000♠78 kg (172 lb)	5 February 1996	Pikes EHC Oberthurgau (SUI)
29	G	Thomas Stroj	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001690000000000000♠69 kg (152 lb)	9 April 1996	EC VSV
18	D	Mathias Hagen	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb)	23 January 1996	SC Rheintal (SUI)
7	D	Fabian Kau	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	7001800000000000000♠80 kg (180 lb)	2 February 1996	EC KAC
12	D	Erik Kirchschläger	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	7001610000000000000♠61 kg (134 lb)	4 February 1996	EC Liwest Linz
11	D	Tobias Oberauer	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb)	10 November 1996	EC KAC
17	D	Lukas Telsnig	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb)	28 January 1996	EC KAC
19	D	Felix Urstöger	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001660000000000000♠66 kg (146 lb)	5 June 1996	EHC Liwest Linz
9	F	Maximillian Egger	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	7001800000000000000♠80 kg (180 lb)	11 September 1996	EC Red Bull Salzburg
6	F	Stefan Gaffal	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	7001580000000000000♠58 kg (128 lb)	24 November 1996	EHC Liwest Linz
4	F	Mario Huber	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (200 lb)	8 August 1996	HC TWK Innsbruck "Die Haie"
8	F	Nikolaus Kraus	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	7001700000000000000♠70 kg (150 lb)	21 November 1996	L.A. Stars
2	F	Manuel Rosenlechner	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	7001800000000000000♠80 kg (180 lb)	12 February 1996	EC Red Bull Salzburg
20	F	Sandro Seifried	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	7001700000000000000♠70 kg (150 lb)	1 November 1996	EC KAC
14	F	Stefan Manuel Trost	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	7001680000000000000♠68 kg (150 lb)	28 April 1996	Moser Medical Graz 99ers
15	F	Nikolaus Zierer	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001730000000000000♠73 kg (161 lb)	5 January 1996	Moser Medical Graz 99ers
16	F	Dominic Zwerger	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	7001800000000000000♠80 kg (180 lb)	16 July 1996	SC Rheintal (SUI)

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Kurt Harand
Assistant Coach: Harald Pschernig
Assistant Coach: Wolfgang Hagen
Equipment Manager: Wolfgang Nickel
Team Leader: Wolfgang Ebner

Results

Preliminary rRound

Legend
Advance to the Semifinals

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	9	+16	9
Canada	4	2	1	0	1	20	7	+13	8
Finland	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
United States	4	2	0	0	2	14	18	–4	6
Austria	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	–27	0

January 13, 2012 10:15

Austria

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 520

Game reference
	Thomas Stroj	Goalies	Juuso Kannel	Referee: Simon Aicher Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Benjamin Hoppe
	0–1 30:22 – K. Kapanen (W. Hopponen) 0–2 32:05 – W. Hopponen (M. Honkanen, K. Kapanen) 0–3 44:40 – J. Kiviranta (E. Sopanen, J. Kannel) (SH) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	8	Shots	44

January 14, 2012 12:30

United States

7–2 (4–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,180

Game reference
	Edwin Minney	Goalies	Stefan Müller	Referee: Andris Ansons Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Daniel Persson
	S. Gersich (M. Godbout, N. Schmaltz) – 0:47 1–0 J. Wegwerth (J. Eichel, B. Clarke) – 1:13 2–0 R. MacInnis (N. Magyar, A. Baughman) (PP) – 9:02 3–0 S. Gersich (J. Eichel) (PP) – 12:03 4–0 4–1 20:40 – M. Huber S. Gersich (N. Billitier) – 23:37 5–1 5–2 30:44 – S. Gaffal (N. Kraus, M. Huber) R. MacInnis (M. Godbout, J. Jacobs) (SH) – 41:06 6–2 M. Godbout (N. Schmaltz) (SH) – 41:24 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	16

January 16, 2012 12:45

Russia

11–1 (0–1, 4–0, 7–0)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,274

Game reference
	Sergey Koborov	Goalies	Thomas Stroj	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Daniel Persson
	0–1 12:30 – S. Gaffal (N. Kraus) (PP) S. Kondratyev (D. Vovchenko, E. Tsvetkov) – 16:13 1–1 A. Svetlakov (D. Vovchenko) – 19:33 2–1 I. Nikolishin (A. Nekolenko) – 25:51 3–1 A. Protapovich (M. Lazarev) (PP) – 27:55 4–1 I. Zinovev (PP) – 31:23 5–1 E. Svechnikov (A. Protapovich) – 33:22 6–1 I. Nikolishin (I. Zinovev) – 33:32 7–1 A. Protapovich (M. Lazarev, E. Orlov) (PP) – 35:34 8–1 A. Mikulovich (I. Nikolishin, D. Sergeev) – 40:04 9–1 E. Svechnikov (M. Lazarev, E. Nasybullin) (PP) – 42:41 10–1 I. Nikolishin (I. Zinovev, A. Nekolenko) – 43:52 11–1
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	53	Shots	12

January 17, 2012 11:15

Austria

0–9 (0–4, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 749

Game reference
	Stefan Müller	Goalies	Sam Walsh	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Benjamin Hoppe
	0–1 0:40 – A. Brooks (N. Hébert, B. Martin) 0–2 2:16 – R. Burton (N. Yetman, J. Crossman) 0–3 6:15 – R. Gropp (E. Cornel) (PP) 0–4 12:07 – E. Cornel (R. Gropp) 0–5 16:42 – R. Gardiner (R. Gropp) 0–6 24:35 – G. James 0–7 38:31 – R. Duke (B. Martin, A. Brooks) (PP) 0–8 40:14 – R. Pilon 0–9 41:24 – R. Duke (B. Martin, J. Carrick)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	44

Austria fails to advance to the semifinals.

Luge

Singles

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Armin Frauscher	Boys' Singles	40.093	40.199	1:20.292	9
David Gleirscher	Boys' Singles	40.218	40.602	1:20.820	17
Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger	Girls' Singles	40.107	40.090	1:20.197
Nina Prock	Girls' Singles	40.247	40.352	1:20.599	4

Team

Athlete	Event	Final
		Boys'	Girls'	Doubles	Total	Rank
Miriam-Stefanie Kastlunger Armin Frauscher Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	Mixed Team Relay	44.676	46.902	47.285	2:18.863

Nordic combined

Short Track

Boys

Girls

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team A  Shim Suk-hee (KOR)  Yoann Martinez (FRA)  Melanie Brantner (AUT)  Denis Ayrapetyan (RUS)	Mixed Team Relay	4:21.668	2 Q	4:26.352
Team G  Dariya Goncharova (KAZ)  Su Min Yoon (KOR)  Arianna Sighel (ITA)  Dominic Andermann (AUT)	Mixed Team Relay	4:22.356	3 qB	PEN

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Stefan Geisler	Boys' individual	57.11	57.59	1:54.70

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Carina Mair	Girls' individual	CAN	58.40	58.40

Ski jumping

Team w/Nordic Combined

Snowboarding

Speed skating

See also

• Austria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Olympia.at Official homepage of the Austrian Olympic Committee