From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete[3] Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Mirella Arnhold Women’s giant slalom 1:20.17 1:29.00 n/a 2:49.17 43
Nikolai Hentsch Men’s downhill n/a 1:56.58 43
Men’s Super-G Did not finish
Men’s giant slalom 1:27.78 1:27.78 n/a 2:55.56 30
Men’s combined 1:45.42 Disqualified
Brazil at the Olympic Games achieved the best result in the Brazilian delegation, mak-
ing it to the quarterfinals in Women’s snowboard cross,
finishing ninth overall.
The substitute on the Bobsleigh team, Claudinei
Quirino, was a silver medalist in the Summer Olympic
Games, where he finished second in Sydney with the
Brazilian 4x100m relay team. By participating in the Win-
ter Games, Quirino became the second Brazilian man to
have participated in both the Summer and Winter Games
Flag of Brazil – Flag bearers (the first was Matheus Inocêncio, who participated in Salt
Lake 2002 and Athens 2004). On the women’s side, Jaque-
IOC code BRA line Mourão became the first woman to have achieved
NOC Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro this feat: she had participated in the Mountain Bike com-
petition of Athens 2004 and in Turin 2006, she took part
Website www.cob.org.br (Portuguese)
in the 10 km classical.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin On February 22, the Brazilian Olympic Committee an-
nounced, in Rio de Janeiro, that alpine skier Nikolai
Competitors 10 in 4 sports Hentsch was to be the flag bearer for Brazil at the closing
Flag bearer Isabel Clark (opening) ceremonies of the Winter Games. For the Closing Cere-
Nikolai Hentsch (closing)[1][2] 2006 Winter mony, all the nine athletes participating in the Games re-
Olympics,
Olympics in Turin, Italy, half of which mained in Turin. The Brazilians were seated by the orga-
consisted of the Men’s Bobsleigh team —
nization in a privileged spot: in the first row immediate-
although following the exclusion of
Armando dos Santos from the Bobsleigh ly behind the podium where IOC president Jacques Rogge
team due to a doping incident, the number and the president of the Turin 2006 Organizing Commit-
dropped to nine athletes. tee, Valentino Castellani, delivered their speeches.
Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Alpine skiing
Olympic history (summary)
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Summer Games Nikolai Hentsch competed in four of the five alpine skiing
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • events, and had the Brazilian alpine team’s best finish,
1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • placing 30th in the giant slalom.[3]
2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Note: In the men’s combined, run 1 is the downhill, and
Winter Games runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women’s combined,
run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
Isabel Clark, a snowboarder, carried the flag at the Open- Bobsleigh
ing Ceremonies. Clark is also the Brazilian athlete who
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Athlete[7] Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Ricardo Raschini Four-man 1:00.31 58.51 1:00.12 Did not advance 25
Márcio Silva
Claudinei Quirino
Edson Bindilatti
On February 13 the Brazilian Olympic Committee an- ambulance to a nearby hospital for detailed exams. He
nounced that Armando dos Santos’ preventive antidop- was released soon after, having been only medicated for
ing test, which had been done in Brazil on January 4, was the pain.[citation needed]
positive for the forbidden substansce nandrolone. San- The event finished any faint possibility that the
tos was ejected from the team, being replaced by former Brazilians could qualify for Heat 4, of which only the
sprinter Claudinei Quirino, the team’s substitute athlete. top 20 sleighs would participate. In an interview soon af-
On February 18, the Australian Olympic Committee terwards, Raschini took full responsibility for both the
filed a request with the International Olympic Committee accidents, asking for "the forgiveness of his team and
claiming that the qualification of the Brazilian team to the Brazilian people", although reporting that insuffi-
the Olympics was invalid, and thus the Brazilian team cient training at the Olympic track was the main cause
should not be allowed to compete. The claim of the Aus- of his inability to master Curve 14. His teammates and
tralian Committee revolved around the circumstances of Brazilian officials, however, were quick to show Raschini
the qualification: the Brazilians earned their spot in the their full support, saying that no one is to blame for
Cup,
Games by winning the 2006 Challenge Cup in late Jan- a competition mishappening and that they are already
uary, which awarded two spots in the Olympics.[4] looking forward to Vancouver 2010. Edson Bindilatti, the
That event took place two weeks after Armando dos breakman, closed his statement vowing that "the Frozen
Santos’ antidoping test, which turned out to be positive, Bananas" shall return "in style".[citation needed]
had been performed, although the result was only di- On another aspect of the last participation of the
vulged on February 13. In that event, New Zealand came Brazilian team, they were able to secure a replacement
in second, which earned them a spot in the Olympics helmet for second man Márcio Silva (he had had to bor-
as well, and the Australian team was third. Thus, the row a German helmet the day before, for lack of a spare
Australians claimed that the Brazilian result should have unit), having had it flown in from the United States,
been canceled, given the previous — although then un- where the manufacturer is located.[citation needed][7]
known — positive doping result of an athlete of the
Brazilian team. This would have removed the Brazilian
team from the Olympics and awarded Australia the spot, Cross-country skiing
as the second valid result from the qualification event
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter
(New Zealand would have moved to first place). On Fe-
Olympics
bruary 19, the IOC ruled in favor of the Brazilians, re- [8]
jecting the motion from the Australian Olympic Commit-
Distance
tee.[5]
Run 1 - In their first run, the Brazilians’ sleigh turned
over coming out of Curve 14, after an error by pilot Ri-
cardo Raschini, causing the team to finish with an ex-
Snowboarding
ceedingly slow time. After an initial scare, the Brazilians Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
got out of the sleigh and decided to continue in competi- Isabel Clark Ribeiro qualified for the knockout rounds in
tion. No one was hurt and their sleigh was not damaged, the women’s snowboard cross with the 5th fastest time,
but they had to borrow a helmet from the German team, but a third place finish in her quarterfinal left her bat-
since one of the Brazilians’ was badly damaged during tling for 9th place. In that classification race, she was
the accident.[6] forced to race from behind after a poor start, but benefit-
Run 3 - In what looked like a replay of Heat 1, the ed from an accident involving all the other three partici-
Brazilians once again turned over in Curve 14. Once pants in her race, to end up in 9th overall.[9]
again, pilot Ricardo Raschini miscalculated his exit of this Snowboard Cross
curve, causing the sleigh to turn over.[6] This time, the
accident was slightly more violent than the original one: See also
the sleigh was completely up side down for a few sec-
onds, and pusher Claudinei Quirino got out of the sleigh • Brazilian Olympic Committee
complaining of pain in one of his arms, being taken by
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Athlete[8] Event Final
Total Rank
Hélio Freitas Men’s 15 km classical 54:06.8 93
Jaqueline Mourão Women’s 10 km classical 35:59.7 67
Athlete[9] Event Qualifying 1/8 Fi- Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
nals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Isabel Clark Women’s snowboard 1:30.12 6 Q n/a 3 Did not ad- Classification 9
Ribeiro cross vance 9-12
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External links
Reuters. http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2006/02/ • Website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in
20/1573509.htm. Retrieved Feb. 22, 2009. Portuguese)
[6] ^ "Brazil four-man team crashes again". Reuters. • Brazil NOC article listing team (last paragraph)
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/ • Yahoo! Sports Torino 2006 - Brazil
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