France_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics
France at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité national olympique et sportif français).
Quick Facts France at the 2006 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| France at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 82 (50 men, 32 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearers | Bruno Mingeon (opening) Carole Montillet-Carles (closing)[1][2] |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Antoine Dénériaz | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 12 February |
| Gold | Florence Baverel-Robert | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 16 February |
| Gold | Vincent Defrasne | Biathlon | Men's pursuit | 18 February |
 Silver | Joël Chenal | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom | 20 February |
| Silver | Roddy Darragon | Cross-country skiing | Men's sprint | 22 February |
 Bronze | Sandra Laoura | Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls | 11 February |
| Bronze | Paul-Henri de Le Rue | Snowboarding | Men's snowboard cross | 16 February |
| Bronze | Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Raphaël Poirée | Biathlon | Men's relay | 21 February |
| Bronze | Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | Biathlon | Women's relay | 23 February |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Yannick Bertrand | Downhill | n/a | 1:51.37 | 24 | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:32.21 | 24 | |||
| Pierrick Bourgeat | Slalom | 54.45 | 51.03 | n/a | 1:45.48 | 11 |
| Combined | 1:41.35 | 45.56 | 44.38 | 3:11.29 | 8 | |
| Raphaël Burtin | Giant slalom | 1:20.70 | 1:20.29 | n/a | 2:40.99 | 21 |
| Joël Chenal | Giant slalom | 1:16.80 | 1:18.27 | n/a | 2:35.07 |  |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.35 | 11 | ||
| Super-G | did not finish | |||||
| Antoine Dénériaz | Downhill | n/a | 1:48.80 |  | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:31.49 | 11 | |||
| Thomas Fanara | Giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
| Jean-Baptiste Grange | Slalom | 54.84 | did not finish | |||
| Combined | 1:44.05 | 44.63 | 43.83 | 3:12.51 | 13 | |
| Gauthier de Tessières | Super-G | n/a | 1:34.94 | 39 | ||
| Giant slalom | did not finish | |||||
| Stéphane Tissot | Slalom | did not finish | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Vidal | Slalom | did not start | ||||
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Anne-Sophie Barthet | Slalom | 46.28 | 50.38 | n/a | 1:36.66 | 24 |
| Combined | did not finish | |||||
| Ingrid Jacquemod | Downhill | n/a | 1:58.46 | 16 | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:35.28 | 32 | |||
| Giant slalom | 1:02.56 | 1:11.49 | n/a | 2:14.05 | 21 | |
| Florine de Leymarie | Slalom | 43.40 | 47.99 | n/a | 1:31.39 | 11 |
| Marie Marchand-Arvier | Downhill | n/a | 1:31.45 | 15 | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:34.82 | 25 | |||
| Combined | 41.04 | 44.62 | n/a | 1:31.45 | 15 | |
| Carole Montillet-Carles | Downhill | n/a | 2:01.03 | 28 | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:33.31 | 5 | |||
| Laure Pequegnot | Slalom | disqualified | ||||
| Vanessa Vidal | Slalom | 44.49 | 48.48 | n/a | 1:32.97 | 26 |
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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.
Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Ferréol Cannard | Sprint | 28:19.7 | 1 | 32 |
| Pursuit | 40:07.71 | 6 | 40 | |
| Vincent Defrasne | Sprint | 26:54.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Pursuit | 35:20.2 | 3 | | |
| Mass start | 48:20.7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Individual | 59:16.1 | 6 | 34 | |
| Simon Fourcade | Individual | 59:01.7 | 3 | 31 |
| Raphaël Poirée | Sprint | 27:19.0 | 1 | 8 |
| Pursuit | did not finish | |||
| Mass start | 48:24.9 | 2 | 12 | |
| Individual | 57:21.1 | 3 | 20 | |
| Julien Robert | Sprint | 27:54.1 | 0 | 18 |
| Pursuit | 37:15.95 | 1 | 10 | |
| Mass start | 48:51.8 | 2 | 16 | |
| Individual | 55:59.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Julien Robert Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Raphaël Poirée |
Relay | 1:22:35.1 | 6 |  |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Sandrine Bailly | Sprint | 22:43.0 | 2 | 6 |
| Pursuit | 39:39.47 | 3 | 12 | |
| Mass start | 42:21.5 | 4 | 10 | |
| Individual | 51:58.2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Florence Baverel-Robert | Sprint | 22:31.4 | 0 | |
| Pursuit | 39:57.62 | 4 | 13 | |
| Mass start | 41:40.5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Individual | 54:14.1 | 5 | 26 | |
| Sylvie Becaert | Sprint | 24:12.9 | 0 | 30 |
| Pursuit | 43:17.10 | 3 | 34 | |
| Mass start | 45:38.4 | 6 | 26 | |
| Individual | 53:59.0 | 2 | 24 | |
| Delphyne Peretto | Sprint | 23:31.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Pursuit | 41:52.85 | 3 | 26 | |
| Mass start | 45:39.9 | 5 | 27 | |
| Individual | 55:40.5 | 3 | 40 | |
| Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly |
Relay | 1:18:38.7 | 8 | |
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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Bruno Mingeon Stéphane Galbert |
Two-man | 56.49 | 56.75 | 57.11 | did not advance | 21 | |
| Bruno Mingeon Christophe Fouquet Pierre-Alain Menneron Alexandre Vanhoutte |
Four-man | 56.09 | 56.08 | 55.87 | 55.71 | 3:43.75 | 18 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Distance
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Elodie Bourgeois Pin | Women's 10 km classical | 29:40.6 | 22 |
| Women's 30 km freestyle | 1:29:37.6 | 36 | |
| Jean-Marc Gaillard | Men's 15 km classical | 40:09.2 | 23 |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:19.9 | 11 | |
| Emmanuel Jonnier | Men's 30 km pursuit | did not finish | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:13.5 | 4 | |
| Aurelie Perrillat Storti | Women's 10 km classical | 30:35.9 | 37 |
| Christophe Perrillat | Men's 15 km classical | 40:12.0 | 24 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:20:12.0 | 35 | |
| Karine Philippot | Women's 15 km pursuit | 45:06.5 | 20 |
| Women's 30 km freestyle | 1:24:06.1 | 11 | |
| Alexandre Rousselet | Men's 15 km classical | 39:48.4 | 18 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:19:17.0 | 27 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:07:01.5 | 26 | |
| Vincent Vittoz | Men's 15 km classical | 39:27.3 | 14 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:17:07.5 | 6 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:16.4 | 9 | |
| Christophe Perrillat Alexandre Rousselet Emmanuel Jonnier Vincent Vittoz |
Men's 4 x 10 km relay | 1:44:22.8 | 4 |
| Aurelie Perrillat Storti Karine Philippot Cécile Storti Emilie Vina |
Women's 4 x 5 km relay | 56:41.4 | 9 |
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- Sprint
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Elodie Bourgeois Pin | Women's sprint | 2:24.77 | 55 | Did not advance | 55 | ||||
| Roddy Darragon | Men's sprint | 2:16.76 | 10 Q | 2:21.9 | 2 Q | 2:19.9 | 2 Q | 2:27.1 | |
| Aurelie Perrillat Storti | Women's sprint | 2:19.28 | 34 | Did not advance | 34 | ||||
| Emilie Vina | Women's sprint | 2:22.42 | 47 | Did not advance | 47 | ||||
| Elodie Bourgeois Pin Aurelie Perrillat Storti |
Women's team sprint | n/a | 17:54.5 | 6 | Did not advance | 11 | |||
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Jean-Marc Gaillard was suspended due to health reasons for the first five days of competition after recording too high values of haemoglobin in his blood.
Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Frédéric Dambier | Men's | n/a | 61.17 | 19 Q | 116.42 | 19 | 177.59 | 19 | |
| Brian Joubert | Men's | n/a | 77.77 | 4 Q | 135.12 | 7 | 212.89 | 6 | |
| Marylin Pla Yannick Bonheur |
Pairs | n/a | 44.24 | 14 | 88.60 | 14 | 132.84 | 14 | |
| Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder |
Ice dance | 36.44 | 7 | 58.34 | 4 | 99.50 | 2 | 194.28 | 4 |
| Nathalie Péchalat Fabian Bourzat |
Ice dance | 28.59 | 16 | 44.07 | 17 | 76.65 | 19 | 149.31 | 18 |
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Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Guilbaut Colas | Men's moguls | 24.33 | 5 Q | 23.60 | 10 |
| Sandra Laoura | Women's moguls | 25.45 | 2 Q | 25.37 | |
| Aurélien Lohrer | Men's aerials | 188.27 | 22 | did not advance | 22 |
| Pierre Ochs | Men's moguls | 23.19 | 14 Q | 21.37 | 17 |
| Silvan Palazot | Men's moguls | 21.29 | 26 | did not advance | 26 |
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Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | |||||
| Nicolas Bal | Sprint | 95.4 | 39 | 2:01 | 20:06.7 +1:37.7 |
27 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 188.5 | 42 | 4:56 | 44:28.9 +4:44.3 |
31 | ||||
| François Braud | Individual Gundersen | 194.0 | 37 | 4:34 | 47:02.3 +7:17.7 |
42 | |||
| Jason Lamy-Chappuis | Sprint | 124.4 | 2 | 0:05 | 18:51.5 +0:22.5 |
4 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 257.0 | 3 | 0:22 | 41:34.0 +1:49.4 |
31 | ||||
| Ludovic Roux | Sprint | did not start | |||||||
| Individual Gundersen | 211.5 | 29 | 3:24 | 43:42.6 +3:58.0 |
26 | ||||
| François Braud Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Jason Lamy-Chappuis |
Team | 848.2 | 6 | 1:05 | 51:24.6 +1:32.0 |
5 | |||
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Note: "Deficit" refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Stéphanie Bouvier | Women's 500 m | disqualified | |||||||
| Women's 1000 m | 1:33.197 | 4 | did not advance | 20 | |||||
| Women's 1500 m | 2:35.410 | 1 Q | n/a | disqualified | |||||
| Maxime Chataignier | Men's 1000 m | disqualified | |||||||
| Men's 1500 m | 2:23.966 | 4 | did not advance | 18 | |||||
| Min Kyung Choi | Women's 1000 m | 1:36.745 | 2 Q | disqualified | |||||
| Myrtille Gollin | Women's 1500 m | 2:38.442 | did not advance | 19 | |||||
| Jean-Charles Mattei | Men's 1000 m | 1:28.009 | 3 | did not advance | 16 | ||||
| Men's 1500 m | 2:43.543 | 5 | did not advance | 24 | |||||
| Stéphanie Bouvier Min Kyung Choi Myrtille Gollin Céline Lecompére |
Women's 3000 m relay | n/a | 4:21.898 | 3 | Final B 4:18.971 |
5 | |||
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Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
| Philippe Cavoret | Men's | 59.79 | 59.08 | 1:58.87 | 14 |
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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Halfpipe
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying run 1 | Qualifying run 2 | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
| Cecile Alzina | Women's halfpipe | 25.7 | 17 | 28.0 | 13 | did not advance | 19 | |
| Mathieu Crépel | Men's halfpipe | 37.4 | 8 | 34.2 | 11 | did not advance | 17 | |
| Sophie Rodriguez | Women's halfpipe | 33.9 | 7 | 33.8 | 7 | did not advance | 13 | |
| Doriane Vidal | Women's halfpipe | 34.5 | 6 Q | n/a | (26.1) | 35.7 | 8 | |
| Gary Zebrowski | Men's halfpipe | 30.7 | 17 | 43.3 | 2 Q | 38.6 | (29.5) | 6 |
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Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A score in parentheses indicates a run that was not counted.
- Parallel GS
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
| Isabelle Blanc | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:22.67 | 14 |  Pomagalski (FRA) (3)L +1.77 (-0.32 +2.09) |
did not advance | 14 | ||
| Mathieu Bozzetto | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:12.02 | 13 Q |  Prommegger (AUT) (4)W -0.54 (-0.48 -0.06) |
 Jaquet (SUI) (5)W -1.54 (-0.86 -0.68) |
Schoch (SUI) (1) L +0.38 (-0.31 +0.69) |
Bronze final Grabner (AUT) (9) L DNF |
4 |
| Nicolas Huet | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:10.72 | 7 |  Flander (SLO) (10)L +0.53 (+1.35 -0.82) |
did not advance | 10 | ||
| Julie Pomagalski | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:21.02 | 3 Q | Blanc (FRA) (14) W -1.77 (+0.32 -2.09) |
Meuli (SUI) (6) L -1.43 (-1.50 +0.07) |
Classification 5–8 Bruhin (SUI) (7) W -4.76 (+1.50 -6.26) |
5th place final Tudigescheva (RUS) (1)L +1.04 (+1.32 -0.28) |
6 |
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Key: "+ [time]" represents a deficit; the parentheses indicate the results of each run.
- Snowboard cross
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
| Déborah Anthonioz | Women's snowboard cross | 1:30.89 | 9 Q | n/a | 3 | did not advance | Classification 9–12 2 |
10 |
| Paul-Henri de Le Rue | Men's snowboard cross | 1:21.21 | 10 Q | 2 Q | 2 Q | 1 Q | 3 | |
| Xavier de Le Rue | Men's snowboard cross | 1:20.97 | 5 Q | 3 | did not advance | 18 | ||
| Sylvain Duclos | Men's snowboard cross | 1:22.55 | 25 | 4 | did not advance | 29 | ||
| Marie Laissus | Women's snowboard cross | 1:30.46 | 8 Q | n/a | 2 Q | 3 | Classification 5–8 4 |
8 |
| Julie Pomagalski | Women's snowboard cross | 1:36.32 | 23 | did not advance | 23 | |||
| Karine Ruby | Women's snowboard cross | 1:31.03 | 11 Q | n/a | 4 | did not advance | Classification 13–16 4 |
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| Pierre Vaultier | Men's snowboard cross | 1:23.75 | 35 | did not advance | 35 | |||
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- "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.