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France At The 2006 Winter Olympics




France at the 2006 Winter Olympics is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: ''Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français''). France sent 89 athletes to the Games.

Bruno Mingeon was France's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.


MEDALS



Gold




Silver




Bronze





EVENTS


Alpine Skiing

Men's Downhill




Team
  • Anne Sophie Barthet

  • Yannick Bertrand

  • Pierrick Bourgeat

  • Raphaël Burtin

  • Joël Chenal

  • Frédéric Covili

  • Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin

  • Florine de Leymarie

  • Gauthier de Tessieres

  • Antoine Deneriaz

  • Thomas Fanara

  • Jean Baptiste Grange

  • Ingrid Jacuemod

  • Marie Marchand-Arvier

  • Carole Montillet -Carles

  • Christel Pascal

  • Laure Pequegnot

  • Stéphane Tissot

  • Jean-Pierre Vidal

  • Vanessa Vidal



Biathlon

Men's 20km Individual

: Final - 55:59.4 (6th place)

: Final - 54:21.1 (20th place)

: Final - 59:01.7 (31st place)

: Final - 59:16.1 (34th place)

Team
  • Alexandre Aubert

  • Sandrine Bailly

  • Florence Baverel-Robert

  • Sylvie Becaert

  • Ferréol Cannard

  • Vincent Defrasne

  • Simon Fourcade

  • Christelle Gros

  • Delphyne Peretto

  • Raphael Poirée

  • Julien Robert



Bobsleigh


Men’s doubles

  • Stephane Galbert

  • Bruno Mingeon



Men’s fours

  • Christophe Fouquet

  • Stéphane Galbert

  • Pierre-Alain Menneron

  • Bruno Mingeon

  • Alexandre Vanhoutte



Cross Country Skiing

  • Elodie Bourgeois Pin

  • Roddy Darragon

  • Jean Marc Gaillard

  • Emmanuel Jonnier

  • Christophe Perrillat

  • Aurelie Perrillat Storti

  • Karine Philippot

  • Alexandre Rousselet

  • Cecile Storti

  • Emilie Vina

  • Vincent Vittoz


Gaillard was suspended due to health reasons for the first five days of competition after recording too high values of , 10 February 2006 .


Figure Skating


Men’s

  • Frédéric Dambier

  • Brian Joubert



Pairs

  • Yannick Bonheur and Marylin Pla

  • : Short program - 44.24



Ice dancing

  • Fabian Bourzat and Natalie Pechalat

  • Olivier Schoenfelder and Isabelle Delobel



Freestyle Skiing


Aerials

  • Aurélien Lohrer



Moguls

Women's moguls

: Final - 25.37 points (Bronze medal)

Men's moguls
  • Guilbaut Colas

  • Pierre Ochs

  • Silvan Palazot



Nordic Combined

Individual Gundersen 15 km

Large Hill Sprint

Team Event


Short Track Speed Skating

Men's 1,000m

Men's 1500 m

Women's 500 m

Women's 1000 m

Women's 1500m

Women's 3000m Relay


Skeleton

Men's Skeleton


Snowboarding


Giant Slalom

Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom


Halfpipe

Men's Halfpipe Competition

In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

Women's Halfpipe

In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.


Snowboard Cross

Men's Snowboard Cross

Women's Snowboard Cross


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