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South Africa was represented by 3 men at the Winter Olympics in 2006, in Turin , Italy . One of them, Alexander Heath , became the first African to compete in all 5 Alpine events.


MEDALS

Medal count:


ATHLETES


Alpine Skiing

Alexander Heath

  • Men's Combined

  • Downhill - 1:47.62

  • 1st Slalom Run - DNF


  • Men's Downhill

  • ---Final - 1:59.79 (52nd place)


  • Men's Slalom

  • ---Run 1 - Did Not Finish


  • Men's Super-G

  • ---Final - 1:37.77 (50th place)



Cross-country Skiing

Oliver Kraas
  • Men's 15 km Classical

  • ---Final - Did Not Finish


  • Men's 50 km Freestyle, mass start

  • ---Final - Did Not Finish


  • Men's Sprint

  • ---Qualifying: 2:27.68 - (57th place) - Did not qualify for final



Skeleton

Men's skeleton