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@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
New Zealand competed with a team of 20 athletes (16 men, 4 women). The country competed in five sports: Alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, skeleton, snowboard and speed skating.
New Zealand won two bronze medals at PyeongChang, one by snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in women's big air and one by freestyle skier Nico Porteous in men's halfpipe.
PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Freestyle Skiing: 1 (0-0-1)
Snowboarding: 1 (0-0-1)
Total: 2 (0-0-2)
PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Beau-James Wells (FRS)
Closing Ceremony: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (SBD)
OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
New Zealand first competed at the London 1908 Olympic Games. In that year it formed a combined team with Australia as Australasia. One New Zealander competitor, Harry Kerr, won bronze in the 3500m walk. In 1912, three New Zealanders competed with Australasia. Malcolm Champion won a swimming gold with the freestyle relay team.
In 1920 at Antwerp, New Zealand took part in the Olympic Games as a separate nation and it has never missed an Olympic Games since. New Zealand competed at its first Olympic Winter Games at Oslo 1952 and has since missed only the Winter celebrations of 1956 and 1964.
In 1992, Alpine skier Annelise Coberger won New Zealand's first Winter Olympic medal, also the first Winter medal for a Southern Hemisphere nation. The country has won three Winter Olympic medals through 2018 but are yet to win a gold medal.
New Zealand has won 140 Olympic medals, 53 of them gold. Sprint canoeist Lisa Carrington has won the most medals (six) and gold medals (five) for New Zealand. Its top male Olympians, however, have been equestrian rider Mark Todd (six medals, two golds) and canoeist Ian Ferguson (four golds, one silver).
New Zealand has had its greatest success overall in athletics with several of its middle-distance runners becoming Olympic champions.
MILESTONES
First Competitor, Female: Annette Johnson (14 February 1952) - 1952 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - 39th
First Competitor, Male: Herbie Familton (15 February 1952) - 1952 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - 77th
First Competitor, Male: Bill Hunt (15 February 1952) - 1952 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - 81st
Youngest Competitor, Female: Alice Robinson (16y-076d) - 2018 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - 35th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Nico Porteous (16y-091d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Halfpipe) - Bronze
Oldest Competitor, Female: Katharine Eustace (38y-304d) - 2014 - Skeleton (Skeleton) - 12th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Lorne DePape (50y-301d) - 2006 - Curling - 10th
First Medallist, Female: Annelise Coberger (20 February 1992) - 1992 - Alpine Skiing (Slalom) - Silver
First Medallist, Male: Nico Porteous (22 February 2018) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Halfpipe) - Bronze
Youngest Medallist, Female: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (16y-354d) - 2018 - Snowboard (Big Air) - Bronze
Youngest Medallist, Male: Nico Porteous (16y-091d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Halfpipe) - Bronze
Oldest Medallist, Female: Annelise Coberger (20y-157d) - 1992 - Alpine Skiing (Slalom) - Silver
Oldest Medallist, Male: Nico Porteous (16y-091d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Halfpipe) - Bronze
Most Medals, Female: Annelise Coberger (1 | 0-1-0) - Alpine Skiing
Most Medals, Female: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (1 | 0-0-1) - Snowboard
Most Medals, Male: Nico Porteous (1 | 0-0-1) - Freestyle Skiing
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Medals won at previous Olympic Winter Games by discipline
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Alpine Skiing | 1 | 1 | ||
| Freestyle Skiing | 1 | 1 | ||
| Snowboarding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Medals won at previous Olympic Winter Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| PyeongChang 2018 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Albertville 1992 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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