Australia at The 2006 Winter Olympics - Freestyle Skiing

Freestyle Skiing

Canadian-born Dale Begg-Smith entered the Games as the top ranked man in moguls, and won Australia's only gold medal in Turin. 2002 Winter Olympics gold medallist Alisa Camplin also won a medal, bronze in the women's aerials. This made her the first Australian athlete to win back-to-back medals in a winter sport. Camplin won a medal despite having major surgery on her knee four months before the Turin games. Jacqui Cooper set a world record in qualifying for the women's aerials, but ended up 8th in the final.

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Dale Begg-Smith Moguls 25.40 1 Q 26.77
Jason Begg-Smith Moguls 20.22 29 Did not advance
Nick Fisher Moguls 22.89 16 Q 23.39 12
Michael Robertson Moguls 21.52 24 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Manuela Berchtold Moguls 22.19 16 Q 22.21 14
Alisa Camplin Aerials 165.32 10 Q 191.39
Jacqui Cooper Aerials 213.36 1 Q 152.69 8
Elizabeth Gardner Aerials 127.42 23 Did not advance
Lydia Ierodiaconou Aerials 155.45 14 Did not advance

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