Denmark at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be Denmark's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Denmark at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCDanish Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors21 in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Max Kramer & Maja Voigt
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
4
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Ice hockey player Max Kramer and bobsledder Maja Voigt were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]

On 22 January, bobsledder Maja Voigt earned the gold medal in the women's monobob, becoming the first Danish athlete to win a Winter Youth Olympics medal outside of mixed-NOC competition.[2]

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Biathlon 0 1 1
Bobsleigh 0 1 1
Curling 2 2 4
Ice hockey 13 0 13
Skeleton 1 1 2
Total 16 5 21

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Maja Voigt Bobsleigh Women's monobob 22 January
  Silver Denmark men's national under-16 ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's 3x3 tournament 25 January
  Silver Jacob Schmidt
Katrine Schmidt
Nikki Jensen
Emilie Holtermann
Curling Mixed team 25 January
  Silver Katrine Schmidt
Jacob Schmidt
Curling Mixed doubles 1 February

Biathlon edit

Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Leonora Rønhede Sprint
Individual 40:41.3 3 (0+3+0+0) 14

Bobsleigh edit

Denmark qualified one female bobsledder.[3]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maja Voigt Women's monobob 56.19 1 57.12 1 1:53.31  

Curling edit

Denmark qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles for a total of six athletes (three per gener).[4][5] However, the final team named had the mixed doubles pair also being a part of the mixed team tournament.

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
Rank
Jacob Schmidt
Katrine Schmidt
Nikki Jensen
Emilie Holtermann
Mixed team   Great Britain
L 6–7
  Switzerland
W 6–4
  Brazil
W 14–1
  Italy
W 7–3
  South Korea
L 4–5
  Germany
W 7–6
  Canada
W 4–2
2 Q   Japan
W 8–3
  China
W 6–4
  Great Britain
L 5–7
 
Katrine Schmidt
Jacob Schmidt
Mixed doubles   Italy
W 13–3
  Switzerland
L 3–6
  Austria
W 11–4
  Germany
W 9–4
  Kazakhstan
W 15–3
1 Q   Japan
W 9–7
  United States
W 6–5
  Great Britain
L 6–7
 

Mixed team edit

Group B Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
  Great Britain Logan Carson 6 1 44 30 26 21 4 7 51.75
  Denmark Jacob Schmidt 5 2 48 28 27 20 2 9 34.70
  Switzerland Nathan Dryburgh 4 3 2–0 52 35 25 23 5 7 39.96
  Italy Andrea Gilli 4 3 1–1 46 38 29 23 3 7 50.58
  South Korea Kim Dae-hyun 4 3 0–2 48 33 24 22 3 8 109.88
  Canada Nathan Gray 3 4 40 34 24 20 3 11 35.43
  Brazil Pedro Ribeiro 1 6 1–0 17 81 13 31 0 2 103.39
  Germany Lukas Jäger 1 6 0–1 30 46 19 27 2 5 68.51
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Great Britain (Carson)   2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 7
Draw 2

Sunday, January 21, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Dryburgh) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
  Denmark (Schmidt)   2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 18:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brazil (Ribeiro) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
  Denmark (Schmidt)   3 3 2 2 0 4 X X 14
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Gilli) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Denmark (Schmidt)   3 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 7
Draw 5

Tuesday, January 23, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt)   0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
  South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt)   0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 7
  Germany (Jäger) 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 6
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Gray)   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
Qualification Game

Wednesday, January 24, 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt)   2 1 1 0 3 0 1 X 8
  Japan (Fujii) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Semifinal

Thursday, January 25, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Li)   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
Gold medal game

Thursday, January 25, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
  Great Britain (Carson)   1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 7

Mixed doubles edit

Group D W L W–L DSC
  Denmark 4 1 1–1 30.64
  Germany 4 1 1–1 31.04
  Switzerland 4 1 1–1 79.90
  Austria 2 3 40.68
  Kazakhstan 1 4 44.33
  Italy 0 5 107.78
Round robin
Draw 2

Saturday, January 27, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti) 0 3 0 0 0 0 X X 3
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   2 0 4 4 2 1 X X 13
Draw 6

Sunday, January 28, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
  Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Austria (Müller / Heinisch) 0 2 0 1 0 1 X X 4
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   4 0 6 0 1 0 X X 11
Draw 13

Tuesday, January 30, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   2 0 1 3 2 0 1 X 9
  Germany (Sutor / Angrick) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 4
Draw 15

Wednesday, January 31, 12:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir) 0 0 0 0 3 0 X X 3
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   4 1 3 1 0 6 X X 15
Quarterfinal

Wednesday, January 31, 19:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt) 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 9
  Japan (Tanaka / Kawai)   1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 7
Semifinal

Thursday, February 1, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Wendling / Paral) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 6
Gold medal game

Thursday, February 1, 16:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster) 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 7
  Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)   0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 6

Ice hockey edit

Denmark qualified thirteen ice hockey players for the men's 3-on-3 tournament.[6][7]

Roster

Lasse Thomsen served as head coach.[8][9]

Summary

Key:
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
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Opposition
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Opposition
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Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Denmark Men's 3x3 tournament   Chinese Taipei
W 11–2
  Spain
W 15–2
  Great Britain
W 14–4
  Kazakhstan
W 8–6
  Poland
W 11–7
  Austria
L 5–7
  Latvia
L 6–11
3 Q   Austria
W 5–3
  Latvia
L 3–10
 

Men's 3x3 tournament edit

Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Latvia 7 7 0 0 0 119 31 +88 21 Semifinals
2   Austria 7 5 0 0 2 55 32 +23 15[a]
3   Denmark 7 5 0 0 2 70 39 +31 15[a]
4   Kazakhstan 7 4 0 0 3 93 59 +34 12[b]
5   Poland 7 4 0 0 3 58 59 −1 12[b]
6   Great Britain 7 2 0 0 5 46 97 −51 6
7   Chinese Taipei 7 1 0 0 6 23 95 −72 3
8   Spain 7 0 0 0 7 28 80 −52 0
Source: Gangwon 2024
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Austria 7–5 Denmark
  2. ^ a b Poland 8–18 Kazakhstan
20 January 2024
13:30
Chinese Taipei  2–11
(0–2, 1–4, 1–5)
  DenmarkGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Mathieu Boudreau
  Lim Jun-seo

21 January 2024
10:30
Denmark  15–2
(4–1, 5–0, 6–1)
  SpainGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Mathieu Boudreau
  David Thuma
21 January 2024
16:00
Denmark  14–4
(3–2, 5–0, 6–2)
  Great BritainGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  David Prokofyev
  Joseph Sewell

22 January 2024
09:00
Kazakhstan  6–8
(3–1, 1–3, 2–4)
  DenmarkGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  David Prokofyev
  David Thuma
22 January 2024
17:30
Denmark  11–7
(5–2, 1–2, 5–3)
  PolandGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  David Prokofyev
  Joseph Sewell

23 January 2024
10:30
Austria  7–5
(2–1, 2–1, 3–3)
  DenmarkGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Mathieu Boudreau
  Joseph Sewell
23 January 2024
16:00
Denmark  6–11
(3–4, 1–4, 2–3)
  LatviaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Mathieu Boudreau
  David Thuma
Semifinals
24 January 2024
13:30
Austria  3–5
(2–1, 0–2, 1–2)
  DenmarkGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Joseph Sewell
  David Thuma
Final
25 January 2024
14:00
Latvia  10–3
(6–1, 2–0, 2–2)
  DenmarkGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Mathieu Boudreau
  David Thuma

Skeleton edit

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daniel Pedersen Men's 55.56 12 55.38 12 1:50.94 12
Nanna Vestergaard Johansen Women's 55.74 8 54.54 2 1:50.28 4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Danmark vinder historisk guld" [Denmark wins historic gold]. Ritzau (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games - IBSF Youth Olympics Ranking List – Monobob Women" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Denne trup er klar til Youth Olympics". Danish Ice Hockey Union (in Danish). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: DEN - Denmark" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament, Gold Medal Game, Game 32 – Line-ups: LAT-DEN" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.