Germany at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Germany competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The German team consisted of 57 athletes competing in 15 different sports.

Germany at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
Website	www.dosb.de
in Innsbruck
Competitors	57 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Katharina Althaus
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 8 Silver 7 Bronze 2 Total 17
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Franziska Preuß	Biathlon	Girls' sprint	15 Jan
Gold	Christian Paffe	Luge	Boys' singles	15 Jan
Gold	Niklas Homberg	Biathlon	Boys' Pursuit	16 Jan
Gold	Franziska Preuß Laura Hengelhaupt Maximilian Janke Niklas Homberg	Biathlon	Mixed Relay	19 Jan
Gold	Franziska Preuß Victoria Carl Maximilian Janke Christian Stiebritz	Biathlon Cross-country Skiing	CC Skiing Biathlon Relay	21 Jan
Gold	Sebastian Berneker	Skeleton	Boys' individual	21 Jan
Gold	Jacqueline Lölling	Skeleton	Girls' individual	21 Jan
Gold	Katharina Althaus Tom Lubitz Andreas Wellinger	Ski Jumping	Mixed Team	21 Jan
Silver	Katharina Althaus	Ski jumping	Girls' individual	14 Jan
Silver	Franziska Preuß	Biathlon	Girls' Pursuit	16 Jan
Silver	Tim Brendel Florian Funk	Luge	Boys' doubles	16 Jan
Silver	Saskia Langer	Luge	Girls' singles	16 Jan
Silver	Saskia Langer Christian Paffe Tim Brendel Florian Funk	Luge	Mixed Team Relay	17 Jan
Silver	Marius Cebulla	Cross-country Skiing	Boys' Sprint	19 Jan
Silver	Marzellus Renn	Freestyle Skiing	Boys' ski cross	21 Jan
Bronze	Toni Gräfe	Luge	Boys' singles	15 Jan
Bronze	Germany	Ice hockey	Girls' competition	22 Jan

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Nikolaus Ertl	Slalom	40.68	40.44	1:21.12	6
	Giant slalom	1:00.43	54.70	1:55.13	8
	Super-G			DSQ
	Combined	1:05.64	38.98	1:44.62	14
Lucas Krahnert	Slalom	40.53	40.74	1:21.27	7
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Super-G			1:04.84	5
	Combined	1:03.96	45.85	1:49.81	23

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Alisa Krauss	Slalom	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:00.13	59.84	1:59.97	14
	Super-G			DNF
	Combined	DNF
Jenny Reinold	Slalom	43.90	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:00.73	1:00.54	2:01.27	18
	Super-G			1:07.42	15
	Combined	DNF

Team

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Alisa Krauss Nikolaus Ertl Jenny Reinold Lucas Krahnert	Parallel mixed team	Italy L 0-3	did not advance		5

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Niklas Homberg	Sprint	20:05.4	1	6
	Pursuit	28:43.1	4
Maximilian Janke	Sprint	20:57.8	2	14
	Pursuit	29:41.6	4	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Laura Hengelhaupt	Sprint	21:18.8	5	37
	Pursuit	33:21.4	6	22
Franziska Preuß	Sprint	17:27.7	1
	Pursuit	26:29.2	2

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Franziska Preuß Laura Hengelhaupt Maximilian Janke Niklas Homberg	Mixed relay	1:11:06.8	0+7
Franziska Preuß Victoria Carl Maximilian Janke Christian Stiebritz	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:04:23.4	1+6

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Philipp Mölter Richard Oelsner	Two-Boys	54.93	54.49	1:49.42	6

Cross country skiing

Main article: Cross country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Marius Cebulla	10km classical	31:15.8	12
Christian Stiebritz	10km classical	30:24.0	6

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Julia Belger	5km classical	15:32.5	7
Victoria Carl	5km classical	15:20.9	6

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Marius Cebulla	Boys' sprint	1:44.85	5 Q	1:48.6	1 Q	1:46.1	1 Q	1:44.8
Christian Stiebritz	Boys' sprint	1:45.17	6 Q	1:49.4	2 Q	2:00.1	5	did not advance
Julia Belger	Girls' sprint	2:01.96	14 Q	2:10.7	5	did not advance
Victoria Carl	Girls' sprint	2:01.15	9 Q	1:59.4	2 Q	2:07.0	6	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Franziska Preuß Victoria Carl Maximilian Janke Christian Stiebritz	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:04:23.4	1+6

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

• Skip: Daniel Rothballer
• Second: Kevin Lehmann

Girls

• Third: Frederike Manner
• Lead: Nicole Muskatewitz

Mixed Team

Final Round Robin Standings Red Group Skip W L  Sweden Rasmus Wranå 6 1  Canada Thomas Scoffin 5 2  Japan Shingo Usui 4 3  Italy Amos Mosaner 4 3  Great Britain Duncan Menzies 3 4  Russia Mikhail Vaskov 3 4  Austria Mathias Genner 2 5  Germany Daniel Rothballer 1 6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Rothballer)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Canada (Scoffin)	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	6

Draw 2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Vaskov)	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	6
Germany (Rothballer)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	4

Draw 3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Great Britain (Menzies)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Germany (Rothballer)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5

Draw 4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Austria (Genner)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	12
Germany (Rothballer)	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Rothballer)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3
Italy (Mosaner)	2	1	0	1	0	1	4	X	9

Draw 6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Usui)	0	0	3	3	2	1	X	X	9
Germany (Rothballer)	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Draw 7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Rothballer)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Sweden (Wranå)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	6

Mixed doubles

Round of 32

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	8
Sarah Anderson (USA)  Go Ke-on (KOR)	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kang Sue-yeon (KOR)  Krystof Krupanský (CZE)	3	1	0	3	0	2	1	X	10
Daniel Rothballer (GER)  Arianna Losano (ITA)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	1	0	4	0	2	2	0	X	9
Amalia Rudström (SWE)  Kevin Lehmann (GER)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Frederike Manner (GER)  Derek Oryniak (CAN)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	3	2	3	0	5	1	X	X	14

Round of 16

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	X	6
Wang Jinbo (CHN)  Ina Roll Backe (NOR)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1

Quarterfinals

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	8
Mikhail Vaskov (RUS)  Zuzana Hrůzová (CZE)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3

Semifinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	X	7
Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3

Gold Medal Game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	3	2	0	4	0	4	X	X	13
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Niko Ulanovsky	Singles	54.03	4	104.44	6	158.47	5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Ski Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Marzellus Renn	Boys' ski cross	56.96		Cancelled
Katharina Tordi	Girls' ski cross	1:00.82	6	Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lucas Mangold	Boys' ski half-pipe	61.50	9 Q	46.75	12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls

• Anna Fiegert
• Theresa Fritz
• Lucie Geelhaar
• Melanie Häringer
• Simone Hase
• Theresia Hoppe
• Viola Hotter
• Nina Korff
• Meike Krimphove
• Katharina Oertel
• Valerie Offermann
• Maylina Schrul
• Saskia Selzer
• Pia Szawlowski
• Lena Walz
• Carolin Welsch
• Johanna Winter

Legend
Advance to the Semifinals

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	43	0	+43	12
Austria	4	3	0	0	1	22	6	+16	9
Germany	4	2	0	0	2	12	16	-4	6
Kazakhstan	4	1	0	0	3	3	28	-25	3
Slovakia	4	0	0	0	4	1	31	-30	0

January 13, 2012 12:30

Germany

0–11 (0-3, 0-4, 0-4)

Sweden

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 263

Game reference
	Meike Krimphove	Goalies	Sara Besseling	Referee: Ceci Morris Linesmen: Taru Tanhua Trine Viskum
	0–1 0:56 – K. Andersson (M. Wong) 0–2 4:32 – K. Andersson (J. Eidensten, M. Wong) 0–3 12:41 – M. Andersson (L. Peterson, C. Lillback) 0–4 16:15 – K. Andersson (J. Eidensten, M. Wong) 0–5 21:56 – L. Peterson (C. Lillback, L. Backlin) (PP) 0–6 28:00 – L. Peterson (M. Andersson, A. Lindberg) 0–7 29:50 – L. Peterson (C. Lillback, L. Backlin) 0–8 32:40 – A. Lindberg (M. Andersson, C. Lillback) 0–9 35:21 – A. Lindberg (L. Backlin) 0–10 39:30 – E. Alasalmi (L. Peterson) 0–11 41:09 – J. Eidensten (A. Kjellbin)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	45

January 15, 2012 11:15

Slovakia

0–8 (0–4, 0–1, 0–3)

Germany

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 286

Game reference
	Nikola Kaliska	Goalies	Viola Hotter	Referee: Ceci Morris Linesmen: HUI Wang Trine Viskum
	0–1 7:59 – V. Offermann 0–2 9:19 – V. Offermann (P. Szawlowski) 0–3 11:02 – P. Szawlowski (L. Geelhaar, A. Fiegert) 0–4 12:57 – V. Offermann (L. Geelhaar, T. Fritz) (SH) 0–5 24:25 – S. Selzer (K. Oertel, A. Fiegert) (SH) 0–6 30:46 – A. Fiegert (V. Offermann) (SH) 0–7 41:38 – A. Fiegert (V. Offermann) 0–8 43:03 – N. Korff (T. Hoppe, J. Winter) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	3	Shots	66

January 16, 2012 10:30

Germany

2–5 (2–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 475

Game reference
	Viola Hotter	Goalies	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Nikola Dvorakova Taru Tanhua
	0–1 6:02 – V. Hummel (J. Willenshofer) V. Offermann (P. Szawlowski) – 8:34 1–1 1–2 10:51 – J. Willenshofer (A. Meixner) (SH) P. Szawlowski (V. Offermann) (PP) – 14:31 2–2 2–3 15:59 – T. Grascher (A. Meixner) 2–4 31:01 – J. Willenshofer (J. Frick) 2–5 33:34 – V. Hummel (T. Grascher)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	20

January 18, 2012 14:00

Kazakhstan

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Germany

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 371

Game reference
	Anastassiya Ogay	Goalies	Meike Krimphove	Referee: Zuzana Findurova Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Taru Tanhua
	0–1 13:44 – L. Geelhaar (P. Szawlowski) 0–2 29:57 – V. Offermann (P. Szawlowski) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	8	Shots	34

Semifinals

January 20, 2012 16:30

Austria

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,311

Game reference
	Paula Camilla Marchhart	Goalies	Meike Krimphove	Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Taru Tanhua
	A. Meixner (A. List) – 18:17 1–0 A. Meixner (V. Hummel) (PP) – 27:06 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	22

Bronze medal game

January 21, 2012 12:30

Germany

7–4 (2–1, 3–1, 2–2)

Kazakhstan

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 789

Game reference
	Meike Krimphove	Goalies	Anastassiya Ogay	Referee: Zuzana Findurova Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber HUI Wang
	K. Oertel (P. Szawlowski) (PP) – 8:42 1–0 L. Walz (L. Geelhaar) – 12:21 2–0 2–1 14:18 – S. Urpekbayeva (M. Ryspek) 2–2 16:18 – M. Ryspek (PP) V. Offermann (A. Fiegert) – 17:20 3–2 L. Geelhaar (A. Fiegert) (PP) – 20:21 4–2 K. Oertel (P. Szawlowski) (PP) – 28:16 5–2 5–3 31:56 – M. Ryspek (S. Urpekbayeva) V. Offermann – 38:35 6–3 V. Offermann (SH) – 40:17 7–3 7–4 41:57 – N. Assimova
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	50	Shots	9

Final rank:

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Toni Gräfe	Boys' singles	39.982	39.938	1:19.920
Christian Paffe	Boys' singles	39.737	39.866	1:19.603
Tim Brendel Florian Funk	Boys' doubles	42.700	42.658	1:25.358

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Saskia Langer	Girls' singles	40.056	40.358	1:20.414

Team

Athlete	Event	Final
		Boys'	Girls'	Doubles	Total	Rank
Saskia Langer Christian Paffe Tim Brendel Florian Funk	Mixed Team Relay	44.788	46.766	47.154	2:18.708

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Tom Lubitz	Boys' individual	137.5	1	0:00	26.57.6	26:57.6	4

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elisabeth Witt	Girls' 500 metres	49.788	3 qCD	49.737	3 qD	49.799	1
	Girls' 1000 metres	1:42.928	3 qCD	1:39.667	2 qC	1:40.980	3

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team D  Elisabeth Witt (GER)  Thomas Insuk Hong (USA)  Sumire Kikuchi (JPN)  Yin-Cheng Chang (TPE)	Mixed Team Relay	4:23.141	4 qB	4:24.360	1

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Sebastian Berneker	Boys' individual	56.20	56.53	1:52.73

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Jacqueline Lölling	Girls' individual	CAN	57.43	57.43
Kim Meylemans	Girls' individual	CAN	59.02	59.02	5

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Andreas Wellinger	Boys' individual	74.0m	127.4	73.0m	125.5	252.9	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Katharina Althaus	Girls' individual	71.0m	119.2	72.5m	123.3	242.5

Team w/Nordic Combined

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	Total	Rank
Katharina Althaus Tom Lubitz Andreas Wellinger	Mixed Team	309.8	330.3	640.1

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Linus Birkendahl	Boys' halfpipe	40.25	21.00	13	did not advance
	Boys' slopestyle	DNS						did not advance
Johannes Höpfl	Boys' halfpipe	67.00	21.25	5 q	80.25	21.50	2 Q	64.25	71.50	8
	Boys' slopestyle	13.50	60.50	10				did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Kenneth Stargardt	Boys' 500 m	41.98	41.91	83.89	14
	Boys' 3000 m			4:44.75	16
	Boys' Mass Start			LAP
Niklas Kamphausen	Boys' 1500 m			2:09.14	16
	Boys' 3000 m			4:36.58	13
	Boys' Mass Start			7:30.34	18

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Leia Behlau	Girls' 500 m	44.37	43.76	88.13	5
	Girls' 1500 m			2:15.75	8
	Girls' Mass Start			6:06.66	8
Michelle Uhrig	Girls' 500 m	45.17	44.95	90.12	9
	Girls' 3000 m			4:53.47	7
	Girls' Mass Start			6:03.09	5

See also

• Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics