Sweden at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Sweden at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Sweden at the; 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in English and Swedish)
in Gangwon, South Korea; 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024
Competitors	53 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Anton Modigs & Louise Lundquist
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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

Biathlete Anton Modigs and alpine skier Louise Lundquist were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. The team was selected on 21 December 2023.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	3	3	6
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Curling	3	3	6
Figure skating	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	4	4	8
Ice hockey	0	18	18
Luge	0	1	1
Speed skating	0	1	1
Total	17	36	53

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Uma Kruse Een	Freestyle skiing	Women's ski cross	23 January
Gold	William Young Shing Alexandra Nilsson	Freestyle skiing	Mixed team ski cross	24 January
Gold	Elsa Tänglander	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	29 January
Gold	Sweden women's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Women's tournament	31 January
Silver	Alexander Ax Swartz	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	22 January
Silver	Elliot Westlund	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	25 January
Silver	Astrid Hedin Elliot Westlund	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	26 January
Silver	Kajsa Johansson	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	29 January
Bronze	Liam Liljenborg	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	22 January
Bronze	Astrid Hedin	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	23 January
Bronze	Måns Abersten	Freestyle skiing	Men's ski cross	23 January

Alpine skiing

Sweden qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexander Ax Swartz	Slalom	DNF
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Super-G	—				55.41	16
	Combined	56.21	26	53.3	2	1:49.59
Liam Liljenborg	Slalom	46.04	1	DNF
	Giant slalom	48.54	1	DNF
	Super-G	—				54.88	5
	Combined	54.52	4	55.78	9	1:50.30
Elliot Westlund	Slalom	46.45	2	52.21	4	1:38.66
	Giant slalom	49.21	3	DSQ
	Super-G	—				54.99	7
	Combined	54.35	1	56.08	14	1:50.43	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lina Gustafsson	Slalom	50.92	10	49.13	9	1:40.05	6
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Super-G	—				55.36	15
	Combined	58.47	23	DNF
Astrid Hedin	Slalom	49.69	2	DNF
	Giant slalom	49.40	8	52.73	3	1:42.13
	Super-G	—				54.32	8
	Combined	57.62	14	51.49	3	1:49.11	4
Louise Lundqvist	Slalom	50.67	6	48.90	5	1:39.57	4
	Giant slalom	50.32	15	53.96	10	1:44.28	12
	Super-G	—				56.59	29
	Combined	58.82	27	51.34	2	1:50.16	9

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Astrid Hedin Elliot Westlund	Parallel team	Great Britain W 3–1	France W 2*–2	Finland W 4–0	Austria L 2–2*

Biathlon

Sweden received 4 quota in each gender after finishing in the top 10 of the Nations Cup in the 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup.^[4] ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Olle Gedda	Sprint
Olle Gedda	Individual
Anton Modigs	Sprint
Anton Modigs	Individual
Thijn Omblets	Sprint
Thijn Omblets	Individual
Arvid Trofast	Sprint
Arvid Trofast	Individual

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anine Karlsson	Sprint
Anine Karlsson	Individual
Nilla Norberg Grönborg	Sprint
Nilla Norberg Grönborg	Individual
Maya Rennermalm	Sprint
Maya Rennermalm	Individual
Märta Wernersson	Sprint
Märta Wernersson	Individual

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Single mixed relay
	Mixed relay

Cross-country skiing

Sweden qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tage Börjesson	7.5 km classic	—
Tage Börjesson	Sprint freestyle
Måns Ravald	7.5 km classic	—
Måns Ravald	Sprint freestyle

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kajsa Johansson	7.5 km classic	—
Kajsa Johansson	Sprint freestyle
Elsa Tänglander	7.5 km classic	—
Elsa Tänglander	Sprint freestyle

Women

Athletes	Event	Result
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Tage Börjesson Måns Ravald Kajsa Johansson Elsa Tänglander	4x5 km relay

Curling

Sweden qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.^[7]^[8]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vilmer Nygren Astrid Linder Ivan Almeling Matilda Lindberg	Mixed team	New Zealand W 9–3	Norway W 10–7	Japan L 2–10	Turkey W 8–7	China W 5–4	United States L 5–11	Nigeria W 16–0	4	Did not advance			8
Maja Roxin Jonatan Meyerson	Mixed doubles	Norway W 7–6	United States L 5–6	Slovenia W 15–4	Ukraine W 9–0	Qatar W 13–1	—		2 Q	China W 9–6	Great Britain L 5–6	United States L 4–7	4

Mixed team

Group A	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
China	Li Zetai	6	1	1–0	65	25	28	17	0	12	59.04
United States	Kenna Ponzio	6	1	0–1	68	26	31	16	1	15	51.38
Japan	Kaito Fujii	5	2	1–0	64	26	27	17	2	11	39.53
Sweden	Vilmer Nygren	5	2	0–1	55	42	27	19	5	10	58.05
Norway	Alexander Johansen	3	4	–	49	39	25	19	2	11	65.33
Turkey	Muhammed Taha Zenit	2	5	–	41	40	16	26	5	5	82.17
New Zealand	Jed Nevill	1	6	–	27	44	18	23	3	6	86.52
Nigeria	Goodnews Charles	0	7	–	6	133	4	39	1	0	199.60

Round robin

Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 10:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Nevill)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	3
Sweden (Nygren)	0	4	0	1	2	2	0	X	9

Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Johansen)	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	7
Sweden (Nygren)	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	10

Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Fujii)	6	2	1	1	0	0	X	X	10
Sweden (Nygren)	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	X	2

Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 10:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Sweden (Nygren)	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	8
Turkey (Zenit)	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	7

Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Nygren)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
China (Li)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	4

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Ponzio)	0	4	5	0	2	0	X	X	11
Sweden (Nygren)	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	5

Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Nygren)	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	X	16
Nigeria (Charles)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0

Mixed doubles

Group B	W	L	W–L	DSC
United States	5	0	–	61.18
Sweden	4	1	–	78.69
Norway	3	2	–	34.37
Slovenia	2	3	–	112.84
Ukraine	1	4	–	74.81
Qatar	0	5	–	155.39

Round robin

Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	7
Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	6

Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Wendling / Paral)	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	6
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	5

Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	0	4	0	4	2	2	3	X	15
Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel)	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	4

Draw 10

Monday, January 29, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	1	1	2	3	1	1	X	X	9
Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	2	2	2	0	3	4	X	X	13

Quarterfinal

Wednesday, January 31, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Gong / Xu)	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	6
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	9

Semifinal

Thursday, February 1, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster)	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	6
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	5

Bronze medal game

Thursday, February 1, 13:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
United States (Wendling / Paral)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	7

Figure skating

Sweden qualified one athlete via the 2023 World Junior Championships.^[9]

Athletes	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elias Sayed	Men's singles

Freestyle skiing

Sweden received a totalt of eight quotas in freestyle skiing.

Dual moguls

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noel Gravenfors	Men's dual moguls
Elis Moberg	Men's dual moguls
Olivia Hedberg	Women's dual moguls
Nova Nilsson	Women's dual moguls
	Mixed team

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Måns Abersten	Men's ski cross
William Young Shing	Men's ski cross
Uma Kruse Een	Women's ski cross
Alexandra Nilsson	Women's ski cross
	Team ski cross

Ice hockey

Sweden qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.

Roster

Morgan Johansson served as head coach. His coaching staff comprised assistant coach Martin Lindh and goalkeeper coach Emil Karnatz.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Summary

Key:

GWS – Game winning shots
Q – Qualified

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank
Sweden	Women's tournament	Norway W 5–1	Japan W 2–1 GWS	Q	Germany W 6–1	Japan W 4–0

Women's tournament

Preliminary round, Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	5	Semifinals
2	Japan	2	1	0	1	0	6	3	+3	4	Semifinals
3	Norway	2	0	0	0	2	2	10	−8	0

Source: IOC^[13]^[14]

27 January 2024
11:00

Norway

1–5
(0–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,061

Game reference

Tuva Are-Ekstrøm

Goalies

Tilde Wyckman

Referees:

Ding Siwen

Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:

Lara Fischer

Anhelina Maifeld

	0–1	13:07 – Ytfeldt (Westerlind) (PP)
	0–2	15:48 – Westerlind (Grillfors)
	0–3	33:03 – Grillfors (Andersson, Westerlind)
	0–4	34:23 – Österman (Carlsson, Berndtsson)
Bax-Kristiansen (Helle, M. Are-Ekstrøm) (PP) – 37:53	1–4
	1–5	39:23 – Svanefjord (Ytfeldt, Österman) (PP)

6 min

Penalties

4.5 min

12

Shots

35

29 January 2024
11:00

Sweden

2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(SO: 1–0)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,503

Game reference

Tilde Wyckman

Goalies

Rio Suzuki

Referees:

María Chávez

Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:

Lara Fischer

Ilona Silander

	0–1	35:07 – Odaira (Yamaguchi, Numabe)
Svanefjord (Österman) – 37:18	1–1

Österman

Westerlind

Shootout

Odaira

Numabe

3 min

Penalties

1.5 min

21

Shots

18

Semifinals

30 January 2024
11:00

Sweden

6–1
(1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Germany

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,380

Game reference

Tilde Wyckman

Goalies

Hanna Bugl
Milana Lutz

Referees:

Maria Gherardi

Wan Mei Wah
Linesmen:

Laura Schmidlein

Ilona Silander

Vitalisson (Svanefjord, Westerlind) – 08:52	1–0
Grillfors (Ytfeldt, Österman) – 16:37	2–0
Svanefjord (Westerlind, Grillfors) – 18:05	3–0
Lindgren – 28:27	4–0
Grillfors – 33:15	5–0
Carlsson (Berndtsson, Lindgren) – 34:41	6–0
	6–1	43:26 – Pfalz (Seyrer) (PP)

1.5 min

Penalties

3 min

40

Shots

12

Finals

31 January 2024
16:00

Sweden

4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,880

Game reference

Tilde Wyckman

Goalies

Suzuno Fukuda

Referees:

Beatrice Fortin

Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:

Anhelina Maifeld

Laura Schmidlein

Grillfors – 09:02	1–0
Westerlind – 11:06	2–0
Norén (Carlsson, Melin) – 31:00	3–0
Österman (ENG) – 44:26	4–0

6 min

Penalties

0 min

14

Shots

27

Luge

Sweden qualified one athlete^[15]

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johanna Kohala	Singles	50.393	24	49.907	19	1:40.300	20

Speed skating

Sweden received one female quota via the 2023–24 ISU Junior World Cup standings.^[16]

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Josephine Grill	500 m	45.84	32
	1500 m	2:26.24	32
	Mass start	6:02.68	22

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