Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

competed at the

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, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Alpine skier

Wendy Holdener Wendy Holdener (born 12 May 1993) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and combined. She is a two-time World champion in combined and a five-time Olympic medalist, four individual with one gold medal in the team eve ...

and hockey player

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were selected as the Swiss flagbearers during the

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Meanwhile freestyle skier Ryan Regez was the flagbearer during the

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Medalists

The following Swiss competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Alpine skiing

Switzerland qualified the maximum eleven male and eleven female alpine skiers. ;Men ;Women Mixed

Biathlon

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Switzerland qualified eight male and six female cross-country skiers. ;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint

Curling

;Summary

Men's tournament

Switzerland has qualified their men's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the

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. Team

Peter de Cruz Peter Vincent de Cruz (born 4 January 1990) is a Swiss curler. He is an Olympic bronze medallist for Switzerland, having skipped his Swiss rink to a third place finish at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. While de Cruz is the skip of his ...

qualified as Swiss representatives by winning the 2021 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials, defeating

Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva. Career Juniors Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...

4–0 in the best-of-seven event. ;Round robin Switzerland had a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10. ;Draw 1 ''Wednesday, 9 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 3 ''Friday, 11 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 4 ''Friday, 11 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 5 ''Saturday, 12 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 7 ''Sunday, 13 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 8 ''Monday, 14 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 9 ''Tuesday, 15 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 11 ''Wednesday, 16 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 12 ''Thursday, 17 February, 9:05''

Women's tournament

Switzerland has qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. Team

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

qualified as Swiss representatives as they finished in the top six at the 2021 Women's Worlds and reached the playoffs at the

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. ;Round robin Switzerland had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11. ;Draw 1 ''Thursday, 10 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 2 ''Thursday, 10 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 3 ''Friday, 11 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 5 ''Saturday, 12 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 6 ''Sunday, 13 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 8 ''Monday, 14 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 9 ''Tuesday, 15 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 10 ''Wednesday, 16 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 12 ''Thursday, 17 February, 14:05'' ;Semifinal ''Friday, 18 February, 20:05'' ;Bronze medal game ''Saturday, 19 February, 20:05''

Mixed doubles tournament

Switzerland has qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes), by finishing in the top seven teams in the

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. On 28 September 2021, the Swiss Olympic Association announced that

Jenny Perret Jenny Sarah Perret (born 23 December 1991) is a Swiss curler from Lyss. She and partner Martin Rios won the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair also represented Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won a silver ...

and

Martin Rios Martin Rios (born 24 May 1981) is a Spanish-Swiss curler. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the mixed doubles tournament with partner Jenny Perret, winning a silver medal. He is two-time (2012, 2017) World Mixed Doubles Champion and ...

would be their mixed doubles representatives. ;Round robin Switzerland had a bye in draws 2, 6, 8 and 10. ;Draw 1 ''Wednesday, 2 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 3 ''Thursday, 3 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 4 ''Thursday, 3 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 5 ''Friday, 4 February, 8:35'' ;Draw 7 ''Saturday, 5 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 9 ''Saturday, 5 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 11 ''Sunday, 6 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 12 ''Sunday, 6 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 13 ''Monday, 7 February, 9:05''

Figure skating

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in

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, Sweden, Switzerland secured one quota in the men's competition.

Freestyle skiing

;Aerials ;Freeski ;Moguls ;Ski cross *

Ice hockey

;Summary Key: * OT –

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* GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout Switzerland has qualified 25 male competitors, and 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournaments.

Men's tournament

Switzerland men's national ice hockey team The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (german: Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft; french: Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace; it, Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera) is a founding member of the International Ice Hock ...

qualified by being ranked 8th in the 2019

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s. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Playoffs ;Quarterfinals

Women's tournament

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qualified by being ranked 5th in the 2020

s. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal game

Luge

Based on the results during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Switzerland qualified 1 sled in the women's singles.

Skeleton

Ski jumping

;Men

Snowboarding

;Freestyle ;Parallel ;Snowboard cross

Speed skating

Switzerland qualified two speed skaters (one of each gender). ;Mass start

References

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Competitors

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Mixed doubles tournament

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Luge

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

See also

References