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Sporting event delegation
Azerbaijan
sent a delegation to compete at the
2006 Winter Olympics
in
Turin
,
Italy
from 10?26 February 2006. The nation was making its third appearance at a Winter Olympics. The Azerbaijani delegation consisted of two athletes, an ice dancing team of American-born
Kristin Fraser
and Russian-born
Igor Lukanin
. They finished the
competition
in 19th place. As of the conclusion of these Olympics, Azerbaijan has never won a Winter Olympics medal.
Background
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The
National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
was created in 1992
[2]
following the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
, and was recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
on 1 January 1993.
[3]
Azerbaijan has sent delegations to every Olympics since the
1996 Summer Olympics
, first entering the Winter Olympics in
Nagano in 1998
.
[4]
While the nation has won many medals in the
Summer Olympics
, they have never won a medal in the Winter Olympics.
[4]
The Azerbaijani delegation to Turin consisted of a single ice dancing team,
Kristin Fraser
and
Igor Lukanin
.
[5]
Teymur Jafarov, an assistant of the National Olympic Committee, carried the flag for the
closing ceremony
.
[6]
Figure skating
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Fraser and Lukanin at the
2005 European Figure Skating Championships
.
Kristin Frasier is from in
Montclair, New Jersey
, while Igor Lukanin was born in
Yekaterinburg, Russia
.
[7]
They had previously, as a team, represented
Azerbaijan at the 2002 Winter Olympics
.
[8]
At the time of the Turin Olympics, Frasier was 25 years old, and Lukanin was 30 years old.
[5]
The
ice dancing
event took place over three phases, each held on a separate days. There were 24 teams taking part in the competition.
[9]
On 17 February, in the compulsory dance, the Azerbaijanis scored 27.27 points.
[10]
Two nights later, they scored 43.83 points in the original dance,
[11]
while the following evening they scored 77.14 points in the free dance.
[12]
Their combined score of 148.24 points put the Azerbajiani team in 19th place.
[9]
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, OD = Original Dance
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