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Sporting event delegation
Venezuela
sent a delegation to compete at the
2006 Winter Olympics
in
Turin
, Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006. This was the third time Venezuela had competed at a
Winter Olympic Games
. The Venezuelan delegation consisted of one
luge
athlete,
Werner Hoeger
. He finished 32nd in his only event, the
men's singles
.
Background
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Venezuela joined Olympic competition at the
1948 Summer Olympics
and has participated in every
Summer Olympic Games
since then.
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They first participated in the
Winter Olympic Games
in
1998 in Nagano
, and were making their third Winter Olympic appearance here in Turin.
[1]
The Venezuelan delegation to Turin consisted of one luger,
Werner Hoeger
.
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Luge was the only sport that Venezuela had ever entered athletes into in their Winter Olympics history.
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Hoegar was the flag bearer for the
opening ceremony
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and the
closing ceremony
.
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Luge
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Werner Hoeger
, was 52 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics, and was serving as a
kinesiology
professor at
Boise State University
in the United States.
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He had previously competed for
Venezuela
at the
2002 Winter Olympics
.
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The
men's singles
event was held from 11 to 12 February, with two runs held on each day, and final standing based on the sum of an athlete's times from all four runs.
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On 11 February Hoeger posted times of 56.754 seconds and 55.411 seconds.
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His first day combined time of 1 minute and 52 seconds had him in 35th place.
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On the second day, he posted times of 56.256 seconds and 55.169 seconds.
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With a combined time of 3 minutes and 43 seconds, he finished the event in 32nd place out of 35 competitors who finished all four runs.
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