Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
à ½idek's silver medal was the first Winter Olympic medal won by Slovakia as an independent nation.
The top finish for the six-person Slovak alpine team came from Veronika Zuzulová, who finished 15th in the women's combined.
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Marek Matiaà ¡ko had the best result out of the Slovak biathlon team, with a surprising 5th-place finish in the men's individual. He missed only one shot, and the resultant time penalty meant that he fell short of the medals.
Milan Jagneà ¡Ã¡k piloted the Slovak sled in both the two-man and four-man events, but did not manage a top-20 finish in either.
Martin BajÃÂiÃÂák finished 8th in the men's pursuit, the best showing from any Slovak cross-country skier, and carried the nation's flag in the closing ceremonies.
The Slovak team finished atop its round-robin group, going undefeated through the opening round, including a 3âÂÂ0 win over eventual gold medal winners Sweden. In the quarterfinals, however, the team fell to rivals Czech Republic 3âÂÂ1, failing to advance to a medal game.
The Slovakian luge delegation was one of the Olympic team's largest, but managed only a single top 15 finish, from the doubles team of ýubomÃÂr Mick and Walter Marx.
The lone Slovak short track speed skater competing in Turin, Matus Uzak, was disqualified from two of his events, and failed to advance from his heat in the third.
Martin MesÃÂk represented Slovakia in ski jumping, but did not advance from the qualification round in either the large hill or normal hill events.
Radoslav à ½idek failed to qualify for the medal round in the men's parallel giant slalom, but was more successful in the snowboard cross. à ½idek qualified in the top ten, then won in three consecutive rounds to make the final. He finished just behind American Seth Wescott, who made a dramatic pass and pipped him to the line. Still, à ½idek's second-place finished earned him a silver medal, the first winter medal in Slovakian Olympic history.