Winter Olympics Gold: Did Great Britain Ever Win?
Jeremy Durgan
2025-04-27 18:06:46
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History was made in 1924, as the first ever Olympic Winter Games was held at Chamonix and produced the very first gold for Great Britain. The men’s curling team came out on top, securing a gold medal victory over Sweden in the final.
Jeannette Altwegg would skate into the record books at Oslo 1952 – becoming the first British woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Games.
At Salt Lake 2002, Great Britain’s women led by skipper Rhona Martin, secured the country’s first Winter Olympics gold for 18 years with a famous curling victory.
Wade O'Keefe
2025-04-27 15:19:47
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Ethel Muckelt, from Moss Side in Manchester, won Great Britain’s first medal at a Winter Olympics when she took bronze in the women’s figure skating at the inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924. But Muckelt was not the first British figure skater to win an Olympic medal – GB won figure skating medals in both 1908 and 1924, when it was part of the summer programme. When Jenny Jones won a bronze medal in the women’s snowboard slopestyle event at the 2014 Games in Sochi, she became the first British athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal on snow.
Ruthie Leuschke
2025-04-27 12:46:51
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An eight-strong team of British male curlers claimed the first ever Team GB Olympic Winter Games gold medal. Team GB men’s hockey team shocked the world when they beat Canada to the gold medal. After winning bronze in the ladies singles figure skating at St Moritz 1948, Jeannette Altwegg went onto enjoy an ever greater Olympic moment when she skated to gold at Oslo 1952.
The Innsbruck Games ended a 12 year wait for Team GB to win a medal, with Tony Nash and Robin Dixon taking gold in the Men’s Bobsleigh race. Robin Cousins won gold in figure skating at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, keeping the men’s title in Britain for a second successive games.
Over 24 million people tuned in to watch Torvill and Dean be crowned as Olympic ice skating champions who scored maximum points for their free dance performance of Ravel’s Bolero. Team GB’s women curlers secured the country’s first Winter Olympics Gold medal in 18 years.
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