{"id":751,"date":"2012-12-03T15:36:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T15:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awsa.org.uk\/?page_id=751"},"modified":"2021-03-01T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:52:00","slug":"olympics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.awsa.org.uk\/about-us\/olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”50″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\n
Over 100 Army athletes have participated in all the post war Olympic Games (except the 1952 event) – many of them more than once.<\/strong><\/div>\n

At the first ever Winter Games at Chamonix in 1924 the GBR 4 man Bob team consisted of one Colonel, two Majors and a Captain; they won the silver medal! In St Moritz in 1928 the Army made up one fifth of the only ever 5 man bob. In 1964 Captain Robin Dixon (now Lord Glentoran) Grenadier Guards won the Gold Medal with Tony Nash in the 2 man bob. They were nearly emulated in 1998 when Corporals Dean Ward and Sean Olsson of the Parachute Regiment were members of the bronze medal four man bob.<\/p>\n

The Army’s Olympic Roll of Honour<\/span><\/a> has been compiled from source documents at the AWSA, the British Biathlon Union (BBU), the British Ski and Snowboard Federation (BSSF), the Ski Club of Great Britain (SCGB), and the British Olympic Association (BOA).<\/p>\n

The rank shown is that at which the competitor was, as far as can be traced, holding when they first competed at The Games. The AWSA would like to know of any errors or omissions.<\/p>\n

For information on Great Britain’s Winter Olympic Team click here<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”center”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]1924 Chamonix FRA
\n1932 Lake Placid USA
\n1948 St Moritz SUI
\n1956 Cortina ITA
\n1964 Innsbruck AUT
\n1972 Sapporo JPN
\n1980 Lake Placid USA<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>1988 Calgary CAN<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span>1994 Lillehammer NOR<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>2002 Salt Lake City USA<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>2010 Vancouver CAN<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>2018 Pyeongchang KOR<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]1928 St Moritz SUI
\n1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER
\n1952 Oslo NOR
\n1960 Squaw Valley USA
\n1968 Grenoble FRA
\n1976 Innsbruck AUT
\n<\/span>1984 Sarajevo YUG<\/a>
\n<\/span>1992 Albertville FRA<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>1998 Nagano JPN<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>2006 Turin ITA<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span>2014 Sochi RUS<\/a><\/span>
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