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 ABC Sport - Winter Olympics
But they hit a rocky patch in March 2000, when they were prevented from defending their world title after Berezhnaya tested positive at the European championships a month earlier in Austria after taking cough remedy.
Jacqui Cooper has crashed out of the Winter Olympics for the second consecutive Games.
In training they have perfected a quadruple salchow throw, which they hope will impress the judges enough to win China's first Winter Olympic gold and first figure skating pairs medal.
www.abc.net.au /winterolympics/previews/figurepairs.htm

  
 1956 Olympics
By winning the downhill, slalom and giant slalom, Toni Sailer of Austria became the first skier to sweep all three Alpine events and only the fifth winter athlete to win three gold medals at one Olympics.
Died: Frank McKinney Jr., 53, the pioneer of modern, bent-arm backstrokers, who won three medals at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and went on to become chairman of an Indiana bank and president of its parent company; in a small-airplane crash near Indianapolis.
In 1956, the USSR made its first appearance in the Winter Games and not only outmedaled the 32–nation field, but dethroned Canada as hockey champion.
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300764.html

  
 Olympics: Olympic notebook
Also receiving the Olympic Order were Miroslav Subrt, a former president of the Czech Ice Hockey Federation, Walter Bush Jr., a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation council since 1986, and Shoichi Tomita, a goalie who played for Japan in the 1960 Olympics.
BRONZE TINT: Austria has the strangest statistic of the Olympics.
Gretzky played for Canada at the 1998 Olympics.
www.sptimes.com /2002/02/21/Olympics/Olympic_notebook.shtml

  
 Canada at the Winter Olympics
The first competition for ski jumping was held in Trysil, Norway, in 1862 and it was introduced to the Olympics in 1924 (long hill) and 1964 (short hill).
The first downhill skiing race was held in Kitzbühel, Austria, in 1905 and the sport made its Olympic debut at the Olympics in 1948.
The sport was recognized in 1979 and made its Olympic debut in 1994 at Lillehammer.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=FET_E8   (5612 words)

  
 Copper Country Hockey Legends
Paul was the leading scorer for the U.S. hockey team in the 1964 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria when the U.S. placed fifth.
Coppo played for the USHL Green Bay Bobcats in the United States Hockey League from 1960-71 where he was the team's all-time leading scorer and a six-time league All-Star player.
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 Innsbruck, Austria, 1964 (from Olympic Games) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
An official poster of the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria.
After narrowly losing the 1960 Games to Squaw Valley, California, U.S., Innsbruck was awarded the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Innsbruck became the first Olympic city to hold events throughout the surrounding area, enabling more than one million spectators to watch the contests.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-214326   (931 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
OLYMPIC GAMES, international athletic competition comprising two separate 4-year cycles, the summer Olympics and the winter Olympics.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html   (931 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
OLYMPIC GAMES, international athletic competition comprising two separate 4-year cycles, the summer Olympics and the winter Olympics.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html   (931 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
OLYMPIC GAMES, international athletic competition comprising two separate 4-year cycles, the summer Olympics and the winter Olympics.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html   (931 words)

  
 1956 Olympics
Died: Frank McKinney Jr., 53, the pioneer of modern, bent-arm backstrokers, who won three medals at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and went on to become chairman of an Indiana bank and president of its parent company; in a small-airplane crash near Indianapolis.
By winning the downhill, slalom and giant slalom, Toni Sailer of Austria became the first skier to sweep all three Alpine events and only the fifth winter athlete to win three gold medals at one Olympics.
Blue, Blue Days: Bobby Morrow, who sprinted to three gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics, is a bitter and all-but-forgotten man.(The Olympics) (Sports Illustrated)
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300764.html   (480 words)

  
 Paralympic history gets study - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
It wasn't until 1960 in Rome that the first "Olympic style" disabled summer games were held and even then the word "Paralympics" hadn't been invented.
At the first disabled games, in 1948, at Stoke Mandeville, England, winter sports officials in Switzerland and Austria refused to condone the competition.
The first winter version of these Games in1976 was dubbed The Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled, then The World Winter Games for Physically Disabled Persons and finally the Paralympics.
deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001902,00.html   (231 words)

  
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www.geocities.com /l337necromancer/olympics.html   (231 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
image:austria_flag_large.png rightthumb100pxFlag of Austria '''Austria''' sent 101 athletes to the '''2004 Summer Olympics''' in Athens, Greece.
The country also participated in 19 Winter Olympics.
www.mauspfeil.net /Austria_at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics.html   (231 words)

  
 Fallen hero: Gabel is down and out
Besides Lawrence, Gretchen Fraser won a gold (slalom) and silver (combined event) in 1948 at St. Moritz, Switzerland; Penelope Pitou won silver medals in the downhill and giant slalom in 1960 at Squaw Valley, Calif.; and Jean Saubert won a silver (slalom) and a bronze (giant slalom) in 1964 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Innsbruck stepped in and was host of the Winter Games only 12 years after its previous Olympics.
COLORADO SAID NO: The 1976 Winter Olympics were awarded to Denver, but Colorado voters scuttled the move by voting, 59.4% to 40.6%, to prohibit public funds from being used to support the Games.
www.jsonline.com /sports/oly98/speed22198.stm   (862 words)

  
 Articles - 1964 Winter Olympics
This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics)
The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria.
www.crunner.com /articles/1964_Winter_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1964 Winter Olympic Games
(¹ East Germany and West Germany competed as a single team; team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics)
The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Austria.
The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1964-Winter-Olympic-Games   (70 words)

  
 1964 Winter Olympics
(¹ East Germany and West Germany competed as a single team; team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics)
Paul Aste } The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria.
www.mcfly.org /wik/1964_Winter_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 1964 Winter Olympics - explanation-Guide.info - for information, definition, meaning, reference - free encyclopedia, glossary of terms
(¹ East Germany and West Germany competed as a single team; team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics)
The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria.
1964 Winter Olympics: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
explanation-guide.info /meaning/1964-Winter-Olympics.html   (70 words)

  
 1964 Winter Olympics
This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics)
The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria.
www.snowplex.com /wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 1964 — Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
Innsbruck’s mildest winter in 58 years results in warm rains and springlike temperatures both before and during the Winter Olympics.
Like several of its predecessors, the 1964 Games are threatened by a severe lack of snow in the Tyrolean Alps.
The 1964 Innsbruck Games are the first where athletes exceed the 1,000 mark.
deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,10,00.html   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Previous Olympics in Austria : Winter Games in...
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Previous Olympics in Austria : Winter Games in...
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
It is the 24th time the country participates in the Summer Olympics, previous times being 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Austria sent 101 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
hallencyclopedia.com /Austria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (70 words)

  
 1964 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics)
The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria.
(¹ Athletes from East and West Germany competed together as the "United Team of Germany, " designated as the EUA.
lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1964_Winter_Olympics   (70 words)

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