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In the history of the Winter Olympics, there have been 66 British medalists.

Chamonix 1924

Ice hockey (men) - bronze

  • William ANDERSON
  • Ross George CUTHBERTChamonix 1924 - Ice Hockey.jpg
  • Louis Howland CARR-HARRIS
  • Hamilton JUKES
  • Guy E. CLARKSON  
  • George HOLMES 
  • Eric Dudley CARRUTHERS
  • Edward PITBLADO
  • Colin Gordon CARRUTHERS
  • C.B. BOULDEN
  • Blane Nathaniel SEXTON
  • B.N. PATTON

Individual figure skating (women) - bronze

  •  Ethel MUCKELT

Bobsleigh -  4 man team (men)  - silver

  • Thomas ARNOLD
  • Rodney SOHER
  • Ralpf BROOME
  • Alexander RICHARDSON

Curling (men) - goldSt Moritz - 1928 - Earl of Northesk.jpg

  • V.K. JACKSON
  • V. BROWN
  • T.B. MURRAY
  • T. AIKMAN
  • R. WELSH
  • R. COUSIN
  • J. MCLEOD
  • D.G. ASTLEY

St Moritz 1928

 Bobsleigh - Men's skeleton - bronze

  • David, Earl of Northesk

Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936

Bobsleigh - 4 man team (men) - bronze

  • Frederick James MCEVOY
  • Gary DUGDALE
  • Charles Patrick GREEN
  • James Farquhar CARDNO

Individual figure skating (women) - silverSt Moritz - 1948 Jeannette Altwegg.jpg

  • Cecilia COLLEDGE

Ice hockey (men) - gold

  • Edgar BRENCHLEY
  • Gordon Debenham DAILLEY
  • James Andrew BORLAND
  • James CHAPPELL
  • Carl ERHARDT
  • John Gerald DAVEY
  • James FOSTER
  • John COWARD
  • Archibald STINCHCOMBE
  • John KILPATRICK
  • Robert WYMAN
  • Alexander ARCHER

 St Moritz 1948

Individual figure skating (women) - bronze

  • Jeannette ALTWEGG

Bobsleigh - skeleton (men) - bronze

  • John CRAMMOND

Oslo 1952

Innsbruck 1976 John Curry.jpg

Individual figure skating (women) - gold

  • Jeannette ALTWEGG

Innsbruck 1964

Bobsleigh - 2 man team (men) - gold

  • Robin Thomas DIXON
  • Antony James NASH

Innsbruck - 1976

Individual figure skating (men) - gold

  • Link opens in new windowJohn CURRY (click to view John Curry's performance at Innsbruck, 1976)

Lake Placid - 1980

Individual figure skating (men) - gold

  • Link opens in new windowRobin COUSINS (Click to see Robin in action at the 1980 Olympics)

Sarajevo - 1984

Ice dancing pairs (mixed) - gold

Lillehammer 1994Sarajevo 1984 - Torvill and Dean.jpg

Speed skating - 500m (men) - bronze

  • Nicky GOOCH

Ice dancing pairs (mixed) - bronze

Nagano - 1998

Bobsleigh - 4 man team (men) - bronze

  • Sean OLSSON
  • Courtney RUMBOLT
  • Dean WARD
  • Paul ATTWOOD

Salt Lake City - 2002

Bobsleigh - skeleton (women) - bronze

  • Alex COOMBER

Curling (women) - goldsalt lake city 2002 - culers.jpg

  • Rhona MARTIN
  • Margaret MORTON
  • Janice RANKIN
  • Fiona MACDONALD
  • Debbie KNOX

Turin - 2006

Bobsleigh - skeleton (women) - silver

  • Shelley RUDMAN