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Great Britain And Northern Ireland At The 1936 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Medallists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Men Figure skating ;Men ;Women ;Pairs Ice hockey Group D Top two teams advanced to semifinals Group A Top two teams advanced to Medal Round Medal Round ''Relevant results from the semifinal were carried over to the final'' Nordic combined Events: * 18 km cross-country skiing * normal hill ski jumping The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Olympic Association
The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both the summer and winter Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games, the European Youth Olympic Festivals, and at the European Games. BOA members and sporting bodies The British Olympic Association – of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries, the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories which do not have their own NOC – competes at all summer, winter and youth Olympics as Great Britain ("Team GB"). Members The association comprises members from the following – * ** ** ** ** Note – Northern Irish athletes can choose whether to compete for Great Britain or for the Republic of Ireland, as they are entitled to citizenship of either nation under the Good Friday Agreement. Crown Dependencies: * * * British Overse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Davey
John Gerald Davey (September 5, 1914 – February 12, 1977) was a Canadian-born British ice hockey player who played in the English National League (ENL). He also played for the British national team that won the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics). He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Career Born in Port Arthur, Ontario, Davey learned to play ice hockey with the Elmwood Midgets. Club When he was 16 years old, Davey's mother left with him to England in 1931. He got a place with the Princes club playing in the English League with the help of a London newspaper. After a short time with ZSC Lions in Switzerland, he returned to the UK to play with Streatham in 1933 before eventually moving on to play with the Falkirk Lions in the Scottish National League between 1938 and 1940, whom he also coached in 1938–39. During World War II, Davey joined the Royal Canadian Navy continuing to play ice hockey in the Toro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Blane
Helen Blane (5 September 1913 – 12 April 2000) was a British alpine skier. She competed in the women's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 .... References 1913 births 2000 deaths British female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from London {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lunn
Peter Northcote Lunn (15 November 1914 – 30 November 2011) was a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. As a spymaster in the early Cold War, he was noted for his resourceful use of telephone tapping. Biography The son of Arnold Lunn and Mabel Northcote, he was born in Coventry and educated at Eton. Shortly before his second birthday in 1916, Lunn's father introduced him to skiing at Mürren, which was the Lunn family's winter home. "I remember endlessly walking up the practice slope, skiing over a large bump and falling over," Lunn said at the age of 95. "My mother picked me up and said, 'Lean forward' – rather good advice."Adam Ruck"Peter Lunn: 'I was furious if I didn't fall'" ''The Independent'', 16 January 2010. During the 1930s, Lunn was one of Britain's leading skiers. He was a member of the British international ski team from 1931 to 1937, and its captain from 1934 to 1937. At the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he led the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Palmer-Tomkinson
James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson (; born James Algernon Tomkinson; 3 April 1915 – 7 January 1952) was a British alpine ski racer who competed in the Winter Olympics in 1936 and 1948. He also competed and won in the Oxford-Cambridge ski race for Oxford, winning in 1935. He was educated at Eton College. He was the son of James Palmer-Tomkinson, the grandson of James Tomkinson and the father of Charles Palmer-Tomkinson and Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson, also Winter Olympians. He was a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. At the 1936 Winter Olympics, he finished 14th in the combined, the sole alpine event, at Garmisch, Germany. Palmer-Tomkinson died at age 36 after a skiing accident in Switzerland. See also *List of skiing deaths References 1915 births 1952 deaths People educated at Eton College British male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Skiing deaths James Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Hudson
Lieutenant Christopher Sydney Hudson (1 August 1910 – 7 April 2005) was a British alpine skier. He competed in the men's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. During World War II, Hudson was also part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Biography Hudson was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in 1910, but spent most of his early life in near Montreux, Switzerland. As well as skiing, Hudson also played golf and tennis. He would spend the winter skiing in Switzerland, while playing at the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club in England in the warmer months. As a golfer, he was a three-time runner-up in the Sussex Amateur Championship during the 1930s, and in 1932, he reached the fifth round of the British Open Amateur Championship. As a skier, he competed against Peter Lunn, who would also represent Great Britain at the Winter Olympics. Lunn, like Hudson, was also a spy. In 1933, Hudson became the British champion, and was named the vice-captain of the British Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Riddell (skier)
W. James Riddell MBE (27 December 1909 – 2 February 2000) was a British champion skier and author who was involved in the early days of skiing as a competitive sport and holiday industry. Like his near contemporary, Sir Arnold Lunn, he matched his adventurism on the slopes and knowledge of the Alpine countries with an elegant record of his times. Skiing achievements In 1929, he raced for Britain at Zakopane, Poland, in the first international downhill race, having got the reluctant backing of the International Ski Federation, and finished eighth among 60 racers. In the same year, he won the Kandahar Club's Muerren Inferno, still the longest and most demanding of amateur downhill races. He was British national champion in 1935 and vice-captain to Arnold Lunn's son, Peter, at the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He worked with Lunn and the Kandahar Ski Club to overcome Scandinavian objections to downhill-only skiing: they saw the sport being as much uphill as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobsleigh At The 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936. Medal summary Participating nations Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands only competed in the two-man event. Twenty-three bobsledders competed in both events. A total of 95 bobsledders from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References External links1936 bobsleigh two-man results - pp. 408–19. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Green (bobsleigh)
Charles Patrick Green (30 March 1914 – 10 March 1999) was a South African-born British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot during World War II who was credited with eleven confirmed kills and another three probable. Most of these were during night missions, including seven over a period of three nights in June 1943, actions for which he received numerous awards. Green was also a member of the British bobsleigh team in the mid-1930s, winning several medals including World Cup gold and Olympic bronze. Early life Green was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 30 March 1914, the son of Major Charles Henry Green and Ruth Graham Parry. His father was killed in action in British East Africa in November 1917. His mother re-married, which led to Green travelling Europe before being sent to Harrow School from 1927 to 1932. A natural athlete, he set the Harrow record for hurdles that lasted 40 years. After Harrow he moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1935. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating At The 1936 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympia-Kunsteisstadion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, from 9 to 15 February 1936. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pairs skating. Medal summary Medal table Participating nations Only three figure skaters (two men and one lady) competed in both the singles and the pairs event. A total of 84 figure skaters (41 men and 43 ladies) from 17 nations (men from 16 nations and ladies from 16 nations) competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games: * (men 6, women 6) * (men 1, women 3) * (men 3, women 3) * (men 1, women 2) * (men 1, women 1) * (men 1, women 0) * (men 3, women 4) * (men 6, women 6) * (men 4, women 3) * (men 1, women 1) * (men 4, women 1) * (men 2, women 2) * (men 1, women 3) * (men 2, women 1) * (men 0, women 1) * (men 1, women 1) * (men 4, women 5) References External links International Olympic Committee results database {{Figure ska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey At The 1936 Winter Olympics
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was the fifth Olympic Championship, also serving as the tenth World Championships and the 21st European Championships. The British national ice hockey team pulled off a major upset when they won the gold medal, marking a number of firsts in international ice hockey competition. Great Britain made history as the first team ever to win an Olympic, World, and European (its second) Championships and the first to win all three in the same year. They were the first team to stop Canada from winning the Olympic ice hockey gold, following Canada's four consecutive gold medals. Tournament summary In previous Olympics, the Great Britain team had finished third (1924), and fourth (1928) but with teams that were, "largely composed of Canadian Army officers and university graduates living in the U.K."Duplacey p. 459 It was decided that their team must be British-born this time, and while only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kilpatrick
John Kilpatrick (7 July 1917 – 18 December 1989) was a British ice hockey player who played in the English National League (ENL). He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team which won the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics). He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Career Although Kilpatrick was born in Bootle near Liverpool, he learned to play ice hockey in Canada. Kilpatrick played in the 1935–36 and 1936–37 seasons for the Wembley Lions as a checking forward getting limited ice time. At the age of just 18 years Kilpatrick was selected to play of the GB national team in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He only played in GB's opening game against Sweden, which GB won 1–0. However, this was enough to earn him a gold medal when GB went on to win the tournament. This made Kilpatrick Britain's youngest Winter Olympic gold medallist at the time. Awards *Olympic gold medalist in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
