Australia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous cit ...
,
Japan.
Malcolm Milne
Malcolm Milne (born 9 November 1948) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Australia. Some sources give his birth date as 5 November 1948.
Born Beechworth, Victoria, and raised on the family tobacco farm in Myrtleford, Milne competed ...
, who won an international downhill race at
Val d'Isère
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Film
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Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
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,
France
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in 1970, almost fell during the downhill race, denying him a chance at an Olympic medal.
Alpine skiing
;Men
Speed skating
See also
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Australia at the Winter Olympics
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
References
External links
Australia NOCOlympic Winter Institute of Australia
*"Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)
*"2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide
PDF file
*"The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee
Australian(s) may refer to:
Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Au ...
(Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
{{Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...
Winter sports in Australia
1972 in Australian sport