Australia competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in
Lake Placid,
United States
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Australia came eleventh in the figure skating pairs, but that was in a field of eleven. Jacqui Cowderoy came seventeenth in the women's slalom, and
Colin Coates
Colin Victor Coates, (born 4 April 1946) is a former ice speed skater from Australia, who represented his native country in a record six consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1968 in Grenoble, France.
Skating career
Coates competed in six ...
came eighteenth in the 10000 metres speed skating.
Alpine skiing
;Men
;Women
Cross-country skiing
;Women
Figure skating
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)
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Nations at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980
Winter sports in Australia
1980 in Australian sport