1 Gold. The British team would probably not have won the two-man bobsleigh event at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics had it not been for the generosity of Italian rival Eugenio Monti. JACKSON, William Kilgour Born: 14 March 1871, Lamington, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Died: 26 January 1955, Symington, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Olympics competed in: 1 (1924) Olympic medals: 1924 Gold Ð Curling (Men's). But she had two sporting loves; figure skating and lawn tennis. Madge Syers was also the fist winner of the British championship in 1903, beating male opposition to the title and the following year she beat her husband Edgar. No need to register, buy now! Great Britain's Winter Olympic gold medal heroines return home to a rousing welcome from fans and well-wishers. He returned to England in 1935 and played for Wembley Lions. She's followed by Michael Phelps of the US, who won 14 golds - and there's a full list below. After one season with the Hershey B'ars (now the Hershey Bears) in the American Hockey League he returned to England to play with Richmond Hawks in 1934-35 and then for Harringay Greyhounds. Some say Syers should have beaten Salchow with her performance. The Olympic title also carried that of World Champions and they retained that world title in 1965. He won the men's singles at the Thames Ditton Lawn Tennis Club three years in succession, 1930-32. Great Britain qualified five short track speed skaters (two male and three female) based on results at the 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. Dailley was the only Canadian-born member of the 1936 gold medal-winning team. There was a thirteenth member of the squad, Arthur ÔArt' Child, the backup goaltender but, due to the brilliance of first choice goalie Jimmy Foster, he sat on the bench throughout the tournament. The son of a farmer, Robin Welsh was 54 when he won gold in 1924 and is the oldest man to win a Winter Olympics gold medal. Great Britain opened their campaign with a 1-0 win over Sweden and then a 3-0 win over Japan guaranteed them top place in their three-team qualifying group. Amy studied at Bath University, as did Rudman, and only turned to skeleton after failing to make the British athletics team after showing early promise as a 400 metres runner. 1 Gold. At the 1972 Olympics Curry finished tenth and a year later he got the much needed sponsorship following the 1973 World Championships in Bratislava when wealthy American Ed Moser offered to sponsor him, and Curry moved to Colorado to train. 3. His daughter-in-law, Karen Straker-Dixon was a member of the British three-day event team that won silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Ronin Welsh senior died in 1934, the day after his 65th birthday. [16], Based on results from the 2016 and 2017 World Championships obtained by Scotland, Great Britain qualified a men's team, consisting of five athletes, as one of the seven highest ranked nations. Britain were looking good for an automatic semi-final place but lost their last two matches and had to share fourth place with Sweden and Germany. The statistic displays the number of medals won by Great Britain (GB) athletes at the Winter Olympics from 1924 to 2018 as of February 27th 2018. Curry proved them wrong and gave an outstanding performance which many regard as the greatest ever seen. 1968; 1972; 1976. In 1948 he became coach to the Nottingham team and occasionally played when required. Golden glory for Britain's curlers. ^A. However, Amy won the first run by 0.31 seconds. Jack London 1928 [10.9e], Christie 1988 [9.97/+1.1] BRONZE. Following his victory at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Hackl was the first male luger to successfully defend an Olympic title, in 1994. Harry Edward 1920 [10.9e], McDonald Bailey 1952 [10.4=10.83], Peter Radford 1960 [10.3=10.42/0.0] 200 METRES. The British girls were not favourites for the gold medal, that honour fell to the Swiss and Canadians. At subsequent Games editions, however, it has most often been a coloured ribbon that was used. JACKSON, Laurence Born: 16 September 1900, Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Died: 27 July 1984, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Olympics competed in: 1 (1924) Olympic medals: 1924 Gold Ð Curling (Men's). The US finished the games with 23 total medals: nine gold, eight silver, and six bronze. After retiring he was much sought after as an after dinner-speaking, hence the nickname: The Silver Tounged Tom Murray. However, when he was 16 he returned to England and continued his ice hockey progress by joining the Princes Club before moving to Streatham. She was second in the Junior World Championships in the USA in 2011 and a year later she captured the Junior World title, again at Igls. [10], Based on their rankings in the 2017-18 World Cup, Great Britain qualified 4 sleds. He returned to Canada and died whilst playing golf at the age of 80 in 1996. They finished fifth at the Lake Placed Olympics in 1980 but the couple won both European and World titles in 1981 and 1982. He won World Championship silver medals with the British team in 1937 and 1938, and a European Championship gold in 1938. But two ends later they were level. BAXTER LOSES BRONZE. After a fractured skull at Wembley in 1945 ended his career, he turned to coaching and was later the manager of the Murrayfield Ice Rink. Jayne Torvill was a clerk for Norwich Union Insurance when she started skating seriously and with her partner Michael Hutchison she won both the junior and senior British pairs title. Fiona MacDonald, who played second, was the youngest member of the 2002 Olympic team, but she still remained calm under pressure. Great Britain and Switzerland are uniquely the only countries to have competed in every Summer and Winter Olympics, although Switzerland, unlike Great Britain, competed only in the equestrian events in Stockholm at the 1956 Olympics and not the main Games in Melbourne five months later. The 'veteran' medal winner at 28 ... but no number was set for gold medals. Nash and Dixon won the 1965 world two-man bob championship and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics but could only finish fifth. After his competitive days, Cousins turned to professional ice shows and later a career in acting and as a judge on the top TV programme Dancing on Ice. 3. She is a former World Junior, Scottish Junior and Scottish Ladies champion. After the War he returned to Streatham, but moved from the wing to defence He then moved to Wembley Lions for the 1947-48 season and again represented Britain at the London Olympics in 1948. He was President of the Edinburgh Ice Rink Curling Club in 1950-51. Britain's tally of four medals in 2014 is the best haul since the Winter Olympics were launched in 1924. Overall: 21; Gold: 8; Silver: 3; Bronze: 10; 1924. They won their third successive world title in 1983 before going on to Olympic glory. 1988; 1992; 1994. She retired from curling just three months after the Olympic triumph to concentrate on her profession as an account manager with a Bank of Scotland subsidiary. GV Start area of two man bob-sled. The winning team consisted of Willie and Laurence Jackson (father and son), Tom Murray and Robin Welsh. One of her protŽgŽ's, 19-year-old Eve Muirhead was skip of the British team at the 2010 Vancouver Games. Jeanette's daughter Cristina was the lead of the Swiss team that beat Norway 18-3 in the final to win the 1983 women's world curling championship in Canada. The new pairing won the bronze medal over the Igls course at Innsbruck at the 1963 world championship and a year later won Olympic gold over the same course. However, despite his age, just 23 at the time, he had a great deal of experience and had played alongisde his father and Tom Murray in the Strathcona Cup matches against Canada in 1921. In 1949 he was the fourth person to be inducted into the British Hall of Fame. Dixon had the honour of carrying the British flag at the opening ceremoney for the 1968 Gamed. In Sochi 2014, Lauryn Williams won the silver medal in the two-woman bobsleigh event to become only the fifth athlete ever to have won medals in both the Winter and Summer Olympics. But when she came second to the great Ulrich Salchow of Sweden they immediately banned women from competing the following year. Norwegian Medals in the Olympic Games Gold: Norway has won 187 gold medals in the Olympics - in total 289 Norwegian athletes have won a gold medal. Their medals were won by the following: Gold - Lizzy Yarnold (Skeleton). Athletes with Winter and Summer Medals. [20][21], Great Britain had a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12, Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round. After the war he played for the Brighton Tigers team that won national titles in 1947 and 1948. Although some sources believe he was sent to the United States during world War One so he did not have to fight either for or against the Germans. In the final pool, Britain's 2-1 semi-final win against Canada was carried forward, as was the USA's win in the other semi-final group against Czechoslovakia. Erhardt played for Princes and Streatham and internationally for England and Great Britain between 1931-37 where he established himself as an outstanding defenceman. However, in 1975, the greatest partnership in ice dance history was created when she teamed up with Christopher Dean. DIXON, Thomas Robin Valerian Born: 21 April 1935, London, England Olympics competed in: 2 (1964, 1968) Olympic medals: 1964 Gold Ð Bobsleighing (two-man). He was inducted into the British Hall of Fame in 1951. Torvill and Dean went into the 1984 Olympics at Sarajevo as clear favourites to win the Ice Dance gold medal. Adam Peaty, gold (100m breaststroke, swimming) Jazz Carlin, silver (400m freestyle, swimming) Day 3 Tom Daley & Dan Goodfellow, bronze (men’s synchro 10m platform, diving) 1 Gold. And the two favourites lived up to that billing by topping the 10 teams at the end of the round robin matches. Britain has competed in the WINTER OLYMPICS every year since they were launched at Chamonix in 1924 and that year, the men's curling team won Britain's first Winter Olympics gold medal. Winter Olympics: Lizzy Yarnold defends skeleton gold as Laura Deas takes bronze. That was until the Nottingham City Council stepped in with a £42,000 sponsorship deal, which was equivalent to around three years wages for the pair of them combined. *There are some questions about the Jewishness of these Austrian athletes. At the 1936 Olympics he played in all seven matches, conceding just three goals. Unlike most of his team-mates,Erhardt did not learn his hockey in Canada, but whilst he was at school in Europe. 1 Gold. Winter Olympics 2010: Amy Williams wins Britain's first gold medal in Vancouver. LAURA TROTT CYCLING - WOMEN'S OMNIUM 1 Gold. Shortly after the Olympics the pair turned professional but when the rules were changed to allow professionals to compete in major championships, they returned to win the 1994 European Championship and then tried to win a second Olympic gold medal but could only finish third in Lillehammer in 1994. Olympic medal winners have come from many countries: this man didn't get one, though. He returned to Canada in 1940 where he carried on playing. 1 Gold. Another outstanding performance in the free skating saw eight out of the nine judges putting him in number one place, and it elevated him to first place and thus become Britain's second consecutive men's figure skating Olympic champion. It was not until 1960, in Rome however, that the Olympic medals were first designed to be placed around the winners’ necks. They first achieved perfection at the 1983 World Championship when they broke all records when all nine judges gave then a maximum six for their performance to Barnum. This time they received 12 perfect sixes. Paris 2024 . Silver - David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow and Tom Bewster (Men's Curling). [23][24][25], Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); Q = Qualify to next round; OR = Olympic record, Based on the world rankings, Great Britain qualified 4 sleds. Rhona was also the skip of the 2006 Olympic team but they could not emulate the performance of the 2002 team. Only 16 athletes have received the award. Great Britain's women curlers secured the country's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 18 years with victory in an incredibly tense final at the Ogden Ice Sheet. A champion speed skater he used that to his full advantage when he turned to ice hockey when he played for Grosvenor House Canadians, Wembley Canadians, Richmond Hawks, Princes, Harringay Greyhounds, Wembley Monarchs and Sussex in a 17 year career from 1933-1950. YAROLD, Elizabeth Born: 31 October 1988, Sevenoaks, Kent, England Olympics competed in: 1 (2014) Olympic medals: 2014 Ð Skeleton (Women). [8] Although the target was set at three medals the funding body predicted that Great Britain had the potential to win as many as ten medals, this total was not widely expected to be reached. MACDONALD, Fiona Born: 9 December 1974, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Olympics competed in: 1 (2002) Olympic medals: 2002 Gold Ð Curling (Women's). At Sochi she had the fastest time on each of the four runs to beat the American Noelle Pikus-Pace by nearly a second to take gold. He won his first competition at the age of eight. Pyeongchang 2018 . At the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Jimmy scored three more goals as Britain finished fifth. Harold Abrahams 1924 [10.6], Allan Wells 1980 [10.25/+1.2], Linford Christie 1992 [9.96/+0.5] SILVER. But, following the achievements of Denise Lewis at the 2000 Sydney Olympics she thought the pentathlon was for her but, in 2008, thanks to UK Sport's Girls4Gold talent search scheme she was convinced that the winter sport of Skeleton was for her. It was reported that Syers was vastly superior to the opposition during the 1908 Olympic competition at Prince's Club that she was in a Ôleague of her own'. However, she chose skating and in 1948 she made her Olympic debut and won the bronze medal at the age of 18. Winter Olympics: Billy Morgan wins Great Britain's record fifth medal in Pyeongchang Last updated on 24 February 2018 24 February 2018 . Access the official Olympic database of results. Carl senior had obtained British citizenship in 1891. Golden glory for Britain's curlers Rhona Martin's curling team thrill a nation, as they win Great Britain's first Winter Olympics gold for 18 years. It took Usain Bolt four races and less than 40 seconds to win his 100 metres gold medal at Beijing two years earlier. This is a list of people who have won three or more Olympic gold medals for Great Britain. The governing body were happy the let her take part, thinking she would lose. Great Britain competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 58 competitors in 11 sports. 1956; 1960; 1964. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. This page was last edited on 10 December 2020, at 12:08. An updated list of the British medal winners at Rio 2016 Support us. Johnny Coward was born in the Lake District but grew up in Ontario where he learnt to play ice hockey. The Olympic program remained similar to previous Winter Olympics, with only a few exceptions. Contribute. 1928. Pictures of all the Team GB gold medal winners from the London 2012 Olympic Games. Login. Janice Rankin played lead in the 2002 team and was the only left-hander in the team. He was inducted into the British Hall of Fame in 1993. She retired shortly after the 2006 Olympics and became coach to the junior Scottish curling team as well as being part of UK Sport's elite coaching programme. Olympics » Olympic Records » Judo. She was vice-captain to Rhona Martin at the 2002 Olympics and scheduled to throw third but was replaced shortly before the Games and became the alternate player, appearing in just one match in the round robin series. FOSTER, Jimmy Born: 13 September 1905, Glasgow, Scotland Died: 4 January 1969, Winnipeg, Canada Olympics competed in: 1 (1936) Olympic medals:1936 Gold Ð Ice Hockey. After the army he became a very successful businessman in Northern Ireland and in 1983 he was appointed the High Sheriff of Antrim. From the section Winter Olympics Sam Blanchet and Montell Douglas were travelling reserves, Andrew Musgrave's seventh place in the men's 30 km skiathlon was the best performance by a Briton in an Olympic cross country event. The one and only time Britain has won the Ice Hockey gold medal. A very experienced curler, she has curled since the age of 10. Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal during the women's skeleton at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. See the Men's Olympic Boxing gold medal winners from all Olympics through 2016 for each and every weight classification. Great Britain has won 55 track and field gold medals to date, most recently Mo Farah’s 5,000m and 10,000m double in Rio four years ago. 1952. Also like his fellow team members, he came from a farming background. Archie Stinchcombe moved to Canada as a baby and, despite losing the sight of one eye as a youngster, he had a successful amateur hockey career lasting 17 years. But, remarkably, he made a mistake at the same curve and Nash and Dixon held on for Britain's one and only Olympic bobsleigh gold medal. They were both awarded the MBE in the 1981 Birthday Honours list, and the OBE in the 1999 New Year's Honours list. He also coached in minor league hockey. Marathon runner Dorando Pietri, of Italy, had collapsed as he entered the stadium in … It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. His son, Robin junior, became secretary of the Royal Caledonian club and was editor of the Scottish Curler magazine from 1954 to 1998. Sadly, John Curry died in 1994 after being diagnosed as having AIDS three years earlier. 1 Silver. [1][note 2]. 1998. Jayne and Chris have found a new audience in recent years as they are involved with the popular TV programme Dancing on Ice. Debbie also appeared at the Toronto Games in 2006 as an alternative. 1 Bronze. Born in East Ham in 1916 the family emigrated to Canada when he was three or four. Warm weather forced officials to hold the four-man bobsleigh competition two days after the closing ceremonies, which had been conducted on February 13.. A total of 87 athletes won medals. The honour of getting the first GB gold of London 2012 went to rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning. An all-round sportsman, Ernhardt also excelled at tennis, skiing and water skiing and was a founder and the first President of the British Water Ski Federation. Just as the women's curling team did in 2002, Torvill and Dean also captured the hearts of the British public who sat glued to their television sets in their millions to watch the British couple from Nottingham win gold. ERHARDT, Carl Alfred Born: 15 February 1897, Beckenham, Kent, England Died: 3 May 1988, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England Olympics competed in: 1 (1936) Olympic medals:1936 Gold Ð Ice Hockey. Jimmy also played cricket for Canada. Athletes from the United States earned the most medals during … Included in this list of British Winter Sports Gold Medallists is Madge Syers who won the gold medal in the women's figure skating competition at the 1908 Olympics in London, when it was part of the Summer Games, as it was again in 1920. He was serving with Guards at the time of his Olympic success. Kovalyev then withdrew due to illness and Cousins moved into second place after an outstanding short programme that saw him placed first by all nine judges. Today’s gold is her 13th medal of a storied career in the Games, and it puts her in a tie for most Winter Olympic medals ever with biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, also of Norway. She retained her world title in 1907. Major Thomas Valerian, 3rd Baron Glentoran, but better known as Robin Dixon, was one half of the only British pair to win an Olympic bobsleighing gold medal when he captured the title with Tony Nash at the 1964 Innsbruck Games. History. Like his fellow members of the 1924 winning curling team, Tom Murray, known by his initioals "TB" was a member of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and he served them as President in 1936-37. 1980. She is a former Scottish Junior and Ladies champion and won the World Junior Championship in 1993 aged 19. Dean and Torvill believed that had what it took to rise to the top but having full time jobs meant that training was restricted to the early hours of the morning or late at night. 2 Bronze. †Though serving an alternate, she is listed in the official 1928 Dutch Olympic Report. In 1969 he was awarded the MBE in recognition of his bobsleigh and Olympic achievements and in 1992 he was awarded the CBE for his services to Northern Ireland and Industry. Figure skating has been part of the Olympic Games since 1908 and has been included in 25 Olympic Games. He was another 1993 inductee into the British Hall of Fame.

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