Winter Olympics 2 Flashcards
Torvill and Dean earned across-the-board perfect scores for artistic impression in the free dance ice dancing competition at the 1984 Games, dancing to the accompaniment of which piece of classical music?
(RAVEL’S) BOLERO
In what city were the Winter Olympics held in 1992, the final year that the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year?
ALBERTVILLE
Who won the gold medal in the men’s figure skating at the 1980 Games?
ROBIN COUSINS
At which Games did Michael ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Edwards compete in the 70m and 90m ski jumps?
1988 (CALGARY)
Who won the silver medal in the women’s figure skating at the 1994 Games, despite being clubbed on the knee with a police baton by an associate of rival Tonya Harding seven weeks before the Games?
NANCY KERRIGAN
Which country did the USA defeat 4-3 in the ice hockey match at the 1980 Games know as the “Miracle on Ice”?
SOVIET UNION
Who won the gold medal in the men’s figure skating at the 1976 Games?
JOHN CURRY
Which Swedish slalom specialist won two gold medals at the 1980 Games, but was not allowed to participate in the 1984 Games for accepting promotional payments directly, rather than through the national ski federation?
INGEMAR STENMARK
Which town in Norway hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics?
LILLEHAMMER
The involvement of which country in the bobsleigh competition at the 1988 Games inspired the film Cool Runnings?
JAMAICA
Which was the first Winter Olympics held in a Communist state?
1984 (SARAJEVO)
Hanni Wenzel won the gold medal in the women’s slalom and giant slalom, and the silver medal in the downhill at the 1980 Games, to become the first person from which country to win an Olympic medal?
LIECHTENSTEIN
Which Norwegian cross-country skier won eight gold medals and four silver medals between 1992 and 1998?
BJORN DAEHLIE
In what year did Torvill and Dean win a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in the ice dancing competition?
1994
Known as “The Kaiser”, who won the men’s downhill at the 1976 Games and also won the World Cup downhill title five times?
FRANZ KLAMMER
Who won all five speed skating events at the 1980 Games to become the first person in Olympic history to win five individual gold medals at one Games?
ERIC HEIDEN
Despite winning the overall World Cup title a record six times, who only won one Olympic gold medal, the women’s downhill in the 1980 Games?
ANNEMARIE MOSER-PROLL
The 1976 Games were originally awarded to which American city, but a rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters in the state rejecting the Games?
DENVER
Bonnie Blair won five gold medals between 1988 and 1994 competing for the USA in which event?
SPEED SKATING
Which Games saw the introduction of snowboarding and women’s ice hockey, and the re-introduction of curling?
1998 (NAGANO)
Who won the gold medal in the women’s figure skating at the 1976 Games, going on to become the first female to reportedly sign a $1 million-a-year contract with the Ice Capades?
DOROTHY HAMILL
Aged 16, who became the youngest male to win a Winter Olympics gold medal, representing Finland in the team ski jumping at the 1992 Games?
TONI NIEMINEN
Which country boycotted the 1980 Games, the only boycott in the history of the Winter Olympics?
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (OR CHINESE TAIPEI OR TAIWAN)
Phil won the gold medal in the men’s slalom at the 1984 Games, and his twin brother Steve won the silver medal in the same event. What is their surname?
MAHRE
Which German skier won gold medals in the women’s downhill and slalom, and the silver medal in the giant slalom, at the 1976 Games?
ROSI MITTERMAIER
Wilf O’Reilly won two gold medals in which demonstration sport at the 1988 Games? The event was upgraded to a full Olympic sport in 1992
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
Ross Rebagliati was stripped of a gold medal at the 1998 Games for taking which non-performance-enhancing drug, although the decision was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport?
MARIJUANA (CANNABIS)
The only athlete to win Winter and Summer Olympic medals in the same year, which East German won the women’s speed skating 1000 m at the 1988 Games?
CHRISTA LUDING-ROTHENBURGER
Which Norwegian skier, who won the overall World Cup title twice, only won one Olympic gold medal, in the combined event at the 1994 Games?
LASSE KJUS
At which Winter Olympics was artificial snow first used in Olympic competition?
1980 (LAKE PLACID)
Which skier won one gold medal at the 1984 Games and two gold medals at the 1988 Games, and was voted “Swiss Sportswoman of the Century”?
VRENI SCHNEIDER
Known as the “Speeding Sausage”, which German luger won the men’s singles at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Games?
GEORG HACKL
Which Austrian skier won the men’s downhill at the 1980 Games?
LEONHARD STOCK
Who won the bronze medal in the women’s figure skating in the 1988 Games to become the first black athlete to win any medal at the Winter Olympics, losing out to Katarina Witt in the “Battle of the Carmens”?
DEBI THOMAS
Which Southern Hemisphere country made its first appearance at the Winter Olympics in 1960, but did not compete again until 1994?
SOUTH AFRICA
Who won three gold medals in ski jumping, including the first ever team competition, at the 1988 Games?
MATTI NYKANEN
Aged 15, who beat Michelle Kwan in women’s figure skating at the 1998 Games to become the youngest champion in the individual ladies’ singles event?
TARA LAPINSKI
In 1992, which was the first freestyle skiing event to become a full medal sport at the Winter Olympics?
MOGULS
Which country surprisingly only won one medal, a bronze in the men’s downhill, at the 1984 Games? They won 10 medals at the 1988 Games.
AUSTRIA
Roni, the mascot for the 1980 Games in Lake Placid, is what type of mammal?
RACCOON
Annelise Coberger became the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics when she won silver in the slalom in 1992, representing which country?
NEW ZEALAND
Manuela Di Centa from Italy won medals in all five races in which event at the 1994 Games?
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Which country won their first gold medal in ice hockey at the 1994 Games, defeating Canada in a penalty shootout in the final match?
SWEDEN
Who designed the Speed Skater poster for the 1984 Games?
ANDY WARHOL
At the 1976 Games, Terry Kubicka became the first and only skater to perform a legal version of which move? It was banned after the competition, although Surya Bonaly performed the move illegally at the 1998 Games.
BACKFLIP
Who won the bronze medal in the women’s slalom in 1992, becoming the first Spanish woman to win an Olympic medal? Her brother won the slalom at the 1972 Games.
BLANCA FERNANDEZ OCHOA
Who was the husband of Isabelle Duchesnay who choreographed her and her brother Paul to win the silver medal in ice dancing in at the 1992 Games?
CHRISTOPHER DEAN
Lamine Guèye was the first black African skier to compete in the Winter Olympics, representing which country in 1984, 1992 and 1994?
SENEGAL
Which Russian cross country skier won eight Olympic medals, including four gold medals, but in 1976 became the first person in the history of the Winter Olympics to lose a medal because of a positive drug test?
GALINA KULAKOVA
Nagano was selected as the host city for the 1998 Games at an IOC meeting held in 1991 in which city, which you would not normally associate with the Winter Olympics?
BIRMINGHAM
