"Numbers indicate the number of skeleton racers each nation sent to that Olympics. Skeleton at the Winter Olympics Skeleton is a winter sport featured in the Winter Olympics where the competitor rides head-first and prone (lying face down) on a flat sled. It is normally run on an ice track that allows the sled to gain speed by gravity. It was first contested at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and again in 1948 Winter Olympics, after which it was discontinued as an Olympic sport. Skeleton was reintroduced at the 2002 Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's events,"
"competed in bob sleigh for Great Britain before competing for Ireland. During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he served as chef de mission for the Irish team. Wrottesley is also a rider of the Cresta Run, St Moritz, Switzerland. He has ridden on the Run since the 1988-1989 season, won his Cresta colours in 1996, and has won many of the Open races since his first victory in 1997 (although he did not compete on the Run in the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 seasons, due to commitments on the FIBT Skeleton circuits). Of the 4 Classic Races on the Cresta"
"guests, as he had worked hard to popularize wintering in the mountain resort, and did not want to lose any customers to ennui, nor his workforce to injury from errant sleds on the streets. The run's head (top) is located under the remains of a Twelfth-century church, torn down in 1890, known as the 'Leaning Tower'. The overall drop is and the gradient varies from 2.8 to 1 to 8.7 to 1 (length to drop). The modern Cresta track is not shared with bobsled, unlike the first half-pipe sledding track built by hotelier Caspar Badrutt for his guests. Most of"
"slides. Similarly, the exit is simply called 'finish' and given a typical average speed of more than 50mph, an experienced rider will exit the course at more than 80mph when riding from 'top'. The track served as host of the skeleton event for both the 1928 and the 1948 Winter Olympics. These were the only Olympics with skeleton until 2002. The primary purpose of the 1300 member club founded in 1887 is ""…the conduct of races and practice on the Cresta Run and the encouragement of tobogganing generally"". While not snobbish, the Cresta Club gathers well-to-do gentlemen and is totally"
"winter season is more important. Summer guest enjoy hiking and mountaineering. Mountain biking has also become popular. Nearby there are also opportunities for golf, glider flying, swimming and hang-gliding. Winter sports include both Nordic and alpine skiing, bobsleigh, and skeleton (sport), (the famous Cresta Run ends in Celerina). There is a direct skiers gondola from Celerina into the heart of the St.Moritz ski area of Corviglia/Marguns, a major portion of which lies in the municipality of Celerina/Schlarigna. Rhaetian Railway operates trains to Celerina (Rhaetian Railway station). Celerina/Schlarigna Celerina/Schlarigna (German/Italian ""Celerina""; Romansh ) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in"
"competition held every year at the beginning of the year. Lles (ski resort) Lles ski resort is located in Lles de Cerdanya, Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. Lles is crossed by the Orri stream, where Orri lake pitches, on the foot of Tossa Plana de Lles (2,916 m). The resort opened in 1970. Altogether has 35 km of trails for skiing located between elevations of 1,900 and 2,335 m. They are divided according to difficulty: Also has a circuit for walkers and snowshoeing. The green circuit of Autopista passes through the refuge of Pradell and connects with Aransa ski resort. In this"
"15 m) to the Lake St. Moritz shoreline provides excellent heart of the action viewing for the audience. Thanks to its favorable location, St. Moritz enjoys over 300 days of sunshine a year. Every winter it hosts the ""White Turf"" horse race on the frozen Lake St. Moritz attended by the international upper class. Popular pastimes include skiing, snowboarding, and hiking, and nearby there is also the world-famous Cresta Run toboggan course. The year-round population is 5,600, with some 3,000 seasonal employees supporting hotels and rental units with a total of 13,000 beds. St Moritz has a subarctic climate only"
"Lles (ski resort) Lles ski resort is located in Lles de Cerdanya, Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. Lles is crossed by the Orri stream, where Orri lake pitches, on the foot of Tossa Plana de Lles (2,916 m). The resort opened in 1970. Altogether has 35 km of trails for skiing located between elevations of 1,900 and 2,335 m. They are divided according to difficulty: Also has a circuit for walkers and snowshoeing. The green circuit of Autopista passes through the refuge of Pradell and connects with Aransa ski resort. In this circuit Lles-Aransa takes place the Pyrenees Walk, a Cross-country skiing"
"Stryn Sommerski Stryn Sommerski () is a ski resort in the municipality of Stryn, Norway. The ski resort is located along the 100-year-old national tourist route, Gamle Strynefjellsveien (), 45 km East of Stryn city centre. From Oslo Int'l Airport Gardermoen it’s about a 5 hours drive to the North. The ski resort opened in 1972 and is the largest summer ski area in Northern Europe. It is based near an arm of the glacier Jostedalsbreen but the skiing area is mainly outside the glacier. The extreme amount of snow fall in winter time makes an average snow depth per"
"Sierra Nevada Ski Station The Sierra Nevada Ski Station is a ski resort in the Sierra Nevada in the province of Granada in southeastern Spain. The ski area is on the northwestern slopes of Veleta, the third highest peak in peninsular Spain and the most southerly ski resort of Europe. The resort hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1996 and occasionally hosts World Cup races such as the last were women's technical races in 2007. In recent years World Slope and Freestyle events have made a very successful appearance here. It was also host to the 2015 Winter"
"Sanctuary of Corbera, an initiative of the and the Catalan Federation of Winter Sports. Rasos de Peguera Rasos de Peguera is a ski resort located near Berga, in Catalonia(Spain), currently out of service. The Catalan government has pledged to help the resort, as it does with others, to begin the modernization and implementation of the complex, if a private initiative leads the project. The project includes the creation of a wildlife park in the area of Raset, an area of cross-country skiing, and modernization of the existing Alpine Ski zone. Rasos de Peguera was the first place for skiing in"
"June 1 of Stryn Sommerski is home to prepared alpine slopes, a first class terrain park and of cross-country pistes. Stryn Sommerski Stryn Sommerski () is a ski resort in the municipality of Stryn, Norway. The ski resort is located along the 100-year-old national tourist route, Gamle Strynefjellsveien (), 45 km East of Stryn city centre. From Oslo Int'l Airport Gardermoen it’s about a 5 hours drive to the North. The ski resort opened in 1972 and is the largest summer ski area in Northern Europe. It is based near an arm of the glacier Jostedalsbreen but the skiing area"
"Rasos de Peguera Rasos de Peguera is a ski resort located near Berga, in Catalonia(Spain), currently out of service. The Catalan government has pledged to help the resort, as it does with others, to begin the modernization and implementation of the complex, if a private initiative leads the project. The project includes the creation of a wildlife park in the area of Raset, an area of cross-country skiing, and modernization of the existing Alpine Ski zone. Rasos de Peguera was the first place for skiing in Catalonia, and in 2008 was celebrated the centenary of the famous trip to the"
"different difficulties: Astún Astún is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees (province of Huesca, Spain). The source of the Aragon River is in the resort. Ibón de Truchas attracts anglers. It is connected to the city by 33 km of the N -330. At his feet is the urbanization of the tracks, which had 6 inhabitants in 2012. It has 39 km of marked pistes, it is one of the most modern resorts of the Pyrenees. The highest point is ""La Raca"" peak, 2300 m AMSL, with a vertical"
"coming due to boredom. He also did not want to make enemies in the town from locals injured by bobsleds. He opened the world's first natural ice half-pipe track in the late 1870s. Formal competitions started down the natural ice Cresta Run in 1884, which was built in an annual partnership between guests and local people. The run, which is still in operation , has served as a host track for skeleton at two Winter Olympics (1928 and 1948). As one of the few natural weather tracks in the world, it does not use artificial refrigeration. It is not known"
"Astún Astún is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees (province of Huesca, Spain). The source of the Aragon River is in the resort. Ibón de Truchas attracts anglers. It is connected to the city by 33 km of the N -330. At his feet is the urbanization of the tracks, which had 6 inhabitants in 2012. It has 39 km of marked pistes, it is one of the most modern resorts of the Pyrenees. The highest point is ""La Raca"" peak, 2300 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of"
"ceremonies. The stadium was also used for speed skating, the figure skating competition and the medal games for ice hockey. Most of the ice hockey games were held at the ""Suvretta"" and ""Kulm"" stadiums in St. Moritz. Bobsled was held at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun. Skeleton was contested on the Cresta Run track. Olympia Bob Run was built in 1897 and modernized for the 1948 Games while the Cresta Run was first constructed in 1885. The ski jump competitions were held at Olympiaschanze ski jump hill in St. Moritz. It was built in 1927 for the 1928 Games, and"
"way between the railway station and the centre of the city. Vratsa is an important railway station along the railway route Sofia — Vidin (Lom). Vratsa Peak on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Vratsa. Vratsa is the home of a professional Quidditch team operating within the fictional Harry Potter universe. The Vratsa Vultures have won the European Cup seven times. In the area of Vratsa are developed many branches of industry: textile (production of cotton fabrics and silk), tailoring, food processing (bakery, confectionery, meat processing, dairy processing, soft drinks production, etc.) mining of rock"
"Winter Park Resort Winter Park Resort is an alpine ski resort in Winter Park, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. Located just off U.S. Highway 40, the resort is about a 90-minute drive from Denver, Colorado. The mountain opened for the 1939–1940 season as Winter Park Ski Area and was owned and operated by the city and county of Denver until 2002, when Denver entered into a partnership with Intrawest ULC, a Canadian corporation headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, which operated the resort until Intrawest was acquired by Alterra Mountain Company in 2018. For nearly 70 years, a popular way for"
"third stage of the road cycling race, the Volta a Catalunya, which was won by Dan Martin of Etixx–Quick-Step. La Molina (ski resort) La Molina is a ski resort in the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern Spain, in the municipality of Alp in the ""comarca"" of Cerdanya in Girona, Catalonia. Together with Masella, it forms the Alp 2500 resort. It is the site of the first ski lift in Spain, opened on 28 February 1943, and Spain's first ski school, which opened a year later. It is served by a RENFE / Rodalies train station. The area hosted World Cup alpine"
"Mountain hut of la Feixa and the Malniu lake. Guils Fontanera Guils Fontanera is a Catalan ski resort in the northern area of the municipality of Guils de Cerdanya, for Nordic skiing. Surrounded by a large forest of black pine, is situated on the northern side of Puigcerdà. It borders the municipalities of La Tor de Querol, Porta and Ger. The resort opened in 1992. Altogether has 29 km of cross-country ski runs located between elevations of 1,905 and 2,080 m. They are divided according to difficulty: At the highest point, the circuit ends in the municipal boundary of Ger,"
"Some notably good riders from the membership of the past were Nino Bibbia, Italy; the amateur runner and gentleman driver Giorgio Jegher, Jack Heaton, USA; and Billy Fiske, USA (the first American pilot killed in World War II as a volunteer in the ""Millionaire Squadron""). In 1955 the then 71-year-old Lord Brabazon won the Cresta Run Coronation Cup at an average speed of . Among the best riders in recent years: Swiss Franco Gansser, eight times Grand National Winner Lord Wrottesley finished fourth at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and is the current Top record holder (49.92 in 2015), and"
"several golf courses in the region, including the Šilheřovice golf club in the grounds of the local château, and courses in Čeladná, Ropice and Ostravice. About from Ostrava is another golf course in Kravaře. Ostrava has a long tradition of hosting top-level European and world championships. The Golden Spike international athletics meeting has been held in the city every year since 1961. In 2004 and 2015 Ostrava co-hosted (with Prague) the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship at the Ostrava Aréna. Major sporting events to have been hosted in Ostrava include: Ostrava Ostrava (, or ""Mährisch Ostrau"") is a city in"
"Parnassos Ski Centre Parnassos Ski Centre is a ski centre in Greece located at Mount Parnassus near Delphi. It is Greece's largest and the most modern ski resort and was opened in 1976. The ski centre is located at two main areas, Kelaria and Fterrolakas. Parnassus has 23 pistes of varying difficulties – from easy runs for children to black runs for experienced skiers. The total length is 34 km. The resort has everything holiday-goers may need: 17 ski lifts, ski equipment sales and service outlets as well as rental stores. The highest altitude of the resort is at 2,250m"
"Testa Grigia (3,479 m) and the Klein Matterhorn, south of and slightly above the Theodul Pass. Southeast of Testa Grigia is a saddle named ""Passo di Ventina Nord"" (3,445 m). This area can also be easily accessed by several cable cars connecting Breuil-Cervinia to Testa Grigia. Most of the glacier is part of the year-round ski area marketed as ""Matterhorn Glacier Paradise"". It is the highest in Europe and largest summer ski area in the world, with 21 kilometres of prepared pistes. The culminating point is on the summit of Gobba di Rollin and the lowest is above Trockener Steg."
"choice to ski one day in each of the other two systems mentioned. There were once plans to interlink all systems and resorts to create the largest ski area in the world. However that vision was ended with the creation of the Vanoise National Park. The resort hosted a Tour de France stage finish in 1994. Nelson Rodriguez of Colombia won the stage, which had the second highest elevation for a stage finish in the history of the Tour de France. Val Thorens Val Thorens, located in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, French Alps, is the highest ski resort in Europe,"
"of a ski-jump slope in Planica, Slovenia. Runners have to beat 400 meters distance from bottom to the top of the inrun of the flying hill. Runners coming from all over Europe had to beat steepest part 38° angle on the older hill and at 36° on modernized hill. First two editions on the Letalnica bratov Gorišek were held in 2012 and 2013 and cancelled in 2014 because the hill was under renovation. Competition returned in 2015 on a modernized and even bigger hill than before with totally new concrete inrun. Planica Nordic Centre Planica Nordic Centre () is a"
"La Molina (ski resort) La Molina is a ski resort in the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern Spain, in the municipality of Alp in the ""comarca"" of Cerdanya in Girona, Catalonia. Together with Masella, it forms the Alp 2500 resort. It is the site of the first ski lift in Spain, opened on 28 February 1943, and Spain's first ski school, which opened a year later. It is served by a RENFE / Rodalies train station. The area hosted World Cup alpine races in December 2008 (women's technical events) On 23 March 2016 the resort was the finishing point for the"
"Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"" Bystrá, Brezno District Bystrá is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The gothic Roman Catholic church of St, Florian is located in the center of the village. During winter Bystra is mainly popular for ice-skating and winter walks. Until the 2010s Bystra also had its own ski slope. During winter the competition for the tastiest sausage is held in Bystra. During summer the main touristic attractions are hiking and visits to the caves. There are two caves in Bystra: The records for genealogical research are available"
"race in Spain and second in Europe, with the participation of several countries and great international repercussions. There are over 300 ultramarathons held in Europe each year. This includes the Harz Run in the Harz Mountains, the Irish Connemarathon, the British Bob Graham Round, Spine Race and Welsh Dragon's Back which covers 315km with 15,500m of height gain . Due to logistics and environmental concerns there are only a handful of ultramarathons held in Antarctica, and travel costs can mean entrance fees as high as $14,000. Ultramarathons in Antarctica include: The Last Desert, part of the 4 Deserts Race Series,"
"Croatian Olympic Centre Bjelolasica Croatian Olympic Centre Bjelolasica is a sports and tourism complex located in Gorski kotar, Croatia. It is located 27 km to the west from Ogulin, in a vast valley at 620 meters above the sea level. It is only an hour ride from Zagreb and Rijeka and has around 160 days in the year natural snow. Thanks to the rich and clear forest Bjelolasica is well known for the hunting and fishing tourism. Tourist complex was renovated in 1998 and today it disposes of 150 rooms with 450 beds, restaurant, cocktail bar, social facilities, congress hall,"
"of Crasta. in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district, after 2017 it was part of the Maloja Region. The municipality's official name used to be ""Celerina"", until 1943, when it adopted the name ""Schlarigna/Celerina"". In 1950, it was renamed again to ""Celerina/Schlarigna"". It is located in the upper Engadin valley in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district and is across from the entrance of the Bernina Pass into the Engadin. The village is located between St. Moritz, Samedan and Pontresina. The famous Cresta Run for tobogganing leads from St.Moritz to the Cresta neighborhood of Celerina. Celerina/Schlarigna has a"
"Because of that Bjelolasica is a popular training place for Croatian athletes. Croatian Olympic Centre Bjelolasica Croatian Olympic Centre Bjelolasica is a sports and tourism complex located in Gorski kotar, Croatia. It is located 27 km to the west from Ogulin, in a vast valley at 620 meters above the sea level. It is only an hour ride from Zagreb and Rijeka and has around 160 days in the year natural snow. Thanks to the rich and clear forest Bjelolasica is well known for the hunting and fishing tourism. Tourist complex was renovated in 1998 and today it disposes of"