Interesting Facts About Winter Olympics That Will Blow Your Mind

Facts About Winter Olympics

Whether curling or ski jumping, the Winter Olympics had many strange and incredible moments throughout history. Winter Olympic sports is formally named as a major international multi-sport event, taking place four years once, played on ice and snow. The XXIV edition of the Winter Olympic Games is scheduled to be held in 2022 in Beijing. It is the right time to increase your knowledge of facts about the Winter Olympics. Don’t forget to take our fun and informative Winter Olympic Games trivia to stay up-to-date about the event.

Interesting Facts About Winter Olympics

We have clubbed the mind-blowing Winter Olympics facts that’ll help expand your sports knowledge.

• Greatly organized and equipped with the best facilities, the first Winter Olympic games, previously called the “I Olympic Winter Games”, or Les Iers Jeux olympiques d’hiver in French, took place in Chamonix, France that were an inspiration of the ancient Olympic Games. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, created the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. As a result, the first modern Summer Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
• With 368 medals (including 132 gold, 125 silver, and 111 bronze), Norway holds the record for earning the most medals than any other country at the Winter Olympics. Following Norway, the United States, Germany, Austria, Soviet Union, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Russia won the most medals.
• The Winter Games held in 1998 in Nagano were suspended due to too much snow.
• Did you know? The most expensive Olympic Games costs a whopping $51 billion.
• Surprisingly, southern Hemisphere countries have not hosted a single Winter Olympic game.
• Gillis Grafström remains the first athlete to win the medal in the same event in both Summer and Winter Olympics, won gold for figure skating at the 1920 Olympics and at the first Winter Olympics in 1924. It is one in a million achievements in the Olympics.
• Only five individuals received medals at the Winter and Summer Olympic Games including Eddie Eagan (USA), Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), Clara Hughes (Canada), and Lauryn Williams (USA).
• During the torch relay, athletes do not pass the torch. They only allowed passing the flame.
• The hosting country designs the Olympic medals and showcases their country’s cultures.
• As stated by the Olympic website, the 2018 Winter Olympics medals’ weight ranged from 586 grams for the gold medal to 493 grams for the bronze.
• Clara Hughes, representing Canada, bagged a total of six medals after winning skating, and road cycling.