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2 unusual facts about 1924 Winter Olympics


1924 Winter Olympics

At the closing of the games a prize was awarded for a sport that did not lend itself very well for tournaments: Pierre de Coubertin presented a prize for alpinisme to Charles Granville Bruce, the leader of the expedition that tried to climb Mount Everest in 1922.

Henry Louis Hudson

During the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz he won the gold medal in olympic ice hockey as part of the Canadian national ice hockey team.


Avalanche

Attempts to model avalanche behaviour date from the early 20th century, notably the work of Professor Lagotala in preparation for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.

Bert McCaffrey

By virtue of playing for the reigning senior amateur champions, McCaffrey and the Granites represented Canada at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, with the exception of the 1960 games in Squaw Valley when the organizing committee decided not to build a track in order to reduce expenses.

Curling at the Winter Olympics

Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix.

Georges Berthet

Georges Berthet (18 September 1903 – 14 August 1979) was a French sportsman who took part in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Herb Drury

In 1924, Drury once again saw Olympic action as a member of the U.S. Olympic team that played in the first Winter Games at Chamonix, France.

Jacob Tullin Thams

He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the third person (after Gillis Grafström who competed in one sport only and boxer/bobsleigh crew member Eddie Eagan) to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1936 as a member of the silver medal-winning Norwegian 8-metre sailing team.

Wilhelm Arwe

Karl Wilhelm Konrad Arwe (28 January 1898 in Ölserud, Sweden – 8 April 1980) was a Swedish ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.

Wilhelm Henie

Henie managed to get Sonja enrolled at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924, and followed her to preparaions in St. Moritz prior to the games.


see also

Béla Szepes

At the 1924 Winter Olympics he participated in the 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event and in the Nordic combined but did not finish either of the races.

Niku

Tapani Niku, Finnish cross-country skier (bronze medal in 1924 Winter Olympics