When did Steven Bradbury win gold?
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Asked by: Paul Ray
2002Winter Olympics: Steven Bradbury Salt Lake City 2002 gold medal, bronze medallist Mathieu Turcotte reflects 20 years on.
When did Steven Bradbury win gold date?
Steven Bradbury won Australia’s first-ever Winter Olympics gold medal with his victory in the 1000 metres short-track speed skating final at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
Who won Australia’s first Winter Olympic gold medal?
Steven Bradbury
Four years after its inception OWIA athletes Alisa Camplin and Steven Bradbury won Australia’s first Winter Olympic gold medals at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
What happened to Steven Bradbury in the Olympics?
Steven’s Story
Bradbury, whose gold medal was the first ever won by an Australian at the Winter Olympics, was dubbed “the Accidental Hero” after his four rivals all collided, tumbled and sprawled around the ice, leaving him to skate alone past the finish line.
Who won gold in the Winter Olympics?
The host country finished first in a short-track speedskating team event, and Norway won its first two golds.
Therese Johaug of Norway wins the first gold medal of the 2022 Olympics.
| Cross-Country Skiing: Women’s Skiathlon › | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Therese Johaug Norway | 44:13.7 |
Who is Australia’s most successful Winter Olympian?
Torah Bright
In addition Australia recorded 27 top 16 performances compared to 15 in Vancouver four years earlier. This was a Team of history makers. Torah Bright became Australia’s most successful female Winter Olympian by adding a silver medal to her gold from Vancouver in 2010.
What Australian athlete broke their neck and returned to win a gold medal?
TODD BALYM IN GLASGOW from News Corp Australia
Triple Olympic gold medallist Meares famously overcome a broken neck from a serious race fall in early 2008 that left her millimetres from paralysis to win a gutsy silver medal at the Beijing Games seven months later.
Who won the 2014 Winter Olympics?
Slovenia won its first Winter Olympics gold medal ever, in alpine skiing. This was also the first Winter Olympic gold medal tie.
2014 Winter Olympics medal table.
| 2014 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sochi, Russia |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals | Russia (11) and Norway (11) |
| Most total medals | Russia (30) |
Who got us gold medal 2022?
Lindsey Jacobellis
Lindsey Jacobellis, Snowboarding:
Sixteen years after a fall in Torino resulted in silver, 36-year-old Lindsey Jacobellis won the snowboard cross big final to finally seize Olympic gold, at the same time earning Team USA its first title of the 2022 Olympics.
Who got us gold 2022?
snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis
Jacobellis ends U.S., personal Olympic gold drought
Veteran snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, competing in her fifth Olympic Games, finally claimed the title she wanted. Her victory on Day 5 of the Games ended a long wait for her and gave Team USA its first gold at Beijing 2022.
Who is the oldest person to win a gold medal?
Oscar Gomer Swahn
Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 – 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest person to win an Olympic medal.
How many golds has USA won?
The United States is successful at both Games. In the Winter Olympics, the country is second with 307 total and 105 golds. The United States’ best haul at the Winter Games was at the 2002 Salt Lake City games. There, the U.S. won 34 overall medals, including 10 golds.
| COUNTRY | ROC |
|---|---|
| GOLD | 6 |
| SILVER | 12 |
| BRONZE | 14 |
| TOTAL | 32 |
