Which high Alpine Swiss resort hosted the 1928 Winter Olympics?
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Ludwig Böck Ludwig Böck (7 September 1902 – 14 March 1960) was a German skier. He competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, where he placed seventh in Nordic combined, and 14th in the 18 km cross-country.
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St. Moritz St. Moritz (also German: "Sankt Moritz" , Romansh: "" , Italian: "San Maurizio" , French: "Saint-Moritz" ) is a high Alpine resort in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about 1800 m above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major village and a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
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Fritz Kocher Fritz Kocher (born 6 April 1928) was a Swiss cross country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.
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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.
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Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
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Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events. The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen. There were a number of race postponements due to weather; the events began on 10 February and ended on 21 February.
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Hungary at the 1924 Winter Olympics Hungary competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
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List of 1948 Winter Olympics medal winners The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the "V Olympic Winter Games", were a multi-sport event held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from January 30 through February 8, 1948. A total of 669 athletes representing 28 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in twenty two events across eight disciplines.
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Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics Switzerland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
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High Alps The High Alps are those parts of the Alps unsuitable for habitation or seasonal transhumance. This includes all regions higher than 3,000 m above sea level, as well as most regions between 2,500 m and 3,000 m (Juf at 2,126 m is the highest permanently inhabited village in the Alps. Alpine pastures are typically below 2,400 m but may exceptionally be located as high as 2,800 m.).
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Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics Austria competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
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Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, February 13, 1928 and on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.
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Davos Davos (German pronunciation ] , rarely ] ,; Romansh: "" , archaic Italian: "Tavate") is a Alpine town, and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of (2016 ). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range. At 1560 m , it is the highest "town" in Europe.
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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1935 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1935 were held in Mürren, Switzerland in February 1935.
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Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held 9–17 February at Chamrousse, southeast of Grenoble, France.
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Switzerland at the 1928 Winter Olympics Switzerland was the host nation for the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. The lone bronze medal won in men's ice hockey remains the lowest output by a host nation at a modern Olympic games (Winter or Summer).
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List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Alpine skiing is an Olympic sport, contested at the Winter Olympic Games. The first Winter Olympics, held in 1924, included nordic skiing, but the first alpine skiing events were not held until 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. A combined event was held for both men and women in 1936. The International Ski Federation (FIS) decided that ski instructors could not compete in 1936 because they were professionals, and the Olympics were meant for amateur athletes. Because of this, Austrian and Swiss skiers boycotted the events, although some Austrians decided to compete for Germany.
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Sweden at the 1928 Winter Olympics Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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Werner Stuber Werner Mortimer Stuber (January 27, 1900 – February 7, 1957) was a Swiss horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Axamer Lizum Axamer Lizum is a village in Austria, located southwest of Innsbruck in Tirol. At the 1964 Winter Olympics, it hosted all of the alpine skiing events, except for the men's downhill, which was at Patscherkofel, southeast of Innsbruck. Twelve years later in 1976, it hosted exactly the same alpine skiing events.
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Monaco at the 1928 Summer Olympics Monaco competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics held at Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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Yugoslavia at the 1928 Summer Olympics Athletes from the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 34 competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in 6 sports.