great_britain winter olympics northern_ireland competed great_britain winter olympics held vancouver british_columbia canada united_kingdom represented team selected athletes officially known team athletes united_kingdom including northern_ireland athletes elect hold irish citizenship allowing represent great_britain ireland additionally british overseas territories compete separately britain olympic competition great_britain sent delegation athletes compete sports led chef mission despite set target medals team won gold women skeleton finished 19th medal table following british competitors won medals games discipline sections names bold results taken official vancouver website targets sport organisation responsible distributing funding elite sport set target winning medals colour vancouver games single silver medal won achieved best performance british winter olympics team gold silver bronze medal won target set following million funding years leading games whilst particular events targeted potential sources medals success british athletes previous years taken account setting target men team woman team won world championships man history bob skeleton win world championship european championship world cup year preparations britain games hampered financial problems operating responsible lottery funds received august debt number british including medal hope forced fund summer training camps new_zealand chile february week opening ceremony games announced entered administration withdrew organisation facility participation british doubt governing body necessity olympic competition revived subsidiary company financial difficulties suffered partly result collapse led consider future sport end games february having finished 19th overall medal table 14th european countries head said despite reaching sport target team achieved set performance games reference gold women skeleton sole medal won team vice president added don think sense disappointment think sense celebration winning gold medal gold medal bronze medals day hunt announced conduct strategic review funding support funds realistic medal hopes alpine skiing british athletes competed alpine skiing events games qualified events whilst taking olympics qualified variants preparations britain disrupted collapse athletes able enter games intervention considered realistic contender medal achieved squad best finish coming eleventh women combined men women britain sent single games british competitor qualify olympic pursuit finished 56th position took individual sprint events britain sent athletes compete events entries man man woman competitions competed man event having previously taken relay summer olympics sydney summer winter games man british pairing suffered crash run escaped injury disqualified failing complete run went woman event reigning world champions runs placed tenth position ahead run lost control resulting crossing finishing line pair withdrew competition final run cumulative time standings given cross country skiing british cross country went games competing olympics aged seventeen nineteen entered team sprint addition individual events forced withdraw young suffering cold unable complete leg men women events winter olympics form round robin tournament nation played group stage qualifying medal playoffs men team reigning world champions won group stage games france denmark china united_states germany wins left tie semifinal place sweden beat group game single tie breaker match played sides won extra end women team year old entered tournament ranked seventh world beat world champions china opening match won remaining games finish seventh group miss semifinals men tournament men team club alternate results round robin tie breaker having finished level sweden wins great_britain faced single match tie breaker decide advanced semifinals standings women tournament women team skip eve alternate figure skating great_britain qualified seven athletes ladies singles pair pairs skating pairs ice dancing team announced ladies singles pairs ice dancing brother sister pairing considered medal contenders games entered event ranked fifth world pair came european championships went finish eighth freestyle skiing british women competed freestyle skiing events ski cross compete olympic ski cross sport making debut vancouver finished 34th qualifying rounds missing medal rounds places women women ski cross britain sole competitor american born athlete previously competed games year old sixteenth place finished performance place highest winter olympic finish british cumulative time standings given short track speed skating britain qualified athletes individual short track speed skating events men events competed racing distances team qualified relay event achieved squad best individual finish coming sixth metres position matched relay team women events raced metres took metres disqualified heat following clash canada men women key qualified round qualified final skeleton british athletes qualified skeleton events won britain medal games gold women skeleton williams british gold medalist individual event winter olympics thirty years following victory figure skating winter olympics british female individual winter olympics gold medalist britain medalist olympics finished sixth women event fiancé finished position men event cumulative time standings given key new track records british qualified games qualified 7th progressed semifinals finished 18th final men crashed second run advance injury reached semifinals women cross finished eighth position overall parallel giant cross
Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics