by David Clark | Feb 13, 2026 | Winter Olympics
In today’s post, I count down my top 10 unusual facts about the Winter Olympics. 10. Athletes at the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix, France in 1924 marched in the opening ceremony in full-performance uniform, carrying their skis and hockey sticks, and pulling...
by David Clark | Feb 11, 2026 | Winter Olympics
Melbourne schoolgirl Indra Brown (freestyle skiing: halfpipe), who turned 16 only three weeks ago, is the youngest competitor on the Australian team in Milano but glued to the television watching all the action on Nine is 98-year-old Dick Walpole, Australia’s oldest...
by David Clark | Feb 11, 2026 | Winter Olympics
Darcie Morton (biathlon) will create a slice of history later today when she competes in the women’s 15km individual, joining her father Cameron Morton who represented Australia in the same sport 20 years ago in Torino. They are the first father and daughter duo to...
by David Clark | Feb 10, 2026 | Winter Olympics
Thirty-seven of Australia’s 310 Winter Olympians were born outside Australia and two – moguls skier Dale Begg-Smith (born in Canada) and short track speed skater Richard Nizielski (born in England) – have won medals. But did you know three Australian-born competitors...
by David Clark | Feb 4, 2026 | Winter Olympics
With two days to go to the opening ceremony of the XXV Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina, here are my top 10 unusual facts about Australians at the Games. 10. Three Australians have competed at the Winter Olympics as mothers: 31-year-old mother-of-two Judy Forras...
