Olympics
The modern Olympiad saw its first competition in this year, two years after the formation of the IOC
1896
This year was the first time Jamaica was represented at the Winter Olympics with its famous bobsled team.
1988 Calgary
Pita Taufatofua gained viral fame as the first athlete to represent this island nation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Tonga
The word hockey comes from this old French word meaning stick.
Hocquet
This athlete nicknamed "the Quad God," was the first to land a quad axel in competition.
Ilia Malinin
This year was the last year the gold medals won were made entirely out of gold.
1912
Jamaica will be sending this many teams to compete in the bobsled events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.
3
This British athlete became the first Briton to compete in the ski jump in 1988, inspiring a later movie starring Hugh Jackman.
Michael "Eddie the Eagle" Edwards
This 2026 Olympian is the youngest Canadian player named to the Olympic team at 19 years old.
Macklin Celebrini
Surya Bonaly of France was the first to perform this acrobatic feat in competition.
A backflip
In the modern Olympiad, the games have been cancelled or postponed in which years?
1916, 1940, 1944, 2020
The bobsled event was one of the first winter Olympic events at the first games in this year.
1924
Kalle Jalkanen won gold in the 1936 cross-country skiing relay for this country, despite accidentally spitting his dentures into the snow.
Finland
Wayne Gretzky has the most points in hockey history, boasting this many.
2857
This woman had to drop out of the competition in 1994 when an assailant, contractedby the ex-husband of Tonya Harding, attempted to break her knee.
Nancy Kerrigan
Women were allowed to compete starting this year.
1900
In 1928, this American athlete won gold in the skeleton, beating his brother by one second.
Jennison Heaton
The word "ski" is a Norwegian word that comes from this Old Norse word, meaning a split length of wood.
skid
This US-based hockey team was the first to use a Zamboni.
The Boston Bruins
The record of most continuous upright spins on ice skates on one foot was set by Lucinda Ruh with this many recorded.
115
These five athletes are the lucky few who managed to win medals at both the summer and winter olympics.
Eddie Eagan (U.S.A.), Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), Clara Hughes (Canada), Lauryn Williams (U.S.A.)
The Red Lantern Award is the one given to the last finisher of this sled race.
The Iditarod
This Czech athlete became the first person to win two gold medals at the same games, in two sports.
Ester Ledecka, Alpine skiing and Snowboarding
In the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, the US team beat out this country for gold.
Finland
Axel Paulsen