Great Britain At The 2006 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland. Forty-one athletes were selected for these Winter Games.
Read more about Great Britain At The 2006 Winter Olympics: Medallists, Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Curling, Figure Skating, Luge, Short Track Speed Skating, Skeleton, Snowboarding
Famous quotes containing the words britain and/or winter:
“Hath Britain all the sun that shines? day? night?
Are they not but in Britain?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Over the winter glaciers,
I see the summer glow,
And, through the wild-piled snowdrift,
The warm rosebuds below.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)