Germany At The 2006 Winter Olympics
Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again the most total medals of any nation. The Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (National Olympic Committee of Germany, reorganized to DOSB in May 2006) nominated a total of 162 (164) athletes to compete, as the 5th largest team, in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports.
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Famous quotes containing the words germany and/or winter:
“If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
“The winter is made and you have to bear it,
The winter web, the winter woven, wind and wind,
For all the thoughts of summer that go with it
In the mind, pupa of straw, moppet of rags....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)