Australia and the Winter Olympics

Did you watch the opening of the Winter Olympics (Originally the Nordic Games in 1901) and hear that heavy set poet make a lot of digs on America? “We don’t just say we do”. Good stuff. And how about that lip synching? Tragic.

Well Australia is kind of a joke at the Winter Olympics since it joined it in 1935 being that there isn’t much snow here, but there we are all the same. It has only won 3 gold medals, 2 Silvers (second one was this year by Dale Begg-Smith for Men’s moguls), and 3 bronze. Whatever, Australia owns swimming in the Summer Olympics.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Bradbury, Steven	1994 Lillehammer	Short track speed skating	Men’s 5,000 metre relay
3 Bronze	Steggall, Zali	1998 Nagano	Alpine skiing	Women’s slalom
1 Gold	Bradbury, Steven	2002 Salt Lake City	Short track speed skating	Men’s 1,000 metres
1 Gold	Camplin, Alisa	2002 Salt Lake City	Freestyle skiing	Women’s aerials
1 Gold	Begg-Smith, Dale	2006 Turin	Freestyle skiing	Men’s moguls
3 Bronze	Camplin, Alisa	2006 Turin	Freestyle skiing	Women’s aerials
2 Silver	Begg-Smith, Dale	2010 Vancouver	Freestyle skiing	Men’s moguls

The Gold medal I want to talk about today is the famous one won by Steven Bradbury back at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. This story and video is hilarious and Steven is a true example for Australians everywhere. The guy shouldn’t have even qualified and yet he won gold.

Enjoy.

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~ by Nickolas Gardner on February 15, 2010.