Team Great Britain - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Great Britain competed in 11 sports: Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, short track speed skating, skeleton, and snowboarding - with a team of 56 athletes (33 men, 22 women).

It won five medals (one gold), with three medals won by women and two by men. Lizzy Yarnold won gold in women's skeleton, with Laura Deas also on the podium in that event with bronze. In men's skeleton, Dom Parsons added another bronze. Freestyle skier Izzy Atkin won bronze in women's slopestyle and snowboarder Billy Morgan finished third in the men's big air. Although there are only two events, Great Britain led the skeleton lists both in medals and gold medals won.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Freestyle Skiing: 1 (0-0-1)
Skeleton: 3 (1-0-2)
Snowboarding: 1 (0-0-1)
Total: 5 (1-0-4)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Lizzy Yarnold (SKN)
Closing Ceremony: Billy Morgan (SBD)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Great Britain is the only NOC to have competed at every Olympic Games, including all the usual exceptions. It competed at the Athens 1906 Intercalated Games, the 1908 figure skating events at London, the 1920 figure skating events at Antwerp, and at the Stockholm 1956 Equestrian Olympic Games. Through 1920, Great Britain competed as a combined team with Ireland, and its 1904 participation is due only to three Irish athletes. The British Olympic Association was formed and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1905.

Great Britain has won 32 medals and 11 gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games (39 medals, 12 gold including figure skating in 1908 and 1920 figure skating contested at the Olympic Games). Its best sport has been figure skating, at which it has won 15 medals with five gold medals. In recent years, Great Britain has also been dominant in skeleton, winning nine medals and three golds. Its best Winter Olympic performances came at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, with both five medals and one gold.

Skeleton slider Lizzy Yarnold won two gold medals for Britain in 2014 and 2018. Three other British Winter Olympians have won two medals, all with a gold and bronze in figure skating: Jeannette Altwegg in 1948 and 1952, and ice dance couple Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1984 and 1994.

Great Britain has won 953 Olympic medals, 299 of them gold. Henry Taylor, a swimmer from 1906-20, and cyclist Bradley Wiggins lead the British Olympic medal list with eight, followed by two athletes with seven - track cyclists Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny. Kenny leads British Olympians with seven gold medals, followed by Hoy with six.

OLYMPIC HOSTS
London - 1908 Olympic Games
London - 1948 Olympic Games
London - 2012 Olympic Games

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Madge Syers (28 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold, Dorothy Greenhough-Smith - Bronze, Gwendolyn Lycett - 5th

First Competitor, Male: Henry Yglesias (28 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Singles) - DNF, Keiller Greig - 4th, Albert March - 5th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Cecilia Colledge (11y-072d) - 1932 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 8th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Rodney Ward (14y-356d) - 1956 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - 11th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Jackie Lockhart (44y-330d) - 2010 - Curling - 7th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Robin Welsh (54y-100d) - 1924 - Curling - Gold

First Medallist, Female: Madge Syers (29 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold, (Pairs) - Bronze (see note)
First Medallist, Female: Dorothy Greenhough-Smith (29 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Bronze (see note)
First Medallist, Female: Phyllis Johnson (29 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Silver (see note)

First Medallist, Male: Edgar Syers (29 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Bronze, James Johnson - Silver
First Medallist, Male: Geoffrey Hall-Say (29 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Special Figures) - Bronze, Arthur Cumming - Silver

First Gold Medallist, Female: Madge Syers (29 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Team (30 January 1924) - 1924 - Curling - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Cecilia Colledge (15y-078d) - 1936 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Silver
Youngest Medallist, Male: Jack Kilpatrick (18y-224d) - 1936 - Ice Hockey - Gold

Youngest Gold Medallist, Female: Jeannette Altwegg (21y-165d) - 1952 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Jack Kilpatrick (18y-224d) - 1936 - Ice Hockey - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Ethel Muckelt (38y-244d) - 1924 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Bronze
Oldest Medallist, Male: Robin Welsh (54y-102d) - 1924 - Curling - Gold

Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Rhona Martin (35y-131d) - 2002 - Curling - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Robin Welsh (54y-102d) - 1924 - Curling - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Lizzy Yarnold (2 | 2-0-0) - Skeleton
Most Medals, Female: Jeannette Altwegg (2 | 1-0-1) - Figure Skating
Most Medals, Female: Madge Syers (2 | 1-0-1) - Figure Skating
Most Medals, Female: Jayne Torvill (2 | 1-0-1) - Figure Skating
Most Medals, Female: Phyllis Johnson (2 | 0-1-1) - Figure Skating

Most Medals, Male: Christopher Dean (2 | 1-0-1) - Figure Skating

Most Gold Medals, Female: Lizzy Yarnold (2) - Skeleton
Most Gold Medals, Male: 22 athletes tied with 1.

Note: Lists include the 1908 and 1920 figure skating and ice hockey, which were technically part of the Olympic Games.

Additional Information:

https://www.teamgb.com/

Anthem Title: God Save the Queen

Anthem Composer: Music: Unknown, Lyrics: Unknown

Anthem Inducted: 1745

Founding Date: 1905

IOC Recognition Date: 1905

Delegation President: Hugh Robertson

Delegation Secretary General: Andrew Anson

IOC Members: Current:
Anne HRH the Princess Royal (entry into IOC: 1988)
Craig Reedie (entry into IOC: 1994)
Sebastian Coe (entry into IOC: 2020)

Former:
Arthur, Lord Ampthill (1894-1898)
Charles Herbert (1894-1906)
Robert de Courcy Laffan (1897-1927)
Sir Charles Vincent (1901-1908)
William, Lord Desborough (1905-1913)
Sir Theodore Andrea Cook (1909-1915)
Algernon, Duke of Somerset (1913-1920)
Reginald Kentish (1921-1933)
Gerald, Earl of Cadogan (1923-1929)
George, Lord Rochdale (1927-1933)
Clarence, Lord Aberdare of Duffryn (1929-1957)
Sir Francis Curtis-Bennett (1933-1950)
David, Lord Burghley (1933-1981)
Ian, Baron Luke of Pavenham (1951-1988)
Dame Mary Alison Glen Haig (1982-1993)
Matthew Pinsent (2002-2004)
Phil Craven (2003-2017)
Adam Pengilly (2010-2018)

First OG/PG Appearance: 1924

Number OG/PG Appearances: 23

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