Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Great Britain
games=2002 Winter
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer= Michael Dixon (opening)
Rhona Martin (closing)
gold=1
silver=0
bronze=1
total=2
rank=18

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Medallists

Gold

* Rhona Martin, Deborah Knox, Fiona MacDonald, Janice Rankin, and Margaret Morton — women's curling

Bronze

* Alex Coomber — women's skeleton. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Baxter Alain Baxter] came third in the Men's slalom but was subsequently disqualified for use of a stimulant. Baxter's claim that a mix up in the ingredients of the same branded cold medication between the UK and the US was the cause of the ingestion of the stimulant was accepted, and as a result he received the minimum ban of 3 months.

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”