Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Vancouver
Competitors50 in 11 sports
Flag bearers Shelley Rudman (opening) [1]
Amy Williams (closing) [2]
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Great Britain , represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and sent a team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. [3] The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, whose athletes may elect to hold Irish citizenship, allowing them to represent either Great Britain or Ireland. [4] Additionally some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Olympic competition.

Contents

Great Britain sent a delegation of fifty athletes to compete in eleven sports and were led by Andy Hunt as Chef de Mission, but despite being set a target of three medals by UK Sport, the team won just one, Amy Williams' gold in the women's skeleton, and finished 19th in the medal table.

Medallists

The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the discipline sections below, medalists' names are in bold. All results are taken from the official Vancouver 2010 website. [5]

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Amy Williams Skeleton Women's

Targets

The athletes entering the stadium, led by flagbearer Shelley Rudman, during the opening ceremonies. 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Great Britain entering cropped.jpg
The athletes entering the stadium, led by flagbearer Shelley Rudman, during the opening ceremonies.

UK Sport, the organisation responsible for distributing National Lottery funding to elite sport, set Team GB a target of winning three medals, of any colour, at the Vancouver Games; two more than the single silver medal won in Turin by Shelley Rudman. If achieved this would have been the best performance by a British Winter Olympics team since 1936 when a gold, silver and bronze medal were won. The target was set following £6.5 million of funding in the four years leading up to the Games. Whilst no particular events were targeted as potential sources of medals, the success of British athletes in the previous four years was taken into account when setting the target; the men's curling team and the two-woman bobsleigh team, Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke, won world championships, and in 2008 Kristan Bromley became the first man in the history of bob skeleton to win the World Championship, European Championship and World Cup in the same year. [6] [7]

Amy Williams of Great Britain (centre) with the gold medal she won in the women's skeleton alongside silver medalist Kerstin Szymkowiak (left) and bronze medalist Anja Huber (right). Kerstin Szymkowiak Amy Williams and Anja Huber2.jpg
Amy Williams of Great Britain (centre) with the gold medal she won in the women's skeleton alongside silver medalist Kerstin Szymkowiak (left) and bronze medalist Anja Huber (right).

The preparations of Britain's skiers and snowboarders for the Games were hampered by the financial problems of the British Ski and Snowboard Federation (BSSF), operating under the name Snowsport GB, which was responsible for administering the lottery funds received through UK Sport. In August 2009 the BSFF was £300,000 in debt and a number of British skiers, including medal hope Chemmy Alcott, were forced to fund their own summer training camps in New Zealand and Chile. [8] On 5 February 2010, just a week before the opening ceremony of the Games, it was announced that BSSF had entered administration after the Royal Bank of Scotland withdrew the organisation's overdraft facility. This put the participation of British skiers in doubt, as a governing body is a necessity for Olympic competition, but the British Olympic Association (BOA) revived a subsidiary company to take over. [9] The financial difficulties suffered by Alcott, partly as a result of the BSSF collapse, led her to consider her future in the sport at the end of the Games. [10]

On 25 February, having finished 19th overall in the medal table, and 14th out of European countries, head of Team GB Andy Hunt said that despite not reaching UK Sport's target the team "have achieved what we set out to do" by bettering their performance in the 2006 Games. This was in reference to Amy Williams' gold in the women's skeleton, which was the sole medal won by the team.

Steve Redgrave, vice-president of the BOA, added "I don't think there is a sense of disappointment I think there is a sense of celebration of winning that gold medal. I would take one gold medal over five bronze medals any day." Hunt also announced that the BOA would conduct a strategic review of funding and may support the channeling of more funds towards realistic medal hopes. [11]

Alpine skiing

Four British athletes competed in alpine skiing events at the Games. Andy Noble and David Ryding qualified for two events each whilst Ed Drake and Chemmy Alcott, taking part in her third Olympics, qualified for all five variants. The preparations of Britain's skiers were disrupted by the collapse of Snowsport GB, but all athletes were able to enter the games after the intervention of the British Olympic Association. [8] [9] Alcott, considered a realistic contender for a medal, achieved the squad's best finish coming eleventh in the women's combined. [12] [13]

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Ed Drake Combined Downhill
1:56.63
Slalom
54.28
2:50.9129
Downhill 1:57.91N/A38
Giant slalom 1:21.651:23.482:45.1337
Slalom did not start
Super-G 1:33.20N/A32
Andy Noble Giant slalom 1:20.791:24.062:44.8536
Slalom 51.5554.581:46.1329
David Ryding Giant slalom 1:21.971:26.062:48.0347
Slalom 51.5853.551:45.1327
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Chemmy Alcott Combined Downhill
1:27.06
Slalom
45.45
2:12.5111
Downhill 1:47.31N/A13
Giant slalom 1:17.531:12.412:29.9427
Slalom did not finish
Super-G 1:23.46N/A20

Biathlon

Britain sent a single biathlete to the Games; Lee-Steve Jackson was the first British competitor to qualify for the Olympic pursuit and finished in 56th position. He also took part in the individual and sprint events. [14]

AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Lee-Steve Jackson Men's individual 55:37.51+2+1+066
Men's pursuit 39:54.70+1+3+056
Men's sprint 27:18.11+155

Bobsleigh

Britain sent eight athletes to compete in the bobsleigh events with entries in the two-man, four-man and two-woman competitions. Allyn Condon competed in the four-man event having previously taken part in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; the first Briton to take part in both a Summer and Winter Games since Marcus Adam. [15] In the two-man the British pairing of Dan Money and John Jackson suffered a crash on their first run; they escaped serious injury, but were disqualified for failing to complete the run. [16]

Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke went into the two-woman event as the reigning world champions and after two of four runs were placed tenth, one position ahead of Paula Walker and Kelly Thomas. [17] On the third run Minichiello and Cooke lost control, resulting in them crossing the finishing line with their sled on its side, and the pair withdrew from the competition before the final run. [18]

AthleteEventRunsTotalRank
Run 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4Rank
Dan Money
John Jackson
Two-man DSQ (crashed)n/aDSQ [16]
Allyn Condon
John Jackson
Henry Nwume
Dan Money
Four-man 51.531154.29 (1:45.82)22 (21)52.24 (2:38.06)14 (18)52.15143:30.2117
Nicola Minichiello
Gillian Cooke
Two-woman 53.851053.73
(1:47.58)
12
(10)
55.87 (2:43.45)21 (16)did not startdid not finish
Paula Walker
Kelly Thomas
Two-woman 54.191453.58
(1:47.77)
9
(11)
54.47 (2:42.24)15 (11)53.94113:36.1811

Cumulative time and standings given in brackets.

Cross-country skiing

Three British cross-country skiers went to the Games, all three were competing in their first Olympics. [19] Andrew Young and Andrew Musgrave, aged seventeen and nineteen, entered the team sprint in addition to their individual events but were forced to withdraw as Young, suffering from a cold, was unable to complete his leg. [20]

Men
AthletesEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Andrew Musgrave 15 km individual N/A36:32.455
30 km pursuit N/A1:24:07.951
Sprint 3:58.4358did not advance
Andrew Young 15 km individual N/A38:45.174
Sprint 4:02.1960did not advance
Andrew Musgrave,
Andrew Young
Team sprint N/Adid not finishdid not advance
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Fiona Hughes 10 km individual 30:29.868

Curling

Eve Muirhead, the 19-year-old skip of the women's team. Eve Muirhead - cropped from Flickr image 4375889785.jpg
Eve Muirhead, the 19-year-old skip of the women's team.

Curling events at the 2010 Winter Olympics were in the form of a round-robin tournament; each nation played all others in a group stage with the top four qualifying for medal playoffs. The men's team, the reigning world champions, won group stage games against France, Denmark, China, United States and Germany. These five wins left them in a tie for the last semifinal place with Sweden, who beat them in their group game. A single tiebreaker match was played between the two sides which was won by the Swedes in the first extra end. [21] The women's team, skippered by 19-year-old Eve Muirhead, entered the tournament ranked seventh in the world and beat world champions China in their opening match, but won just two of their remaining eight games to finish seventh in the group and miss out on the semifinals. [22]

Men's tournament

Men's team [23]

Lockerbie CC (curling club), Lockerbie

Results
Round-robin

Draw 1

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Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Edin)00200102016

Draw 3

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Flag of France.svg  France (Dufour)000201100x4

Draw 4

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Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (Stöckli) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00200001014

Draw 5

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Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Schmidt)01010200206

Draw 7

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100203201x9

Draw 8

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch)00301011006

Draw 9

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch)00002100014

Draw 11

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10120202xx8

Draw 12

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Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ulsrud)20202030xx9
Tiebreaker

Having finished level with Sweden with five wins Great Britain faced a single match tiebreaker to decide who advanced to the semifinals.

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Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Edin) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202100010017
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch)020011100106
Standings
Final round robin standings
TeamSkipPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kevin Martin 9907536362814285%Playoffs
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9726443403215784%
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 9635344353320881%
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Niklas Edin 9545052343620682%Tiebreaker
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain David Murdoch 9545744352920981%
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 9454860353811975%
Flag of France.svg  France Thomas Dufour 9363763223416773%
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Fengchun 927526037379777%
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 9274563312912678%
Flag of the United States.svg  United States John Shuster 9274359324118976%
Source: [ citation needed ]

Women's tournament

Women's team [24]
Results

Draw 2

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Muirhead) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000120001015

Draw 3

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Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Norberg) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11020001016

Draw 4

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Muirhead)23002201xx10

Draw 5

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Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Schöpp)100020010x4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Muirhead) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011100103x7

Draw 6

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Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Meguro) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100301105x11

Draw 7

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Muirhead) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102000200005

Draw 8

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Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (Ott) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202401001x10

Draw 10

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Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Jensen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10201030209

Draw 11

Sheet D1234567891011Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Bernard)010101110016
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Muirhead) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002000002105
Standings
Final round robin standings
TeamSkipPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Cheryl Bernard 98156374029201381%Playoffs
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anette Norberg 9725652363613579%
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Bingyu 9636147393712774%
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Mirjam Ott 9636748403671276%
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Angelina Jensen 9454961314015574%
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andrea Schöpp 9365256354015475%
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Eve Muirhead 93654593641111075%
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Moe Meguro 9366470363713573%
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Liudmila Privivkova 93653603640141377%
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Debbie McCormick 92743653636121277%
Source: [ citation needed ]

Figure skating

Sinead and John Kerr, who finished eighth in the ice dancing, on the podium at the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships. Sinead KERR John KERR EC 2009 podium.jpg
Sinead and John Kerr, who finished eighth in the ice dancing, on the podium at the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships.

Great Britain had qualified seven athletes; one in ladies singles, one pair in the pairs skating, and two pairs in ice dancing. [25] The team was announced as Jenna McCorkell in the ladies singles, Stacey Kemp and David King in the pairs and in the ice dancing Sinead Kerr and John Kerr, and Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland. [26] Brother and sister pairing Sinead and John Kerr were considered medal contenders before the Games as they entered the event ranked fifth in the world. [27] The pair, who came third in the 2009 European Championships, went on to finish eighth. [28]

Athlete(s)EventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Jenna McCorkell Ladies' N/A40.6429did not advance29
Stacey Kemp,
David King
Pairs N/A48.281691.6616139.9416
Sinead Kerr,
John Kerr
Ice dancing 37.02856.76892.239186.018
Penny Coomes,
Nicholas Buckland
Ice dancing 25.682146.331971.6019143.6120

Freestyle skiing

Three British women competed in freestyle skiing events, one each in the aerials, moguls and ski cross. Sarah Sauvey became the first Briton to compete in Olympic ski cross, as the sport was making its debut in Vancouver. She finished 34th in the qualifying rounds missing out on the medal rounds by two places. [29]

Women's - Aerials and Moguls
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Sarah Ainsworth Aerials 105.3622did not advance
Ellie Koyander Moguls 18.9824did not advance
Women's Ski cross
AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Sarah Sauvey Ski cross 1:24.5234did not advance

Luge

Britain's sole competitor in luge was Adam Rosen, an American-born athlete who had previously competed at the 2006 Games. The 25-year-old's 16th-place finished equalled his performance in Turin and was just one place off of the highest Winter Olympic finish by any British luger. [30]

AthleteEventRunsFinal totalFinal rank
Run 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4Rank
Adam Rosen Men's singles 48.896
-
16
-
49.005
(1:37:901)
18
(16)
49.259
(2:27.160)
15
(15)
48.856
(3:16.016)
19
(16)
3:16.01616

Cumulative time and standings given in brackets.

Short track speed skating

Britain qualified six athletes in individual short track speed skating events. In the men's events four skaters competed, with Anthony Douglas and Jon Eley each racing at two distances; a team also qualified for the relay event. Eley achieved the squad's best individual finish, coming sixth in 500 metres, a position matched by the relay team. [31] In the women's events Elise Christie raced in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres and Sarah Lindsay also took part in the 500 metres but was disqualified in her heat following a clash with Canada's Jessica Gregg. [32]

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePositionRank
Anthony Douglas 1500 m 2:16.6224N/Adid not advance
Jon Eley 500 m 42.0811 Q41.8751 Q41.5044 QB42.68136
1000 m 1:25.5884N/Adid not advance
Tom Iveson 1000 m 1:27.8414N/Adid not advance
Jack Whelbourne 1500 m 2:14.9723 QN/A2:17.1565did not advance
Paul Worth 500 m 42.9363N/Adid not advance
Anthony Douglas
Jon Eley
Tom Iveson
Jack Whelbourne
Paul Worth
5000 m relay N/A6:50.6184 QB6:50.04516
Women
EventAthleteHeatSemifinalFinal
TimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
Elise Christie 500 m 44.3742 Q44.8213did not advance
1000 m 1:31.3633did not advance
1500 m 2:23.8984did not advance
Sarah Lindsay 500 m 44.7162 QDSQ4did not advance

Key: Q=Qualified for next round, QB=Qualified for B final

Skeleton

Women's skeleton gold medalist Amy Williams Amy Williams.jpg
Women's skeleton gold medalist Amy Williams

Four British athletes qualified for the skeleton events. Amy Williams won Britain's only medal of the Games, a gold in the women's skeleton. Williams became the first British gold medalist in an individual event at the Winter Olympics for thirty years, following Robin Cousins' victory in figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and the first British female individual Winter Olympics gold medalist since Jeannette Altwegg in 1952. [33] Shelley Rudman, Britain's only medalist at the 2006 Olympics, finished sixth in the women's event and her fiancé, Kristan Bromley, finished in the same position in the men's event. [34]

AthletesEventFinalTotalFinal rank
Run 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4Rank
Kristan Bromley Men's skeleton 52.91
-
7
-
52.89
(1:45.80)
5
(5)
52.70
(2:38.50)
8
(6)
52.80
(3:31.30)
7
(6)
3:31.306
Adam Pengilly Men's skeleton 53.75
-
17
-
54.17
(1:47.92)
22
(20)
53.36
(2:41.28)
18
(18)
52.23
(3:34.51)
14
(18)
3:34.5118
Shelley Rudman Women's skeleton 54.66
-
11
-
54.26
(1:48.92)
6
(7)
53.95
(2:42.87)
7
(7)
53.82
(3:36.69)
1
(6)
3:36.696
Amy Williams Women's skeleton 53.83*
-
1
-
54.13
(1:47.96)
2
(1)
53.68*
(2:41.64)
1
(1)
54.00
(3:35.64)
4
(1)
3:35.64Gold medal icon.svg

Cumulative time and standings given in brackets.

Key: * New track records

Snowboarding

Four British snowboarders qualified for the Games. Ben Kilner qualified 7th and progressed through the semifinals, however finished 18th in the Final for the Men's halfpipe. Reserve Marcijan Harasymiw crashed on his second run and did not advance due to injury. Zoe Gillings reached the semifinals of the women's snowboard cross and finished in eighth position overall. [35]

Halfpipe
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinal
Run 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank
Ben Kilner Men's halfpipe 21.532.17 Q3.117.012did not advance18
Lesley McKenna Women's halfpipe 5.12.830did not advance
Parallel giant slalom
AthleteEventQualification1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankOpposition
margin
Opposition
margin
Opposition
margin
Opposition
margin
Rank
Marcijan Harasymiw Men's parallel giant slalom 1:21.0924did not advance
Snowboard cross
AthletesEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsSmall finalRank
TimeRankPositionPositionPosition
Zoe Gillings Women's snowboard cross 1:27.938 Q2 Q348

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Canada competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Canada has competed at all 24 editions of the Winter Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Russian athletes competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022, under the "Russian Olympic Committee" designation due to the consequences of the doping scandal in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Czech Republic at the 2022 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The Czech Republic competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Great Britain competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. The Great Britain team consists of 50 athletes. Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile curler Bruce Mouat was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

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