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Through the 2006 Games in Turin, none. Australia has won 3 gold medals at the Winter Games, all in individual events (2 in freestyle skiing and 1 in short track speed skating). Australia has won a bronze medal in a team event, that being the men's 5,000 meter short track speed skating relay at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer.
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RossAt the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Australia has athletes competing in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, short track Speed skating, skeleton, Snowboarding, and speed skating.
At previous Winter Games, Australia participated in Ice Hockey and nordic combined.
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How many times have the winter Olympics been in Australia?
Australia has never hosted the Winter Olympics. It's difficult to host the Winter Olympics in the Southern Hemisphere because it is summer when the games are traditionally played (February)
Why do the winter Olympic games happen?
The Olympics are modeled after the ancient Greek Olympics which were a competition between Greek city-states. The Winter Olympics happen now to have snow and ice sports in the Olympics.
What kind of sports were involved in the winter and summer Olympics?
tennis,swimming,
Did the ancient Olympics have winter sports?
No. The Olympics were only track and field and the winners received laurel leaf crowns.
Who was Australia's first winter Olympics gold medalist?
Steven Bradbury at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games
