The 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games. Sending 33 athletes to the Albertville Winter Games, China saw Ye Qiaobo clinch ...

The Olympic Games are all about their legacies. The benefits that the Games create – from increased sports participation and educational programmes to a boosted economy and an improved urban ...

The official mascot for the second Winter Olympics was a snowman that wore a Tyrolean ... The star-shaped mascot symbolized dreams and imagination at the Albertville Olympics. Cobi, a human Pyrenean ...

Here’s some background information about the Winter Olympics, which are held every four years. The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held February 6-22, 2026, in Milan-Cortina, Italy. The 2022 ...

Alpy is the cheerful mascot of the Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games. It represented the joy of the Games and welcomed everybody to the events from 25 March to 1 April 1992. Created by ...

Getty Images Ms Fernandez skis downhill during the women's slalom at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, in 1992 In an interview in 2014, Ms Fernandez said skiing had become an "obsession ...

Nicolas Bochatay was a Swiss speed skier who competed in the demonstration event in that sport at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics. He was the 1991 Swiss speed skiing champion, but he had started ...

Ye Qiaobo competed in speed skating. She won China's first ever Winter Olympics medal, a silver in the 500 meters at the 1992 Games in Albertville, France. Ye is originally from the northeastern ...