Commonwealth Winter Games

The Commonwealth Winter Games was a multi-sport event comprising winter sports, last held in 1966. Three editions of the Games have been staged. The Winter Games were designed as a counterbalance to the Commonwealth Games, which focuses on summer sports, to accompany the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympic Games.

History

The winter Games were founded by T.D. Richardson.^[1] The 1958 Commonwealth Winter Games^[2] were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.^[3] This was the inaugural games for the winter edition.^[1] The 1962 Games were also held in St. Moritz, complementing the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia,^[4] and the 1966 event was held in St. Moritz as well,^[5] following which the idea was discontinued.

A Winter Games was proposed for 2010 in India, complementing the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The proposed venue was Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir,^[6] where the Indian National Winter Games had previously been held,^[7] but the idea did not come to fruition.

^ ^a ^b Semanticus.info, T.D. Richardson Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 7 July 2012)
^ CBC News, Canadian Ski Museum in trouble, 15 March 2011, Ashley Burke (accessed 7 July 2012)
^ NZ Collector Services St. Moritz 1958 Commonwealth Winter Games silver medal Archived 2017-04-16 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 7 July 2012)
^ Biography of Christine Smith at sports-reference.com
^ Antiques Reporter AU, St. Mortiz 1966 Commonwealth Winter Games bronze medal (accessed 7 July 2012)
^ "Artificial snow to extend winter games season in Gulmarg". Hindustan Times. 25 February 2007.
^ "2010 Commonwealth winter sports to be held in Kashmir: Azad". Press Trust of India. 6 January 2006.

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