Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/22

... that in 1995, René Fasel of Switzerland became the first ever representative of ice hockey to become a member of the International Olympic Committee?
... that Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt was the first woman to throw a shot put more than 19 meters in the Summer Olympic Games?
... that Ukrainian runner Yuliya Krevsun ended her track career in 2005 to start a family, but later made a comeback and reached the 800 metres final at the Beijing Olympics?
... that while training to become a mountain guide, former Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Karine Ruby was killed in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc?
...that the Olympic ice hockey tournament was nearly canceled when two hockey teams from the United States arrived in St. Moritz, Switzerland, to compete in the 1948 Winter Olympic Games?