Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish 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.

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.

  1. ^ "Shelley Rudman to carry GB flag at Vancouver 2010 opening ceremony". The Guardian. London. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Amy Williams to carry British flag at closing ceremony". The Guardian. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Team GB". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Full text of the constitution" (PDF). taoiseach.gov.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2010.