Commonwealth Winter Games

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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.

List of Commonwealth Winter Games[]

Edition	Year	Location
	1958	St. Moritz, Switzerland
II	1962	St. Moritz, Switzerland
	1966	St. Moritz, Switzerland
IV	2010	Gulmarg, India (scrapped)

Gallery[]

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  St. Moritz, the venue for all three Games from 1958 to 1966

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  Gulmarg, the venue for the proposed 2010 Games.

See also[]

• Commonwealth Youth Games
• Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
• Winter Olympic Games
• Asian Winter Games

References[]

External links[]

• Article in Outlook India.com
• Article in Kashmir World Press