The 1936 Olympic Winter Games were held in the twin Bavarian towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen in Germany. Adolf Hitler opened the Games, as he would do at the Berlin Summer Games six months later.

By Richard Goldstein Iris Cummings Critchell, a swimmer who was the last survivor of the American team that competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and an influential aviator who flew ...

Iris Cummings Critchell, a swimmer who was the last surviving athlete from the 1936 Olympics, died on Jan. 24. She was 104 years old. Cummings Critchell’s death was confirmed by Harvey Mudd ...

Why did the Nazis introduce the Olympic torch relay at the 1936 games? More than 3,000 runners carried torches from Olympia, Greece, to Berlin, Germany, to kick off the 1936 Olympics. Austrian Jew ...

Ms Glover led a very active life, having been a prodigious young swimmer who narrowly missed out on competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ... he felt 80 per cent full. According to one town ...

8, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The first Olympic Esports Games will be hosted in Riyadh in 2027, two years later than expected when a 12-year deal with Saudi ...

Do you hike in the mountains, swim in the ocean, watch the sunset or listen to birds? Do you wish the outdoors were easier to access where you live? By Natalie Proulx What is it like to report ...

"I can say it today that India has a very bright future in sports. We are ready to host the Olympics in 2036," Shah, the chief guest at the event in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, said in his address ...

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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 30, 1924, Gillis Grafström of Sweden won the men’s figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics. The ...

NBC Sports will broadcast the next Winter Olympics from Milan ... while offering a suite of interactive features, full event replays and curated video clips. “Gold Zone,” a so-called ...

Died January 18, 2025 Karen Anderson (Nancy Karen Heiberger), 88, of , New Mexico, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by the love of her family and community. She will be deeply missed by her ...