French athletes have a long record of success at the winter Olympic Games, partially because in early years downhill skiing was among the most common event and French Alpine skiers were already well versed, (specially those military members of the Alpine Chasseurs).
In fact the first designated winter games were held in France in 1924, when the summer games were also in Paris (though in 1920 there had been some skating and skiing in Norway). Before WW2 the Games were always held in the same country as the summer event. The French games were at Chamonix, the infamous 1936 German winter games were held at Garmisch Partenkirchen, but after the war the winter Olympics were held in separate countries and since 1994 have been on a different cycle to the summer games.
The 2022 Games will be in China and because the dates are always in February no southern hemisphere country has been able to host the Games. Neither has Britain ever been awarded the Games...
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