5 MORE GB PIONEERS

LIZZY YARNOLD made history as the first Briton to retain a Winter Games gold when she defended her skeleton title in Pyeonchang. But who else has made history for Great Britain?

JEANNETTE ALTWEGG Figure skating 1948

GB’s first multiple Winter medal winner and the first to win an individual title. Was the only British woman with a solo gold until Amy Williams, 58 years later.

JOHN CURRY Figure skating 1976

GB’s first male individual gold medallist, blazing a trail for Robin Cousins to follow four years later.

NICKY GOOCH Speed skating 1994

Succeeded where Elise Christie has failed by winning a medal on the short-track — GB’s first and only speed-skating medal.

JENNY JONES Snowboard slopestyle 2014

From ice to snow: Jones’ bronze was GB’s first medal on the soft stuff.

AMY WILLIAMS Skeleton 2010

Kicked off GB’s gold rush with their first individual title since Robin Cousins in 1980. Matched and then surpassed by Lizzy Yarnold.