Great Britain at the Olympics Winter Olympic medals had been won in sports performed on ice. Snowboarder Jenny Jones became the first British athlete to win a medal on snow in the 90 years of the winter games when she won a bronze medal in the women's slopestyle event. At the 2018 Games, Izzy Atkin won Britain's first skiing medal, winning a bronze in the women's ski slopestyle. The most successful Winter Olympian from Great Britain is Lizzy Yarnold, with two gold medals in the women’s skeleton. As the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United Kingdom, the British Olympic Association (BOA) membership encompasses the
South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics South Korea participated as the "Republic of Korea" at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was their best performance at the Winter Olympics to date, ranking 5th in gold medals and 7th in overall medals. Korea won its first ever medal in figure skating when Kim Yuna won gold and set a world record in the ladies' event. South Korea qualified 2 entrants in ladies singles, for a total of 2 athletes. Kim Yuna's gold medal at the ladies' event is the South Korea's first medal at the Winter