Venezuela at the 1998 Winter Olympics but never won a medal at the Winter Olympics. These Winter Olympics were held from 7–22 February 1998; a total of 2,176 athletes represented 72 National Olympic Committees. The only athlete Venezuela sent to Nagano was a luger, Iginia Boccalandro. She was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Iginia Boccalandro was 36 years old at the time of the Nagano Olympics, and was making her Olympic debut. Before the Games, the Salt Lake City, Utah resident claimed that "I'm too old and fat"; she said her real goal was the 2002 Winter Olympics, by which time she would have
Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics of the event. The ski jump was renovated in 1963 to get it to a K-point of . It closed in 2006. The bob run has hosted the FIBT World Championships sixteen more times since the 1948 Games, most recently in 2007. St. Moritz hosted its first recorded alpine skiing World Cup event in 1971. The city hosted the Alpine skiing World Championships in 1974 and 2003. Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics For the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a total of eight sports venues were used. The five venues used for the 1928 Winter Olympics were