From Chamonix to Beijing – A Century of Winter Olympism

Each chapter of this book takes us back to a page in the history of winter sports, from Antiquity to the current day, and the Winter Olympic Games. By recalling the historical context, highlighting the victories and legendary records, but also setting out the issues surrounding the competitions, the joy or distress of the athletes, Éric Monnin describes each Olympics in all its human and sporting richness. Amply illustrated with archive documents from the International Olympic Committee and packed with information on the participants and results from all the Olympics, this book is a living portrait, through image and text, of a century of Olympism.