WINTER OLYMPICS 2010: The tip ten British moments in the story of the Games

Amy Williams provided one of the great moments of British Winter Olympic history when she destroyed her rivals to slide to the gold medal at the Whistler Sliding Center, setting two new track records over her four runs.

Here, Sportsmail looks at 10 other great British moments down the years.

Just for kicks: Jeanette Altwegg won gold in 1952

Chamonix, France, 1924

Great Britain secured four medals in the first Winter Olympic Games in a haul which remains their best ever. The men"s curling team won gold and the men"s four-man bobsleigh team brought home a silver.

Bronze medals were won by figure skater Ethel Muckelt and the men"s ice hockey team.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936

Britain"s ice hockey team upset the favourites - and winners of the three previous Winter Games - Canada with a 2-1 victory. Ten of the British players were Canada-based and qualified through ancestry.

Oslo, Norway, 1952

Having won bronze four years earlier aged 18 in St Moritz, Jeanette Altwegg added the Olympic crown to her European and world titles. She built a considerable lead after the four compulsory figures and earned the overall vote of six of the nine judges.

Innsbruck, Austria, 1964

Tony Nash and Robin Dixon ended a 12-year wait for a British gold medal in a winter event with victory in the two-man bobsleigh ahead of Italy. The Italian driver had loaned the British team a vital nut and bolt after their sled developed problems in practice.

Imagine that, there"s a Beatle in my sledge: Tony Nash takes John Lennon fore a spin in 1965

Innsbruck, Austria, 1976

John Curry skated to 105.9 points out of a possible 108 - a mark which remains the highest total in the history of men"s figure skating - in clinching gold with a scintillating display. Robin Cousins would go on to win in 1980 to keep the title in British hands.

Hot stuff: John Curry

Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1984

A seemingly telepathic rapport propelled Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean tointernational superstardom. The favourites lived up to their billing with a spell-binding display which delivered Britain"s sole medal of the Games.

First and third: Torvill and Dean

Lillehammer, Norway, 1994

The crowds welcomed the return of Torvill and Dean, who put on a captivating display once more. However, the judges were not fully won over and the duo had to settle for bronze.

Nagano, Japan, 1998

Britain"s solitary medal in Japan was claimed by the four-man bobsleigh team. Sean Olsson, Dean Ward, Courtney Rumbolt and Paul Attwood finished in joint third with France. It was Britain"s best finish in the event since 1936.

Salt Lake City, United States, 2002

Rhona Martin led Debbie Knox, Fiona MacDonald and Janice Rankin to a stunningvictory in the women"s curling. Martin"s squad needed Switzerland to beat Germany in order to progress to the knockout stages, but they then beat Sweden, Germany and Canada before a last-stone triumph over Switzerland delivered Britain"s first winter gold since 1984.

Dramatic win: Rhona Martin"s curlers

Turin, Italy, 2006

Shelley Rudman from Pewsey, Wiltshire, took up skeleton after watching Alex Coomber zoom to bronze four years previously. Supported by her home town, whoraised funds to send her to Italy, Rudman then bettered Coomber"s result with a silver medal.

Silver streak: Shelley Rudman

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