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{{Short description|Former multi-sport event}}
{{More citations needed|talk=Clarity needed|date=July 2022}}{{Commonwealth Games sidebar}}The '''Commonwealth Winter Games''' was a [[multi-sport event]] comprising [[winter sports]], last held in 1966. Three editions of the Games have been staged. The Winter Games were designed as a counterbalance to the [[Commonwealth Games]], which focuses on summer sports, to accompany the [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]] and [[Summer Olympic Games]].

==History==
The winter Games were founded by [[T.D. Richardson]].<ref name=Semanticus-Richardson>Semanticus.info, [http://semanticus.info/en/meaning/T-D-Richardson-27279302/ T.D. Richardson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726233649/http://semanticus.info/en/meaning/T-D-Richardson-27279302/ |date=2014-07-26 }} (accessed 7 July 2012)</ref> The 1958 Commonwealth Winter Games<ref>CBC News, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canadian-ski-museum-in-trouble-1.1073550 Canadian Ski Museum in trouble], 15 March 2011, Ashley Burke (accessed 7 July 2012)</ref> were held in [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>NZ Collector Services [http://nzcollectorservices.co.nz/product_info.php?products_id=2613 St. Moritz 1958 Commonwealth Winter Games silver medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416045615/http://nzcollectorservices.co.nz/product_info.php?products_id=2613 |date=2017-04-16 }} (accessed 7 July 2012)</ref> This was the inaugural games for the winter edition.<ref name="Semanticus-Richardson" /> The [[1962 Commonwealth Winter Games|1962 Games]] were also held in St. Moritz, complementing the [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Australia]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/christine-smith-1.html Biography] of [[Christine Smith (skier)|Christine Smith]] at sports-reference.com</ref> and the 1966 event was held in St. Moritz as well,<ref>Antiques Reporter AU, [http://www.antiquesreporter.com.au/index.cfm/lot/303014-1962-british-commonwealth-winter-games-in-stmoritz-participation/ St. Mortiz 1966 Commonwealth Winter Games bronze medal] (accessed 7 July 2012)</ref> following which the idea was discontinued.

A Winter Games was proposed for 2010 in [[India]], complementing the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[New Delhi]]. The proposed venue was [[Gulmarg]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Artificial snow to extend winter games season in Gulmarg |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=25 February 2007 }}</ref> where the Indian National Winter Games had previously been held,<ref>{{cite news |title=2010 Commonwealth winter sports to be held in Kashmir: Azad |newspaper=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=6 January 2006 }}</ref> but the idea did not come to fruition.

==List of Commonwealth Winter Games==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Edition !! Year !! Location 
|-
| [[1958 Commonwealth Winter Games|I]] || 1958 || {{Flagicon|Switzerland}} [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]] 
|-
| [[1962 Commonwealth Winter Games|II]] || 1962 || {{Flagicon|Switzerland}} [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]] 
|-
| [[1966 Commonwealth Winter Games|III]] || 1966 || {{Flagicon|Switzerland}} [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]] 
|-
| [[2010 Commonwealth Winter Games|IV]] || 2010 || {{Flagicon|India}} [[Gulmarg]], [[India]] ''(proposed)'' 
|}

== Gallery ==
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File:StMoritz.jpg|[[St. Moritz]], the venue for all three Games from 1958 to 1966
File:Gulmarg kashmir winter2004.jpg|[[Gulmarg]], the venue for the proposed 2010 Games.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Commonwealth Youth Games]]
*[[Commonwealth Paraplegic Games]]
*[[Winter Olympic Games]]
*[[Asian Winter Games]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003153/http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=346678%2F Article in Outlook India.com]
* [http://kashmir.wordpress.com/2006/01/07/commonwealth-host/ Article in Kashmir World Press]

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