History of Skiing & Snowsports
PROJECTS BY EMORY UNIVERSITY HISTORY STUDENTS
In 1975, the establishment of YongPyong Resort, the first ski resort built in South Korea, allowed for significant growth in the snow sports industry for the country.
Today, there are 15 popular ski resorts in South Korea, and with the …
This year marked Shawn White’s fifth Olympic Games and the seventh for the sport of snowboarding as a whole. That sentence means something to anyone, no matter their background. How did a sport not in the Olympics as recently as …
Being named to the U.S. Olympic Alpine Team is arguably the ultimate goal for every young ski racer in the United States. But it’s a privilege that exceedingly few actually attain. The Winter Games occur every 4 years and fewer …
In 1999, after Korea had successfully hosted the Asian Winter Games in PyeongChang, the host city, declared to bid for the hosting city of the 2010 Winter Olympics. South Korea, a country that had already hosted the Summer Olympics and …
Despite the increasing belief of transgender athlete domination in sports, the two most recent Olympic games, the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, were the first to have openly …
