St. Moritz 1948

31st January 1948: The opening ceremony of the 1948 Winter Olympics at the Ice Stadium in St Moritz, Switzerland, opened by Swiss president Enrico Celio. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone/Getty Images)

American skier Gretchen Fraser (1919 - 1994) holds a pair of skis as she poses for a portrait during the V Winter Olympic Games, February 1948, St. Moritz, Switzerland. Fraser won the gold in the women's slalom to be America's first Winter gold-medalist at the Olympics. She also won silver in the alpine combined. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

6th February 1948: American figure skater Dick Button makes a sensational leap to win the gold medal in the Men's Singles Figure Skating Championships during the Olympic Games in St Moritz. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

6 FEB 1948: SKIIER GRETCHEN FRAZER (USA) THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN's SPECIAL SLALOM AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS AT ST. MORITZ. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive

1948: Winter Olympic Games, St Moritz. Figure skating Harvard freshman, Richard (Dick) Button became Olympic champion at the age of eighteen, repeating the feat as a final year student four years later in Oslo. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive

5th February 1948: Britain's John Crammond is off to a flying start in the Skeleton Bobsleigh event on the Cresta Run, during the Winter Olympics at St Moritz. He came in third to win the Bronze medal. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone/Getty Images)

2nd February 1948: British iceskaters, Dennis and Winnie Silverthorne, training at the Kulm Rink before the Winter Olympics at St Moritz, Switzerland. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone/Getty Images)