Winter Sports Stories

In honor of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang and the joy of the outdoors in winter, we've assembled a collection of short stories celebrating winter sports: ice skating, hockey, skiing, sledding, among other winter pastimes. The ancient Olympic Games were staged in Olympia, Greece from 776 B.C.E through 393 A.C.E., but did you know they did not occur again until 1896, the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece? And the first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France in 1924 on the slopes of Mont-Blanc.

You may also enjoy our collections of Year of the Dog Stories, Short Stories for Students, and Short Stories by Collection & Author

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Race for Number One

An Alpine Pass on "Ski"

The Glamour of the Snow

Davos in Winter

Winter Sport

The Snow Man

A Winter Round-Up

Winter Pastimes

The Ice Cyclone

Children will especially enjoy...

Fun on the Ice

Criss-Crossed Skis

The Snow Image

Nils Finn

A Snow Man (poem)

Winter Sports Photo Gallery

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