Editing Commonwealth Games (section)

=== Winter Games ===
{{Main|Commonwealth Winter Games}}

[[File:StMoritz.jpg|thumb|[[St. Moritz]], the venue for all three Winter Games from 1958 to 1966]]

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 [[Commonwealth 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]]. 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=26 July 2014}} (accessed 7 July 2012)</ref> The 1958 Commonwealth Winter Games were held in [[St. Moritz]], Switzerland and was the inaugural games for the winter edition.<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><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=16 April 2017 }} (accessed 7 July 2012)</ref> The 1962 Games were also held in St. Moritz, complementing the [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Perth]], Australia, and the 1966 event was held in St. Moritz as well, following which the idea was discontinued.<ref>Antiques Reporter, [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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330070457/https://www.antiquesreporter.com.au/index.cfm/lot/303014-1962-british-commonwealth-winter-games-in-stmoritz-participation/|date=30 March 2019 }} (accessed 7 July 2012)</ref>