The Winter Olympics for 2018 will shortly begin and we have some great facts that you may not know about, like how the Winter Olympics started? Who made the longest ski jump?

• The Winter Olympics happens every four years.

• The Nordic Games was the original games that inspired the Winter Olympics to take place, this all began in Sweden.

• Victor Gustaf Black started the Nordic Games and when he saw how many people were interested, he went to the International Olympic Committee.

• The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France in 1924.

• For the first Winter Olympics there was 250 athletes from 16 nations that competed in 16 events.

• The Winter Olympics were suspended between 1936-1948 due to World War II

• Only the top three competitors receive a medal.

• The top eight after that receive a diploma from the International Olympic Committee.

• The Winter Olympic Motto is 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' = 'Faster, Higher, Stronger'

• Norwegian athletes have won the most medals in the Winter Olympic games.

• The four indoor sports are Ice Hockey, Speed Skating, Figure Skating and Curling.

• 1968 Winter Olympics were the first games to be shown on TV in colour.

• The movie 'Cool Running's' is inspired by the true Olympic story of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team who debuted at the 1988.

• Eddie "The Eagle" was the first competitor from Great Britain since 1928!

• The longest ski jump was 253.5 metres