This is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896.
 Since then, summer games have usually but not always celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad.
 There have been 28 Summer Olympic Games held in 23 cities, and 22 Winter Olympic Games held in 19 cities.
 In addition, three summer and two winter editions of the Games were scheduled to take place but later cancelled due to war: Berlin (summer) in 1916; Tokyo/Helsinki (summer) and Sapporo/Garmisch-Partenkirchen (winter) in 1940; and London (summer) and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (winter) in 1944.
 The 1906 Summer Olympics were officially sanctioned and held in Athens.
 However, in 1949, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), decided to unrecognize the 1906 Games.
 Five cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
 It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo) and the third time overall (after the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome).
 Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner.
 Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Leslie Thompson (born 1963) was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1995.
 Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 32nd in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Lillehammer in 1994.
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les "XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver"), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France.
 They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics were held at the same site.
 Albertville was selected as host in 1986, beating Sofia, Falun, Lillehammer, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Anchorage and Berchtesgaden.
 The games were the third Winter Olympics held in France, after Chamonix in 1924 and Grenoble in 1968, and the fifth Olympics overall in the country.
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (French: "Les XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver" ), was a Winter Olympics multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Canada between February 13 and 28, 1988.
 The host city was selected in 1981 over Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
 Most events took place in Calgary while several skiing events were held in the mountain resorts of Nakiska and Canmore, west of the city.
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 are scheduled for February 9-21 2021 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
 The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in Cancún, Mexico, on 10 June 2016.
 Cortina d'Ampezzo was the only applicant.
The 1944 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (after the cancellation of 1940's V Olympic Winter Games) (Italian: "V Giochi olimpici invernali"), were to have been celebrated in February 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
 Cortina d'Ampezzo had been awarded the games in June 1939, but with the onset of World War II, the 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled in 1941.
The selection process for the 1944 Winter Olympics consisted of three bids, and saw Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, be selected ahead of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Oslo, Norway.
 The selection was made at the 31st IOC Session in London, Great Britain, in 1939.
 The games were ultimately not held due to the Second World War.
 Cortina d'Ampezzo was ultimately awarded a Winter Olympics in 1956.
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games (French: Les "XX Jeux olympiques d'hiver") (Italian: "XX Giochi olimpici invernali") and commonly known as Turin 2006 or Torino 2006, was a winter multi-sport event which was held in Turin, Piedmont, Italy from February 10 to 26, 2006.
 This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.
 Italy also hosted the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960.
 Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 games in June 1999.
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les "VII Jeux olympiques d'hiver") (Italian: "VII Giochi olimpici invernali"), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
 This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956.
 Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out Montreal, Colorado Springs and Lake Placid for the right to host the 1956 Games.
 The Cortina Games were unique in that many of the venues were within walking distance of each other.
 The organising committee received financial support from the Italian government for infrastructure improvements, but the rest of the costs for the Games had to be privately financed.
 Consequently, the organising committee was the first to rely heavily on corporate sponsorship for funding.

Question: Which Winter Olympics did Leslie Thomas compete at, where the host city was chosen over Falun and Cortina d'Ampezzo?
Answer: 1988 Winter Olympics