Winter Sports Legends
Cross-country skiing, biathlon, luge, freestyle skiing and ski jumping legends.
The All-Time Greatest Winter Sports Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Winter Sports Athletes
Browse 49 of the greatest winter sports players of all time.
Norwegian
Björn Dæhlie
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier widely regarded as the greatest in the sport's history, with 8…
Chinese
Eileen Gu
Freestyle Skier
Chinese-American freestyle skier who won Olympic gold in halfpipe and became the youngest Olympic…
German
Felix Loch
Luge
German luger who dominated the sport in the 2010s, winning Olympic gold in 2014 and 2018, plus…
German
Georg Hackl
Luge
German luger who dominated the sport in the 1990s, winning three consecutive Olympic gold medals…
Norwegian
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier and sprint specialist, multiple Olympic and World Championship gold…
Norwegian
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Biathlete
Norwegian biathlete who became one of the most dominant athletes in the sport, winning multiple…
Polish
Kamil Stoch
Ski Jumper
Polish ski jumper and three-time Olympic champion, widely regarded as one of the greatest ski…
Norwegian
Marit Bjørgen
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier and most successful Winter Olympian of all time with 15 Olympic…
French
Martin Fourcade
Biathlete
Five Olympic gold medals and seven consecutive World Cup overall titles — Martin Fourcade is the…
Norwegian
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Biathlete
Norwegian biathlete widely considered the greatest of all time, holding the record for most Olympic…
Norwegian
Therese Johaug
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier who dominated women's distance events, winning multiple Olympic golds…
Finnish
Matti Nykänen
Ski Jumper
Finnish ski jumper nicknamed 'The Flying Finn,' widely regarded as the greatest in his sport's…
Swiss
Simon Ammann
Ski Jumper
Swiss ski jumper nicknamed 'Harry Potter' for his bespectacled, youthful appearance, who became the…
Norwegian
Petter Northug
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier and double Olympic champion renowned for his trademark finishing…
Polish
Justyna Kowalczyk
Cross-Country Skier
Polish cross-country skier and her country's most decorated Winter Olympian, who won two Olympic…
German
Magdalena Neuner
Biathlete
German biathlete nicknamed 'Gold Lena,' the most successful woman in Biathlon World Championship…
Belarusian
Darya Domracheva
Biathlete
Belarusian biathlete and her country's most decorated Olympian, who became the first woman to win…
Canadian
Mikaël Kingsbury
Freestyle Skier
Canadian freestyle skier nicknamed 'The King,' the most dominant moguls competitor in history with…
Canadian
Alex Bilodeau
Freestyle Skier
Canadian freestyle skier who became the first Canadian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal on home…
Canadian
Kaillie Humphries
Bobsled Pilot
Canadian-American bobsled pilot and the only woman ever to win Olympic gold for two different…
German
Eric Frenzel
Nordic Combined Skier
German Nordic combined skier and the most decorated athlete in the discipline's Olympic history,…
American
Jessie Diggins
Cross-Country Skier
American cross-country skier and the most decorated in U.S. history, who won her country's…
American
Kikkan Randall
Cross-Country Skier
American cross-country skiing pioneer who capped a 20-year career with the United States' first…
Italian
Armin Zöggeler
Luger
Italian luger nicknamed 'The Cannibal,' the most decorated athlete in luge history who became the…
British
Lizzy Yarnold
Skeleton Racer
British skeleton racer who became the first Briton to defend a Winter Olympic title, having been…
American
Elana Meyers Taylor
Bobsled Pilot
American bobsled pilot and the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history, who finally…
American
Hannah Kearney
Freestyle Skier
American moguls skier who won Olympic gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games by denying a Canadian gold…
Canadian
Jean-Luc Brassard
Freestyle Skier
Canadian freestyle skier who won Canada's first-ever Olympic moguls gold medal in 1994, laying the…
German
Carina Vogt
Ski Jumper
German ski jumper who became the first-ever Olympic women's ski jumping champion in 2014, a…
American
John Shuster
Curler (Skip)
American curler who led Team USA to its first-ever Olympic curling gold medal in 2018, a comeback…
Slovenian
Petra Majdič
Cross-Country Skier
Slovenian cross-country skier who won an Olympic bronze medal with five broken ribs and a punctured…
German
Natalie Geisenberger
Luger
German luger nicknamed the 'Queen of Luge,' the most decorated athlete in the sport's Olympic…
Japanese
Sara Takanashi
Ski Jumper
Japanese ski jumper who holds the record for most World Cup victories by any jumper, male or…
American
Steven Holcomb
Bobsled Pilot
American bobsled pilot who ended a 62-year gold medal drought in the four-man event at the 2010…
Canadian
Jennifer Jones
Curler (Skip)
Canadian curler widely regarded as the greatest female skip in the sport's history, who led her…
Australian
Alisa Camplin
Aerial Skier
Australian aerial skier who won Olympic gold in 2002 despite competing on two fractured ankles,…
British
Amy Williams
Skeleton Racer
British skeleton racer who won Olympic gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games, becoming Britain's first…
Swedish
Charlotte Kalla
Cross-Country Skier
Swedish cross-country skier and her country's most decorated female Olympian, whose dramatic relay…
Slovak
Anastasia Kuzmina
Biathlete
Russian-born Slovak biathlete and her adopted country's most decorated Olympian, the only woman in…
Italian
Manuela Di Centa
Cross-Country Skier
Italian cross-country skier who achieved an unmatched feat at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics,…
Norwegian
Vegard Ulvang
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier and adventurer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Albertville…
Polish
Adam Małysz
Ski Jumper
Polish ski jumper who transformed the sport into a national obsession, winning four World Cup…
Austrian
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Ski Jumper
Austrian ski jumper who holds the all-time record for individual World Cup wins with 53, alongside…
Austrian
Thomas Morgenstern
Ski Jumper
Austrian ski jumper and three-time Olympic champion who won two World Cup overall titles and…
Slovenian
Peter Prevc
Ski Jumper
Slovenian ski jumper and the first person to jump 250 metres, who won the 2016 overall World Cup…
Austrian
Martin Koch
Ski Jumper
Austrian ski jumper and ski-flying specialist who won Olympic team gold at Turin 2006 and held…
German
Andreas Wellinger
Ski Jumper
German ski jumper and 2018 Olympic normal hill champion, one of the most consistent performers on…
German
Richard Freitag
Ski Jumper
German ski jumper who finished runner-up in the 2017-18 overall World Cup standings, continuing a…
Norwegian
Daniel-André Tande
Ski Jumper
Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 Olympic team champion who survived a horrific crash and medically…
Winter Sports Nations
Norwegian
9
athletes
German
8
athletes
American
6
athletes
Canadian
5
athletes
Polish
3
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Austrian
3
athletes
Italian
2
athletes
British
2
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