Winter Sports Legends
Alpine skiing, cross-country and winter Olympics legends.
The All-Time Greatest Winter Sports Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Winter Sports Athletes
Browse 56 of the greatest winter sports players of all time.
Norwegian
Aksel Lund Svindal
Alpine Skier
Norwegian alpine skier who won Olympic gold in super-G at Vancouver 2010 and claimed multiple World …
Italian
Alberto Tomba
Alpine Skier
Italian alpine ski racer who dominated slalom and giant slalom in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning …
Russian
Alina Zagitova
Figure Skater
Russian figure skater who won Olympic gold at PyeongChang 2018, becoming the youngest Olympic champi…
Austrian
Anna Gasser
Big Air / Slopestyle
Austrian snowboarder who became Olympic champion in Big Air at PyeongChang 2018, making history as t…
American
Apolo Anton Ohno
Short Track Speed Skater
American short track speed skater who became the most decorated American Winter Olympian with eight …
Japanese
Ayumu Hirano
Halfpipe Snowboarder
Japanese snowboarder and skateboarder, youngest Olympic snowboarding medalist at 15, three-time Olym…
Norwegian
Björn Dæhlie
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier widely regarded as the greatest in the sport's history, with 8 Olympic…
American
Bonnie Blair
Speed Skater
America's most decorated female Winter Olympian — five Olympic gold medals across three Games and th…
American
Brian Boitano
Figure Skater
American figure skater who won Olympic gold in 1988 and is considered one of the greatest male figur…
American
Chloe Kim
Snowboarder
American snowboarder and two-time Olympic halfpipe champion, youngest woman to win Olympic snowboard…
German
Claudia Pechstein
Speed Skater
Nine Olympic medals and the most decorated Winter Olympian in German history — Claudia Pechstein com…
American
Dick Button
Figure Skater
American figure skater who won two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive World Championships, rev…
Chinese
Eileen Gu
Freestyle Skier
Chinese-American freestyle skier who won Olympic gold in halfpipe and became the youngest Olympic fr…
American
Eric Heiden
Speed Skater
Five gold medals at Lake Placid 1980 across every speed skating distance — the greatest single-Games…
Czech
Ester Ledecká
Snowboard / Alpine Ski
Czech alpine skier and snowboarder who became the first person to win Olympic gold medals in two dif…
Russian
Evgeni Plushenko
Figure Skater
Russian figure skater who won Olympic gold in 2006 and is considered one of the greatest men's singl…
Italian
Federica Brignone
Alpine Skier
Italian alpine skier who became the first Italian woman to win the overall World Cup title in 2020 a…
German
Felix Loch
Luge
German luger who dominated the sport in the 2010s, winning Olympic gold in 2014 and 2018, plus multi…
Austrian
Franz Klammer
Downhill Skier
Austrian alpine ski racer who dominated downhill skiing in the 1970s, winning Olympic gold at Innsbr…
German
Georg Hackl
Luge
German luger who dominated the sport in the 1990s, winning three consecutive Olympic gold medals and…
Austrian
Hermann Maier
Alpine Skier
Austrian alpine ski racer who won two Olympic gold medals in 1998 and became one of the most success…
Swedish
Ingemar Stenmark
Alpine Skier
Swedish alpine ski racer widely regarded as the greatest technical skier of all time, winning 86 Wor…
Dutch
Ireen Wüst
Speed Skater
Dutch speed skater who became the most successful Olympic speed skater of all time with six Olympic …
Croatian
Janica Kostelić
Alpine Skier
Croatian alpine skier who became the most successful female skier in World Cup history and Croatia's…
French
Jean-Claude Killy
Alpine Skier
French alpine skier who dominated the sport in the late 1960s, winning three Olympic gold medals at …
Norwegian
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier and sprint specialist, multiple Olympic and World Championship gold me…
Norwegian
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Biathlete
Norwegian biathlete who became one of the most dominant athletes in the sport, winning multiple Olym…
Polish
Kamil Stoch
Ski Jumper
Polish ski jumper and three-time Olympic champion, widely regarded as one of the greatest ski jumper…
German
Katarina Witt
Figure Skater
German figure skater who dominated women's singles in the 1980s, winning consecutive Olympic golds i…
South Korean
Kim Yuna
Figure Skater
South Korean figure skater who became the 2010 Olympic champion and first Korean to win an Olympic m…
Norwegian
Kjetil André Aamodt
Alpine Skier
Norwegian alpine ski racer who became the most successful male alpine skier in Olympic history with …
Swiss
Lara Gut-Behrami
Alpine Skier
Swiss alpine ski racer who won Olympic super-G gold in 2022 and World Championship titles in downhil…
American
Lindsey Jacobellis
Snowboard Cross
American snowboarder who dominated snowboard cross, winning Olympic gold in 2022 and multiple World …
American
Lindsey Vonn
Alpine Skier
82 World Cup victories and four overall World Cup titles — Lindsey Vonn is the most successful femal…
Austrian
Marcel Hirscher
Alpine Skier
Austrian alpine ski racer who dominated the World Cup circuit, winning 8 consecutive overall titles …
Norwegian
Marit Bjørgen
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier and most successful Winter Olympian of all time with 15 Olympic medals…
French
Martin Fourcade
Biathlete
Five Olympic gold medals and seven consecutive World Cup overall titles — Martin Fourcade is the gre…
American
Michelle Kwan
Figure Skater
American figure skater who dominated women's skating in the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning five…
American
Mikaela Shiffrin
Alpine Skier
The most successful alpine skier in history — over 90 World Cup victories and multiple Olympic gold …
American
Nathan Chen
Figure Skater
American figure skater who became Olympic champion in 2022 and revolutionized men's skating with his…
Norwegian
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Biathlete
Norwegian biathlete widely considered the greatest of all time, holding the record for most Olympic …
American
Picabo Street
Downhill Skier
American alpine ski racer who dominated downhill and super-G events in the 1990s, winning Olympic go…
Swiss
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Alpine Skier
Swiss alpine ski racer who won Olympic gold in downhill in 1988 and claimed four overall World Cup t…
American
Scott Hamilton
Figure Skater
American figure skater who won Olympic gold in 1984 and four consecutive World Championships from 19…
American
Shaun White
Snowboarder
American professional snowboarder and skateboarder, three-time Olympic gold medalist in halfpipe, kn…
Japanese
Shizuka Arakawa
Figure Skater
Japanese figure skater who became the first Asian woman to win Olympic singles gold, claiming victor…
Italian
Sofia Goggia
Alpine Skier
Italian alpine ski racer specializing in downhill and super-G, Olympic downhill champion and multipl…
Norwegian
Sonja Henie
Figure Skater
Norwegian figure skater who dominated women's skating from 1927-1936, winning 3 Olympic golds and 10…
American
Tara Lipinski
Figure Skater
American figure skater who became the youngest Olympic champion in individual figure skating history…
Canadian
Tessa Virtue
Ice Dancer
Canadian ice dancer who won three Olympic gold medals and became the most decorated figure skater in…
Norwegian
Therese Johaug
Cross-Country Skier
Norwegian cross-country skier who dominated women's distance events, winning multiple Olympic golds …
Austrian
Toni Sailer
Alpine Skier
Austrian alpine ski racer who became the first person to win all three alpine skiing events at a sin…
British
Torvill and Dean
Ice Dance
British ice dancers who achieved perfection at the 1984 Olympics with their legendary Bolero routine…
Swiss
Vreni Schneider
Alpine Skier
Swiss alpine ski racer who dominated slalom and giant slalom in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning th…
Japanese
Yuzuru Hanyu
Figure Skater
Japanese figure skater, two-time Olympic champion and first to land quadruple loop in competition. K…
New Zealander
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Slopestyle / Big Air
New Zealand snowboarder who became the first athlete from her country to win a Winter Olympic gold m…
Winter Sports Nations
American
15
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Norwegian
9
athletes
Austrian
5
athletes
German
4
athletes
Italian
3
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Japanese
3
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Swiss
3
athletes
Russian
2
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