Greatest Women in Winter Sports
The finest female winter sports players and champions in history.
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Women's Winter Sports Legends
Browse 14 of the greatest female winter sports athletes of all time.
German
Katarina Witt
Figure Skater
Two Olympic gold medals — the most glamorous and commercially successful figure skater of the Cold War era.…
Norwegian
Sonja Henie
Figure Skater
Three consecutive Olympic gold medals — the figure skater who turned the sport into show business.…
American
Picabo Street
Downhill Skier
The most famous American female skier — Olympic gold and comeback from a near-career-ending knee injury.…
Canadian
Tessa Virtue
Ice Dancer
The most decorated figure skater in Olympic history — five medals with Scott Moir.…
American
Mikaela Shiffrin
Alpine Skier
The most successful alpine skier in history — over 90 World Cup victories and multiple Olympic gold medals red…
American
Lindsey Vonn
Alpine Skier
82 World Cup victories and four overall World Cup titles — Lindsey Vonn is the most successful female ski race…
German
Claudia Pechstein
Speed Skater
Nine Olympic medals and the most decorated Winter Olympian in German history — Claudia Pechstein competed acro…
American
Tara Lipinski
Figure Skater
The youngest Olympic figure skating champion in history — won gold at Nagano 1998 at just 15 years and 255 day…
American
Michelle Kwan
Figure Skater
The most decorated figure skater in US history — five World Championship titles, nine US National Championship…
Norwegian
Marit Bjørgen
Cross-Country Skier
The most decorated Winter Olympian in history — 15 Olympic medals including 8 gold across five Games, 18 World…
Croatian
Janica Kostelić
Alpine Skier
The most decorated alpine skier from any non-traditional skiing nation — four Olympic gold medals, three World…
Dutch
Ireen Wüst
Speed Skater
The most decorated Dutch Winter Olympian — six Olympic gold medals across five Games from 2006 to 2022, making…
American
Bonnie Blair
Speed Skater
America's most decorated female Winter Olympian — five Olympic gold medals across three Games and the first Am…
Japanese
Shizuka Arakawa
Figure Skater
Japan's most celebrated figure skater and the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skat…