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Carlo Janka
Carlo Janka (born 1986, Ilanz, Switzerland), nicknamed Iceman, Swiss alpine skier; 2010 Olympic giant slalom gold, 2009 world giant slalom champion, 2009/10 overall World Cup winner, 11 World Cup wins; retired 2022 at Wengen.
Carole Montillet Carles
Carole Montillet Carles, born 1973 in Grenoble, French alpine skier; 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic downhill champion, first Frenchwoman to win that title, 2003 Super-G World Cup globe, 8 World Cup wins, retired 2006.
Chemmy Alcott
Chemmy Alcott (Chimene Mary Alcott-Crawford, born 1982, Hove) is a British former alpine ski racer, four-time Winter Olympian 2002-2014, first Briton to win a World Cup run, now BBC Ski Sunday presenter.
Christine Goitschel
Christine Goitschel (born 1944, Sallanches), French alpine skier of CS Val d'Isère; 1964 Innsbruck slalom gold and giant slalom silver, both beside sister Marielle, the only siblings with two Olympic gold-silver doubles.
Christl Cranz
Christl Cranz (Christel Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers, 1914–2004), German alpine skier; 1936 Olympic combined champion, 12 world titles 1934–1939, later founded the Steibis ski school.
Christl Haas
Christl Haas (1943-2001), Austrian alpine skier from Kitzbühel; downhill gold at Innsbruck 1964 Olympics, world downhill champion 1962 and 1964, downhill bronze at Grenoble 1968; lit the 1976 Olympic cauldron.
Corinne Suter
Corinne Suter, Swiss alpine skier (born 1994, Schwyz), 2022 Olympic downhill champion and 2021 world downhill champion, won the 2020 downhill and super-G crystal globes and returned to World Cup winning form at Soldeu in February 2026.
Daniel Yule
Daniel Yule, born 1993 in Martigny, Switzerland, is a slalom specialist racing for SC Champex-Ferret; Olympic mixed-team gold 2018, world team gold 2019, 9 World Cup victories.
Daniela Ceccarelli
Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian alpine skier born 1975 in Frascati, won the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Super G gold by 0.05 seconds over Janica Kostelić; mother and coach of Lara Colturi, who races for Albania.
Deborah Compagnoni
Deborah Compagnoni, Italian alpine skier born 1970 in Bormio; first to win alpine skiing gold at three consecutive Winter Olympics (1992 super-G, 1994 and 1998 giant slalom) plus 1998 slalom silver.
Denise Feierabend
Denise Feierabend, Swiss alpine skier born 1989, slalom and combined specialist; 2018 PyeongChang Olympic gold in the mixed team event, two Games, ten World Cup seasons, later a primary school teacher.
Diann Roffe Steinrotter
Diann Roffe Steinrotter, American alpine skier (born 1967, Warsaw, New York); 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Super-G gold, 1992 Albertville giant slalom silver, 1985 Bormio world giant slalom champion; retired March 1994.
Didier Defago
Didier Défago (born 1977, Morgins, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss alpine skier, 2010 Vancouver Olympic downhill champion, four-time Olympian, with 5 World Cup wins and 16 podiums.
Dominique Gisin
Dominique Gisin (born 1985, Visp, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss alpine skier who tied with Tina Maze for downhill gold at Sochi 2014, the first Olympic alpine tie; 3 World Cup wins; later a Fly7 pilot and ETH Zurich physics student.
Edy Reinalter
Edy Reinalter (Romedi Peter Reinalter, 1920-1962), Swiss alpine skier of Guardia Grischa; won the first Olympic men's slalom at St. Moritz 1948 in 2:10.3, still the only Swiss male slalom Olympic champion.
Egon Zimmermann
Egon Zimmermann (1939-2019), Austrian alpine skier, Egon Zimmermann II, won the 1964 Innsbruck Olympic downhill in 2:18.16 and the 1962 Chamonix giant slalom world title; later hotelier in Lech.
Emma Sahlin
Emma Sahlin, born 2002, Swedish alpine skier with Sollentuna SLK; won girls' slalom gold at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics in 1:29.82, was 15th in Super-G, later FIS-inactive.
Erik Guay
Erik Guay (born 1981, Montreal) is a Canadian former alpine ski racer from Mont-Tremblant; 25 World Cup podiums, 2010 super-G Crystal Globe, 2011 and 2017 world champion, three-time Olympian, retired 2018.
Ernst Hinterseer
Ernst Hinterseer (born 1932, Kitzbühel) is an Austrian alpine skier who won slalom gold and giant slalom bronze at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics, later the 1963 World Professional title and Austrian national coach.
Estelle Alphand
Estelle Alphand (born 1995, Briançon) is a Swedish alpine skier, daughter of Luc Alphand, who won 4 medals for France at the 2012 Youth Olympics, switched to Sweden in May 2017, and raced at the 2018 and 2026 Olympics.
Finn Christian Jagge
Finn Christian Jagge ("Finken"), 1966–2020, Norwegian alpine skier; Olympic slalom gold at Albertville 1992 ahead of Alberto Tomba; seven World Cup slalom wins, 17 podiums, four Olympics.
Franck Piccard
Franck Piccard (born 1964) is a French former alpine ski racer who won the first Olympic super-G gold at Calgary in 1988 and took three Olympic medals.
Franjo von Allmen
Franjo von Allmen (born 2001, Zweisimmen, Switzerland) is a Swiss downhill and super-G skier who won three gold medals at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics and the 2025 world downhill title.
Franz Klammer
Franz Klammer, also known as Kaiser Franz or Klammer Express, Austrian alpine skier born 1953 in Mooswald; 1976 Innsbruck Olympic downhill gold, record 25 World Cup downhill wins, five downhill World Cup titles.
Fritz Strobl
Fritz Strobl, born 1972 in Lienz, Austrian alpine skier nicknamed "The Cat"; 2002 Olympic downhill champion and Streif course record holder (1:51.58, 1997). Not the ORF manager Pius Strobl.
Giuliano Razzoli
Giuliano Razzoli, "Razzo del circo bianco", Italian alpine skier born 1984; 2010 Vancouver Olympic slalom gold (1:39.32), third Italian Olympic slalom champion after Gros and Tomba; 2014 DNF, 2022 8th.
Gretchen Fraser
Gretchen Fraser, born Gretchen Kunigk, was an American alpine ski racer who won the 1948 Olympic slalom at St. Moritz, the first American gold medal in alpine skiing.
Gustavo Thoeni
Gustavo Thoeni (Gustav Thöni), born 1951 in Trafoi, Italy, is a retired alpine ski racer who won four overall World Cups (1971-73, 1975), Olympic giant slalom gold at Sapporo 1972, and five world titles, later coaching Alberto Tomba.
Hanni Wenzel
Hanni Wenzel (Hannelore Wenzel, Weirather-Wenzel), Liechtenstein alpine skier born 1956 in Straubing; 1980 Olympic gold in slalom and giant slalom, silver downhill; two overall World Cup titles, 33 wins.
Hans Petter Buraas
Hans Petter Buraas (Burre), born 1975 in Bærum, Norwegian alpine skier who won surprise slalom gold at Nagano 1998 in 1:49.31; one World Cup win (Sestriere 2000), ten podiums, retired 2007 after neck injury.