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Anton Julen
Anton Julen (1898–1982), Swiss cross-country skier and army corporal from Zermatt; won gold in military ski patrol at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics with brother Alfons, Aufdenblatten, and Vaucher.
Anton Kushnir
Anton Kushnir (Антон Сяргеевіч Кушнір), born 1984 in Ukraine, is a Belarusian freestyle aerials skier who won Olympic gold at Sochi 2014 with 134.50, took 2011 world bronze, won the 2016-17 World Cup title, and later coached Kazakhstan.
Anton Shipulin (Антон Владимирович Шипулин)
Anton Shipulin (Антон Владимирович Шипулин), born 1987 in Tyumen, is a retired Russian biathlete, 2014 Sochi relay Olympic champion (later vacated), 2017 world relay champion, and a State Duma deputy; brother of Anastasia Kuzmina.
Anton Sikharulidze
Anton Sikharulidze (Антон Сихарулидзе), Russian pair skater, 2002 Olympic and 1998, 1999 world champion with Yelena Berezhnaya; 2002 judging scandal figure; now president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation.
Antonio Tartaglia
Antonio Tartaglia, born 1968 in Casalbordino, Italy, is an Italian bobsledder and Carabinieri athlete. He won two-man bobsleigh gold at Nagano 1998 with Günther Huber, tied with Canada at 3:37.24, the first gold-medal tie in Olympic bobsleigh history.
Ants Antson
Ants Antson (Antson, Ants), 1938–2015, Estonian speed skater for the USSR; won the 1964 Innsbruck Olympic 1,500 m gold, the first Estonian Winter Olympic gold, and was Estonia's 1992 Albertville flag bearer.
Antti Hyvarinen
Antti Hyvärinen (Antti Abram Hyvärinen, 1932–2000), Finnish ski jumper; first non-Norwegian Olympic ski jumping champion, winning large hill gold at Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 with 227.0 points; career ended by a broken hip in 1957.
Apollinariya Panfilova
Apollinariya Panfilova (Аполлинария Панфилова) is a Russian pair skater who won the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and 2020 World Junior Championships with partner Dmitry Rylov.
Apolo Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno (born 1982, Seattle) is an American short-track speedskater, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian with eight medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze) across the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Games.
Ard Schenk
Ard Schenk (Adrianus Schenk) is a Dutch former speed skater, born in 1944, who won three gold medals at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics and set 18 world records.
Åre
Åre, Jämtland, Sweden: Scandinavia's largest ski resort on Mt. Åreskutan, run by SkiStar, with about 90-100 km of pistes, 877 m vertical, and FIS Alpine World Championships in 1954, 2007, and 2019.
Ari Pekka Nikkola
Ari Pekka Nikkola (born 1969, Kuopio) is a Finnish former ski jumper, two-time Olympic team gold medalist (1988, 1992), four-time world team champion, 1989-90 World Cup overall winner with 9 wins, later coach of Slovenia's team.
Ariane Radler
Ariane Rädler (Ariane Radler), Austrian alpine skier born 1995 in Bregenz, speed specialist for SC Möggers; Olympic team combined gold with Katharina Huber at Milan Cortina 2026 after four ACL tears.
Arianna Fontana
Arianna Fontana, born 1990 in Sondrio, is an Italian short track speed skater with 14 Olympic medals (3 gold) from six Games, 2006-2026, Italy's most decorated Olympian.
Arlet Levandi
Arlet Levandi, Estonian men's singles figure skater born 2005 in Tallinn, son of Anna Levandi and Allar Levandi; 2020 Youth Olympic team gold medalist, EYOF 2022 junior champion, and 2025 Tallinn Trophy Challenger bronze medalist.
Armand Carlsen
Armand Carlsen (Armand Henning Carlsen, 1905–1969) was a Norwegian speed skater and track cyclist of Oslo SK who set a 10,000 m world record of 17:17.4 at Davos in 1928, took 1927 world allround bronze, and later led the Norwegian Skating Association.
Armin Zöggeler
Armin Zöggeler (Il Cannibale), Italian luger born 1974 in Merano, won Olympic medals at six straight Games 1994–2014 (two golds), six world titles, and a record 57 World Cup races; now Italy's luge technical director and FIL vice president.
Arnd Peiffer
Arnd Peiffer, born 1987 in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, is a retired German biathlete who won 10 km sprint gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and world titles in 2011 and 2019.
Arne Dankers
Arne Dankers (born 1980, Ottawa) is a Canadian long track speed skater, silver medalist in the men's team pursuit at Turin 2006, his only Olympics; former Canadian record holder at 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 m.
Arnfinn Bergmann
Arnfinn Bergmann (1928-2011), Norwegian ski jumper from Trondheim, 1952 Oslo Olympic large hill champion at Holmenkollen; only jumper to win Worlds, Olympics, Holmenkollen, and Norwegian titles in one winter.
Arto Koivisto
Arto Koivisto (born 1947, Isojoki, Finland) is a Finnish cross-country skier; at Innsbruck 1976 he won gold in the 4 x 10 km relay and bronze in the 15 km, and was second in the 1975-76 unofficial World Cup behind Juha Mieto.
Arvis Vilkaste
Arvis Vilkaste (born 1989, Balvi) is a Latvian bobsleigh brakeman, Sochi 2014 four-man Olympic champion (upgraded after doping disqualification), 2016 world champion, and 2015 European champion.
Ashleigh McIvor
Ashleigh McIvor (born 1983, Vancouver) is a Canadian ski cross racer, 2009 world champion, and winner of the first Olympic gold in women's ski cross at Vancouver 2010; retired 2012.
Ashley Caldwell
Ashley Caldwell (born 1993, Ashburn, Virginia), American freestyle aerials skier; four-time Olympian, 2022 Olympic mixed team aerials gold medalist, first woman to land the quadruple-twisting triple backflip "The Daddy."
Ashley Wagner
Ashley Wagner is a retired American figure skater who won team bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, world silver in 2016, and three U.S. ladies' titles.
Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering
The Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering, also known as the Asian Ski Mountaineering Championships, are continental ski mountaineering competitions governed by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF).
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen, Colorado, is a resort city in Pitkin County's Roaring Fork Valley, founded as a silver-mining camp in 1879 and now known for its four ski mountains.
Assault of Nancy Kerrigan
Assault of Nancy Kerrigan: January 6, 1994 baton attack on the figure skater at Cobo Arena, Detroit, plotted by Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband; led to Harding's hindering-prosecution plea, lifetime skating ban, and the 1994 Lillehammer scandal.
Astrid Slind
Astrid Øyre Slind (born 1988, Oppdal) is a Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic and world relay champion, five-time World Cup winner, and former Ski Classics marathon specialist who debuted at the Olympics at 37 in 2026.
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier (IL Heming, Oslo), born 1987: 2018 Olympic relay gold, 2007 world sprint champion, ten World Championship medals, six World Cup wins, later physician and IOC athletes' commission member 2021-2026.