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Athens Rock Lobsters
Athens Rock Lobsters: minor league hockey team in Athens, Georgia, named after The B-52s' "Rock Lobster" by an 8,000-vote fan poll; FPHL 2024-25, SPHL from 2026-27, home Akins Ford Arena.
Atlantic Hockey America
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is an NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey conference formed in 2024 by merging Atlantic Hockey (est. 2003) and College Hockey America (est. 2002); 16 programs across 14 schools, led by commissioner Michelle Morgan.
Auguste Aulnette
Auguste Aulnette, French alpine skier (born 2002, Cluses), Ski Club Mieussy slalom and giant slalom specialist; 2020 Youth Olympic combined gold, European Cup slalom runner-up 2025-26, France A team member.
Auli, India
Auli (Garhwali for meadow) is a ski resort town in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, called the ski capital of India, with FIS-approved slopes, a Joshimath ropeway, and a December-to-March ski season.
Austin Kleba
Austin Kleba (born 1999) is an American long track speed skater, 2022 Beijing Olympian in 500m and 1000m, holder of the men's team sprint world record 1:16.98 set with Cooper McLeod and Zach Stoppelmoor in Calgary in 2025, and a former competitive hockey player.
Australian Figure Skating Championships
Australian Figure Skating Championships (AFSC), Australia's national figure skating titles run by Ice Skating Australia; singles, pairs, ice dance, solo dance, and synchro from Basic Novice to Senior; AFSC 2026 in Perth, separate Adult championships since 2026.
Axel jump
Axel jump: figure skating jump named for Axel Paulsen, first performed Vienna 1882; only jump with forward outside takeoff, adding half a rotation (quad Axel = 4.5 turns). First landed by Malinin, 2022.
Axel Paulsen
Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian speed and figure skater, Norway's first skating king; created the Axel jump (Vienna 1882), the only forward-takeoff jump, and designed modern fixed-blade speed skates.
Ayaka Kikuchi
Ayaka Kikuchi (菊池彩花), Japanese speed skater born 1987 in Nagano; 2018 Olympic team pursuit gold medalist, 2015 world single distances team pursuit champion, and team pursuit world record holder (2:53.88, Calgary 2017).
Ayano Sato
Ayano Sato (佐藤綾乃) is a Japanese speed skater, born in 1996 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, who won team pursuit medals at three consecutive Winter Olympics, taking gold at Pyeongchang 2018.
Ayumu Hirano (平野歩夢)
Ayumu Hirano (平野歩夢) is a Japanese halfpipe snowboarder who won Olympic gold at Beijing 2022 after silvers at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, the first snowboarder to podium at three straight Olympic halfpipe events.
Babben Enger-Damon
Babben Enger-Damon (Barbra Mette Stockfleth Enger-Damon), born 19 September 1939 in Oslo, Norwegian cross-country skier; won 3x5 km relay gold at Grenoble 1968 with Aufles and Mørdre-Lammedal, Norway's first women's team Olympic gold.
Baqueira-Beret
Baqueira-Beret: ski resort in the Val d'Aran, Catalan Pyrenees, Spain, opened 6 December 1964; Spain's largest ski area with 169–173 km of pistes across Baqueira, Beret, Bonaigua, and Peülla sectors.
Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott (1928–2012), known as "Canada's Sweetheart," was a Canadian figure skater who won women's singles gold at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, a two-time World champion.
Barbara Petzold
Barbara Petzold (Petzold-Beyer), born 1955 in Oberwiesenthal, East German cross-country skier and first German Olympic champion in the sport, winning the 1980 Lake Placid 10 km and 4×5 km relay after 1976 relay bronze.
Barbara Wagner
Barbara Wagner (Barbara Aileen Wagner, born 5 May 1938, Toronto) is a Canadian pair figure skater who with Robert Paul won 1960 Olympic gold, four World titles 1957-1960, and the 1959 Lou Marsh Trophy.
Bart Swings
Bart Swings (Swings on Wings), Belgian inline and long-track speed skater born 1991 in Leuven; 2022 Olympic mass start gold, Belgium's first Winter gold since 1948, plus 2018 silver and many inline world titles.
Bart Veldkamp
Bart Veldkamp (born 1967, Den Haag), Dutch-born speed skater who won 10,000 m gold at Albertville 1992 for the Netherlands, then competed for Belgium, winning its first Olympic speed skating medal at Nagano 1998.
Beat Feuz
Beat Feuz, Swiss alpine skier born 1987 in Schangnau, Bern; 2022 Olympic downhill gold, 2018 silver and bronze, 2017 world downhill champion, four straight downhill World Cup titles 2018-2021, 16 World Cup wins, retired January 2023.
Beat Hefti
Beat Hefti (born 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder, pusher then pilot, competing at four Olympics 2002–2014 with 1 gold and 3 bronze, plus 2007 world four-man title and European and World Cup two-man titles.
Becky Sundstrom
Becky Sundstrom (Rebecca Lynn Sundstrom-Thometz), born 1976 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, is an American long-track speed skater who competed at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, won the 1995 World Junior All-Around title, and set a 1998 mini-combination world record.
Ben Ferguson
Ben Ferguson (born 1995, Boise, Idaho) is an American snowboarder from Bend, Oregon; 2018 PyeongChang Olympic 4th in halfpipe, 2012 Youth Olympic gold medalist, now a backcountry film rider and director.
Benjamin Karl
Benjamin Martin Karl (born 1985, Sankt Pölten) is an Austrian parallel snowboarder, five-time world champion, and Olympic PGS champion at Beijing 2022 and Milano Cortina 2026, with silver 2010 and bronze 2014.
Benjamin Raich
Benjamin Raich, Benni, Der Blitz aus Pitz, Austrian alpine skier born 1978; double Olympic gold medalist (2006 slalom, giant slalom), 2006 overall World Cup winner, 36 World Cup victories, retired 2015, now ORF analyst.
Benny Kohlberg
Benny Tord Kohlberg (born 1954, Arvika, Sweden), Swedish cross-country skier, Arvika IS; Olympic gold in the 4x10 km relay at Sarajevo 1984 with Wassberg, Ottosson, and Svan; fifth in the 1980 relay; 1982 Swedish 30 km champion.
Bent Anund Ramsfjell
Bent Anund Ramsfjell, born 1967 in Oslo, is a Norwegian curler who played lead on the Norwegian team that won Olympic gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Bergisel Ski Jump
The Bergisel Ski Jump (Bergiselschanze) is a ski jumping hill above Innsbruck, Austria, hosting Olympic ski jumping in 1964 and 1976 and the Four Hills Tournament since 1953.
Berit Kvello Aunli
Berit Kvello Aunli (Berit Kristine Kvello-Aunli, born 1956 in Stjørdal) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won three Olympic and five World Championship medals, taking triple gold at the 1982 World Championships.
Berit Mørdre Lammedal
Berit Mørdre Lammedal (1940–2016), Norwegian cross-country skier of the "Jentut'n" team; Olympic relay gold and 10 km silver at Grenoble 1968, relay bronze Sapporo 1972, first Norwegian woman with the Holmenkollen medal (1971).
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bernhard Germeshausen (1951–2022), East German bobsledder: three Olympic golds as Nehmer's brakeman (1976 two-man and four-man, 1980 four-man), 1980 two-man silver as pilot, world champion 1977 and 1981.