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Birk Ruud
Birk Ruud, born in 2000 in Bærum, Norway, is a freestyle skier who won Olympic gold in big air at Beijing 2022 and slopestyle at Milan Cortina 2026.
Birkebeinerrennet
Birkebeinerrennet (Birken), Norwegian 53 km classic cross-country ski marathon from Rena to Lillehammer, first held 1932, mandatory 2 kg backpack commemorating the 1206 flight of Håkon Håkonsson; Worldloppet member, hilly course with 1,121 m climb.
Bjarte Engen Vik
Bjarte Engen Vik (born 1971, Tromsø) is a retired Norwegian Nordic combined skier, double Olympic champion at Nagano 1998, five-time world champion, and the only skier with seven Holmenkollen Nordic combined titles.
Bjørg Eva Jensen
Bjørg Eva Jensen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist born 1960 in Larvik; won the 3,000 m gold at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, Norway's only gold there, plus 23 national skating titles and later cycling championships.
Bjørn Dæhlie
Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 1967, Elverum) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier and businessman: 8 Olympic golds and 12 medals, 9 World Championship golds, 46 World Cup wins, six overall titles, VO2 max 96.
Bjorn Ferry
Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete born 1978 in Stensele, won the 2010 Vancouver Olympic 12.5 km pursuit gold, first Swedish male biathlon champion since 1960, later SVT expert.
Bjorn Lind
Björn Lind (Björn Johan Lind, born 1978), Swedish cross-country sprint skier; double gold medalist at Turin 2006 in individual sprint and team sprint with Thobias Fredriksson; 2005/06 sprint World Cup winner.
Bloomington Bison
Bloomington Bison, ECHL professional ice hockey team of Bloomington, Illinois; uses the Bloomington Ice Center as secondary practice rink; 2025-26 roster players tracked for 2026-27 protected lists and qualifying offers.
Blue Mountain (ski resort)
Blue Mountain Resort is a four-season ski resort near Collingwood, Ontario, on the Niagara Escarpment above Georgian Bay, and the largest ski resort in Ontario.
Bob Beattie (skiing)
Bob Beattie (Robert Prime Beattie, 1933–2018) was an American ski coach who co-founded the Alpine Ski World Cup and coached the U.S. men's alpine team.
Bob de Jong
Bob de Jong (Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong, born 1976, Leimuiden) is a Dutch long-distance speed skater, not the baseball catcher Sidney de Jong or skater Bert de Jong; Olympic 10,000 m champion 2006 with four Olympic medals and six world titles.
Bob Wyman
Bob Wyman (James Robert Wyman, 1909-1978), English ice hockey defenceman and speed skater; won 1936 Winter Olympics gold with Great Britain, 20 caps in four World Championships, British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame 1993.
Bobsledder
A bobsledder is an athlete who competes in bobsleigh, pushing the sled over the first 50 meters and steering it down an ice track at up to 150 km/h.
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh, also called bobsled, is a winter sliding sport on the Olympic program since Chamonix 1924, now with four events: two-man, four-man, two-woman, and women's monobob, raced over four heats on ice tracks at speeds above 130 km/h.
Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics, also called bobsled, features two-man, four-man, two-woman, and women's monobob events over four heats on an ice track; held every Games since Chamonix 1924 except Squaw Valley 1960, with Germany leading the medal table.
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) is Canada's non-profit national governing body for bobsleigh and skeleton, based in Calgary. It fields national teams to IBSF World Cup circuits and the Olympics, funded about $1.8M federally in 2024/25.
Bobsleigh World Cup
Bobsleigh World Cup, IBSF season-long circuit of about eight races November to February on artificial tracks in 2-man, 4-man, 2-woman, and women's monobob; Laura Nolte led the 2025/26 women's standings.
Bode Miller
Bode Miller (born 1977, Easton, New Hampshire) is an American former alpine ski racer: six Olympic medals including 2010 super-combined gold, four world titles, 33 World Cup wins, and two overall globes (2005, 2008).
Bogdan Musiol
Bogdan Musiol, born 1957 in Świętochłowice, Poland, is a German former bobsledder who won a record seven Olympic bobsleigh medals, including gold at Lake Placid in 1980.
Bohunka Sramkova
Bohunka Šrámková, Czech pair figure skater born 1946 in Ostrava; with her brother Jan Šrámek she placed 10th in pairs at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics and won pairs gold at the 1968 Innsbruck Winter Universiade.
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair (Bonnie Kathleen Blair-Cruikshank), born 1964 in Cornwall, New York, American speed skater; most decorated female U.S. Winter Olympian with five golds and one bronze; only woman to win the Olympic 500 m at three straight Games (1988, 1992, 1994).
Boris Gulyayev
Boris Gulyayev (Борис Иванович Гуляев, born 1941) is a Soviet speed skater, 1964 Olympic 500 m 15th, five-time world 500 m champion, and 500 m world record holder (39.03, Medeo, January 1970).
Boris Shilkov
Boris Shilkov (Борис Арсеньевич Шилков, 1927-2015), Soviet speed skater, 1956 Olympic 5,000 m champion (7:48.7 OR) and 1954 world all-round champion; set the 5,000 m world record 7:45.6 at Medeo in 1955, unbeaten until 1963; later head coach of the USSR team.
Bowen Byram
Bowen Byram, Canadian NHL defenseman; drafted fourth overall by Colorado in 2019, won the 2022 Stanley Cup, traded to Buffalo in 2024, then to Chicago, signing a six-year $75 million deal in 2026.
Bradie Tennell
Bradie Tennell (born 1998, Winfield, Illinois) is an American figure skater, 2018 Olympic team event bronze medalist, two-time U.S. champion (2018, 2021), and 2025 Four Continents silver medalist.
Brady Leman
Brady Leman is a Canadian retired ski cross racer, born in 1986 in Calgary, who won gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and competed at three Olympic Games.
Brazil at the Olympics
Brazil has competed at the Olympics since Antwerp 1920, winning its first three medals in shooting, and leads South American nations with 170 Summer Games medals.
Breckenridge Ski Resort
Breckenridge Ski Resort, a Vail Resorts-owned ski area on five peaks of Colorado's Tenmile Range near the town of Breckenridge. Opened 1961; 2,908 acres, 187 trails, base 9,600 ft, Imperial SuperChair at 12,840 ft.
Breezy Johnson
Breezy Johnson (Breanna Noble Johnson, born 1996), American alpine skier from Jackson Hole, Wyoming; 2026 Olympic and 2025 World downhill champion; missed Beijing 2022 with injury and served a 14-month whereabouts suspension.
Brian Boitano
Brian Boitano, born 1963, is an American figure skater who won the 1988 Olympic gold in men's singles, defeating rival Brian Orser in the Battle of the Brians.