Winter and ice sports

Christa Rothenburger Luding

Christa Rothenburger Luding (Christa Luding-Rothenburger), born 1959 in Weißwasser, East German speed skater and track cyclist; first woman to medal at both Winter and Summer Olympics, and the only athlete to do so in the same year, 1988 (Calgary gold and silver, Seoul cycling sprint silver).

Christian Breuer

Christian Peter Breuer (born 1976, Krefeld) is a German middle-distance speed skater, Olympian at Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake City 2002, ninth in the 1998 1,500 m; later ISU Technical Committee member and DESG administrator.

Christian Geiger

Christian Geiger (born 1988) is an Australian Para alpine skiing sighted guide and women's coach; a 2009 car crash ended his Olympic-track racing career, and he guided Jessica Gallagher (Sochi 2014) and Melissa Perrine (PyeongChang 2018) to Paralympic bronze.

Christian Hoffmann

Christian Hoffmann (born 1974, Aigen im Mühlkreis) is an Austrian cross-country skier who won 2002 Olympic 30 km gold, awarded after Johann Mühlegg's doping disqualification, and 1998 50 km bronze.

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.

Christine Nesbitt

Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian retired long-track speed skater, born in 1985, who won Olympic gold in the 1,000 m at Vancouver 2010 and set a world record in 2012.

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.

Christof Duffner

Christof Duffner (born 1971, Triberg im Schwarzwald) is a retired German ski jumper, SC Schönwald, Olympic team gold medalist at Lillehammer 1994 and world team champion at Ramsau 1999, an early V-style adopter who retired in 2004.

Christoph Bieler

Christoph Bieler, Austrian Nordic combined athlete (born 1977, Hall in Tirol): Olympic team gold 2006, team bronze 2002 and 2014, world team title 2003, six World Cup wins; ÖSV head coach since 2024.

Christoph Langen

Christoph Langen (born 1962) is a German bobsledder and coach, Olympic four-man champion 1998 and two-man champion 2002, with eight world titles, later German national head coach and IBSF technology director.

Christopher Dean

Christopher Dean (born 1958, Nottingham) is a British ice dancer and choreographer; with Jayne Torvill he won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic gold with Boléro, earning perfect 6.0s, plus 1994 bronze.

Christopher Grotheer

Christopher Grotheer (born 1992, Wernigerode) is a retired German skeleton racer, BRC Thüringen Oberhof. Olympic gold Beijing 2022, first German men's skeleton Olympic medal; world champion 2020, 2021, 2024; overall World Cup 2022/23; bronze twice at Milan Cortina 2026.

Christopher Lillis

Christopher "Chris" Lillis (born 1998) is an American freestyle aerial skier and two-time Olympic gold medalist in mixed team aerials (Beijing 2022, Milano Cortina 2026), the youngest man to win a FIS aerials World Cup.

Cindy Klassen

Cindy Klassen (Cynthia Nicole Klassen, born 1979, Winnipeg) is a Canadian retired long-track speed skater, the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian with six medals, including five at Turin 2006, and a former Adelskalender leader.

Clara Hughes

Clara Hughes (born 1972, Winnipeg) is a Canadian cyclist and long-track speed skater, the only athlete with multiple Olympic medals at both Summer and Winter Games: two cycling bronzes in 1996 and four skating medals, including 5000 m gold at Turin 2006.

Claudia Kunzel Nystad

Claudia Künzel-Nystad (born 1978, Zschopau), German cross-country skier, also raced as Claudia Künzel; six Olympic medals including 2002 relay and 2010 team sprint gold, five World Championship medals.

Claudia Pechstein

Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater born 1972 in East Berlin; five Olympic golds among nine medals, record eight Winter Olympics (1992-2022); banned two years in 2009 on blood-profile evidence she long contested.

Clifford Gray

Clifford Barton "Tippy" Gray (1892–1969) was an American bobsledder who won Olympic four-man gold at St. Moritz 1928 and Lake Placid 1932, and was long confused with English songwriter Clifford Grey.

Clifton Wrottesley

Clifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley (born 1968, Dublin), Irish skeleton racer; 4th at Salt Lake City 2002, best Irish Winter Olympic result; record Cresta Run slider; later British Skeleton chairman and hereditary peer.

Cloud 9 (2014 film)

Cloud 9 is a 2014 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Paul Hoen, starring Dove Cameron and Luke Benward as snowboarders; it premiered January 17, 2014, drawing 5 million viewers.

Connor Curran

Connor Curran (born 2004) is an American freestyle aerials skier from Cincinnati, Ohio; 2026 Olympic mixed team aerials gold medalist, 12th individually, first World Cup podium at Deer Valley 2024, 2025 U.S. champion.

Cool Runnings

Cool Runnings, known in French as Rasta Rockett, is a 1993 American comedy film about the Jamaican bobsled team at the 1988 Winter Olympics, starring John Candy.

Cooper Woods Topalovic

Cooper Woods (Cooper Woods-Topalovic), Australian freestyle moguls skier born 2000 in Cooma, NSW. Won men's moguls gold at Milano Cortina 2026 on a turns tie-break over Mikaël Kingsbury; sixth at Beijing 2022; first World Cup podium silver 2024.

Corie Mapp

Corie Mapp (born 1978, Bridgetown, Barbados) is a British para bobsleigh pilot, former Household Cavalry soldier and double leg amputee from a 2010 Afghanistan IED; three-time Overall World Cup winner and 2025 World Champion.

Corinne Niogret

Corinne Niogret, French biathlete born 1972 in Nantua, won the 1992 Albertville women's relay gold, three world titles (1993 team, 1995 and 2000 15 km), and 15 World Championship medals across four Olympiads.

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.

Corrado Hérin

Corrado Hérin (1966–2019), Italian natural track luge doubles world champion (1986, 1992, with Almir Bétemps) and the only Italian to win the mountain bike downhill World Cup (1997); died in an ultralight crash near Torgnon, Valle d'Aosta.

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Anpëz), the 'Queen of the Dolomites' in Belluno, Veneto: Ladin-speaking ski resort with 120 km of slopes, host of the 1956 Winter Olympics and co-host with Milan of the 2026 Winter Games.