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Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana, a year-round Swiss Alps resort and municipality in Valais at 1,500 m above Sierre; founded 1893, 140 km of slopes, 1987 and 2027 World Ski Championships, site of the 2026 Le Constellation bar fire.
Cresta Run
Cresta Run, St Moritz ice tobogganing track built annually since 1884/85 by the St Moritz Tobogganing Club; 1,212 m, 157 m drop, ridden head first at up to 140 km/h; home of the Grand National and Shuttlecock Club.
Cristian Zorzi
Cristian Zorzi, nicknamed Zorro, Italian cross-country skier born 1972 in Cavalese; Olympic gold in 4x10 km relay at Torino 2006, silver and bronze at Salt Lake City 2002, world team sprint gold Sapporo 2007.
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing, a Winter Olympic sport since 1924 (women from 1952), is human-powered skiing on narrow skis via classical and skating (free) techniques, governed by FIS, with a World Cup since 1981-82 and a fluorinated-wax ban.
Cross-country skiing (sport)
Cross-country skiing (langrenn, längdskidåkning) is an endurance ski racing sport with classical and skating techniques, Olympic since 1924, governed by FIS, dominated historically by Norway; Marit Bjørgen holds a record 15 Olympic medals.
Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiing at Milano Cortina 2026: 12 events (6 men, 6 women) at Tesero, Val di Fiemme, February 7-22, 2026; first gender-equal program with 50 km women's race and 4x7.5 km relays; Klæbo and Norway dominant.
Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001–2023
Overview of individual cross-country races at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from 2001 to 2023, covering the sprint debut, skiathlon, and 50 km format change.
Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics, 1952–1988
Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics between 1952 and 1988 spanned the debut of the women's 10 km at Oslo 1952 through Calgary 1988, ending when the IOC adopted a pursuit format.
Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics, 1992–2022
Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics from 1992 to 2022 covered individual men's and women's races at eight Games, from Albertville 1992 to Beijing 2022.
Cup of China (中国杯)
The Cup of China (中国杯) is the Chinese stop of the six-event ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, first held in Beijing in 2003 and hosted by Chongqing since 2019.
Curling
Curling, also called chess on ice, is a winter team sport in which teams of four slide granite stones toward the house on pebbled ice, with sweeping controlling the stone's path; Olympic since 1998, mixed doubles since 2018.
Curt Tomasevicz
Curt Tomasevicz (Curtis Lee Tomasevicz), American bobsledder born 1980 in Shelby, Nebraska; gold in four-man at Vancouver 2010 with Night Train, silver at Sochi 2014, later UNL engineering professor and USA Bobsled sport performance director.
Curtis Stevens
Curtis Palmer Stevens (1898–1979), American bobsledder from Lake Placid, New York; won the first Olympic two-man bobsled gold at the 1932 Lake Placid Games with his brother Hubert, in 8:14.74.
Dag Fornæss
Dag Fornæss (born 1948, Hamar) is a Norwegian former speed skater, 1969 world and European allround champion, 3000 m world record holder, 1972 Olympian, and also a top-division footballer with Skeid.
Dajana Eitberger
Dajana Eitberger, German luger (born 1991, Ilmenau): Olympic silver in singles at PyeongChang 2018, then women's doubles silver and team relay gold with Magdalena Matschina at Milano Cortina 2026; 2023 sprint world champion.
Dan Jansen
Dan Jansen (born 1965, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American long-track speed skater, four-time Olympian, who won 1,000 m gold in world-record 1:12.43 at Lillehammer 1994 after falling at Calgary 1988 following his sister Jane's death; 46 World Cup wins, eight world records.
Daniel Andre Tande
Daniel-André Tande, Norwegian ski jumper (born 1994, Narvik), 2018 Olympic large hill team gold medalist, 2018 Ski Flying World Champion, 8 World Cup wins; retired September 2024 after a severe 2021 Planica crash.
Daniel Huber
Daniel Huber (born 1993, Salzburg) is an Austrian ski jumper, SC Seekirchen-Salzburg; Olympic team gold Beijing 2022, Ski Flying World Cup winner 2023/24, retired December 2025. Not the gymnast Daniela Huber or luger Norbert Huber.
Daniel Rickardsson
Daniel Rickardsson (Jan Olof Daniel Rickardsson, born 1982), Swedish cross-country skier, Hudiksvalls IF. Two Olympic relay golds (2010, 2014), 15 km bronze 2014, four World Championship relay medals; later para-team coach.
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.
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (born 1983, Eisenerz, Austria) is a retired Austrian ski jumper, Sochi 2014 Olympic silver medalist, 2011 world champion, first woman over 200 m, and 2014/15 overall World Cup winner.
Daniela Maier
Daniela Maier (born 1996, Villingen-Schwenningen) is a German ski cross freestyle skier for SC Urach: 2026 Olympic champion, 2022 Olympic bronze medallist after a CAS-shared medal, 2025 world bronze, and two-time World Cup overall runner-up.
Daniela Meuli
Daniela Meuli (Meuli-Sonderegger), born 1981 in Davos, Swiss alpine snowboarder; Olympic gold in parallel giant slalom at Turin 2006, 2005 world parallel slalom champion, 22 World Cup wins, retired 2006.
Daria Sadkova (Дарья Андреевна Садкова)
Daria Andreevna Sadkova (Дарья Андреевна Садкова), born 2008 in Yoshkar-Ola, is a Russian women's singles figure skater of Eteri Tutberidze's Khrustalny group: 2025 Russian national silver medallist, 2026 Russian Grand Prix Final silver, quad toe loop, no international record due to the 2022 ban.
Dario Chirizano
Dario Chirizano (Дарио Чиризано, also Dario Cirisano), Russian ice dancer born 2001 in Crotone, Italy; 2020 Winter Youth Olympic ice dance champion with Irina Khavronina; transfer to Czechia blocked in 2023; now skates with Elizaveta Pasechnik as a neutral athlete.
Dario Cologna
Dario Cologna (Dario Alonzo Cologna), born 1986, Swiss cross-country skier; four Olympic golds (15 km 2010, 2014, 2018; skiathlon 2014), four Overall World Cup and four Tour de Ski titles; retired March 2022.
Darya Domracheva
Darya Domracheva (Дар'я Домрачава), Belarusian biathlete born 1986 in Minsk; four Olympic golds among six medals, three at Sochi 2014, 2015 World Cup overall champion, retired 2018, wife of Ole Einar Bjorndalen.
Daumants Dreiškens
Daumants Dreiškens (born 1984, Gulbene) is a retired Latvian bobsleigh brakeman, four-time Olympian, Sochi 2014 four-man gold medalist and two-man bronze medalist, 2016 world four-man champion.
Dave MacEachern
Dave MacEachern (David G. MacEachern, "Eli"), born 1967 in Charlottetown, PEI, is a Canadian bobsledder who won two-man gold at Nagano 1998 with Pierre Lueders, tied with Italy at 3:37.24, Canada's first two-man Olympic medal.