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Didier Defago
Didier Défago (born 1977, Morgins, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss alpine skier, 2010 Vancouver Olympic downhill champion, four-time Olympian, with 5 World Cup wins and 16 podiums.
Didrik Tønseth
Didrik Tønseth (born 1991) is a Norwegian cross-country skier from Trondheim who won Olympic gold in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2018 PyeongChang Games.
Diede van Oorschot
Diede van Oorschot (born 2003) is a Dutch short track speed skater, 2020 Youth Olympic mixed relay gold medallist, European 3,000 m relay champion (2024, 2026) and 2025 world relay bronze medallist.
Dieter Thoma
Dieter Thoma, German ski jumper (born 1969, Hinterzarten), 1990s World Cup star; 1994 Olympic team gold and normal hill bronze, 1998 team silver, 1989/90 Four Hills winner, 1990 ski flying world champion, later ARD commentator.
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Dietmar Schauerhammer (born 1955) is a German former decathlete and bobsledder for East Germany who won two-man and four-man gold at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics as brakeman for pilot Wolfgang Hoppe.
Dizin (دیزین)
Dizin (دیزین) is Iran's largest ski resort, in the Alborz mountains about 70 km north of Tehran. Opened 1969, base 2,650 m to 3,600 m, FIS-recognized, December-to-May season, dry powder snow, grass skiing in summer.
Dmitry Aliyev
Dmitry Aliyev (Дмитрий Сергеевич Алиев), Russian men's singles figure skater born 1999 in Ukhta; 2020 European champion, 2018 European silver medalist, 2019 Russian champion, 2016 Youth Olympic team gold and singles bronze, 7th at PyeongChang 2018.
Dmitry Rylov
Dmitry Rylov (Дмитрий Вадимович Рылов), born 2001 in Kirov, is a Russian pair skater; with Apollinariia Panfilova he won the 2020 World Junior title and 2020 Winter Youth Olympics pairs gold, and trains in Perm. Not the swimmer Yevgeny Rylov.
Dmitry Sakunenko
Dmitry Sakunenko (Дмитрий Николаевич Сакуненко, 1930–2014), Soviet speed skater; first under 8 minutes for 5,000 m (7:54.9, Medeo 1955), all-around world record 184.638, 1956 Olympian, 1955 European bronze medalist.
Dmitry Solovyov
Dmitry Solovyov (Дмитрий Владимирович Соловьёв), born 1989 in Moscow, Russian ice dancer with Ekaterina Bobrova; 2014 Olympic team gold, 2018 team silver, 2013 European champion, 2013 World bronze. Not the swimmer or runner of the same name.
Dmitry Vasilyev
Dmitry Vasilyev (Дмитрий Викторович Васильев), Russian ski jumper born 1979 in Ufa; two-time Olympian (2006, 2014), 5th overall in the 2008/09 World Cup, Four Hills podium finisher; distinct from the 1962-born biathlete of the same name.
Dogsled racing
Dogsled racing, also called sled dog racing or mushing, is a winter sport where dog teams pull a sled, ranging from 8-mile sprint races to the 1,000-mile Iditarod.
Domen Prevc
Domen Prevc (born 1999, Kranj) is a Slovenian ski jumper, world record holder at 254.5 m (Planica 2025), 2026 double Olympic champion, 2025 world champion, and 2025/26 overall World Cup and Four Hills winner from the Prevc jumping family.
Dominik Landertinger
Dominik Landertinger (born 1988, Braunau am Inn) is a retired Austrian biathlete, 2009 world champion in the 15 km mass start, with four Olympic medals (2 silver, 2 bronze) and five World Championship medals; retired April 2020.
Dominik Windisch
Dominik Windisch, Italian biathlete (born 1989, Brunico), three Olympic bronzes at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, 2019 Östersund mass start world champion, retired March 2022, now a coach.
Dominique Gisin
Dominique Gisin (born 1985, Visp, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss alpine skier who tied with Tina Maze for downhill gold at Sochi 2014, the first Olympic alpine tie; 3 World Cup wins; later a Fly7 pilot and ETH Zurich physics student.
Donat Acklin
Donat Acklin, Swiss bobsledder (born 1965, Herznach), brakeman for Gustav Weder; won Olympic two-man gold at Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994, the first to defend that title, plus four-man bronze and silver.
Donna Weinbrecht
Donna Weinbrecht, American freestyle skier born 1965 in Hoboken, New Jersey; won the first Olympic gold in women's moguls at Albertville 1992, with 46 World Cup wins, five season titles, and Hall of Fame induction in 2004.
Donovan Carrillo
Donovan Carrillo (Donovan Daniel Carrillo Suazo), born 1999 in Zapopan, Mexico, is a men's singles figure skater, the first Mexican to land a quad in competition and a two-time Olympian (Beijing 2022, Milano Cortina 2026, both 22nd).
Doris Neuner
Doris Neuner, Austrian luger born 1971 in Innsbruck, won the 1992 Albertville Olympic women's singles luge gold, 0.073 seconds ahead of her sister Angelika; five-time Austrian champion, retired 1995.
Dorothea Wierer
Dorothea Wierer (Doro), born 1990 in Brunico, is a retired Italian biathlete, two-time overall IBU World Cup winner (2019, 2020), ten-time world championship medalist, and four-time Olympic medalist who retired at Milano Cortina 2026.
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Hamill (born 1956, Chicago) is an American figure skater, 1976 Innsbruck Olympic gold medalist and 1976 World champion, nicknamed America's Sweetheart, creator of the Hamill camel spin and famed for her bob haircut.
Doug Anakin
Doug Anakin was a Canadian bobsledder and luger who won gold in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics, Canada's only gold that year, then promoted luge in Canada.
Downhill (ski competition)
Downhill (ski competition): fastest, longest Alpine ski racing discipline, one timed run, speeds 80-95 mph; Olympic event since 1948 (combined 1936); FIS-governed, Lauberhorn longest World Cup course.
Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer is a 1969 drama, Michael Ritchie's debut, starring Robert Redford as driven skier David Chappellet and Gene Hackman as his coach; adapted from Oakley Hall's novel, shot at real 1969 World Cup races.
Duff Gibson
Duff Gibson, born 1966 in Vaughan, Ontario, is a Canadian skeleton racer who won Olympic gold at Turin 2006 at age 39, the oldest individual Winter Olympic champion.
Dusty Henricksen
Dusty Henricksen (Dustin Henricksen, born 2003) is an American slopestyle and big air snowboarder from Mammoth Lakes, California: 2020 Youth Olympic slopestyle gold medalist, 2021 X Games double gold medalist, and 2022-23 FIS slopestyle Crystal Globe winner.
Dzinara Alimbekava
Dzinara Alimbekava (Dinara Alimbekova, Динара Алимбекова; married name Smolskaya), Belarusian biathlete born 1996 in Kazakhstan; 2018 Olympic relay gold, 2020/21 U25 World Cup winner, first win Hochfilzen sprint 2020.
Ebba Andersson
Ebba Andersson, Swedish cross-country skier (born 1997, Delsbo), Piteå Elit SK; six Olympic medals including first-ever women's 50 km classic gold at Milano Cortina 2026; also 6 world championship titles.
Ed Rimkus
Ed Rimkus (Edward William Rimkus, 1913-1999), American bobsledder and General Electric engineer who won four-man bobsleigh gold at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics in the USA-2 sled after only two seasons of sliding.