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Emerson Smith

Emerson Smith (born 1997, Buffalo, New York) is an American freestyle skier from Dover, Vermont, who took dual moguls silver at the 2016 FIS Junior Worlds and placed 23rd in men's moguls at PyeongChang 2018.

Emery Lehman

Emery Lehman (born 1996), American long track speed skater from Oak Park, Illinois. Four-time Olympian (2014, 2018, 2022, 2026); team pursuit bronze at Beijing 2022, silver at Milan Cortina 2026, world gold at Hamar 2025; retired after 2026 Games.

Emil Hegle Svendsen

Emil Hegle Svendsen, born 1985 in Trondheim, is a Norwegian biathlete, four-time Olympic champion and 12-time world champion; World Cup runner-up 2010/11 to 2012/13, retired April 9, 2018.

Emil Iversen

Emil Iversen (born 1991, Meråker) is a Norwegian cross-country skier for IL Varden, a four-time world champion and 2026 Olympic relay gold medalist with eight individual World Cup wins.

Émile Allais

Émile Allais (1912–2012), French alpine skier from Megève; first French Olympic skiing medalist (1936 bronze) and first French world champion (1937 Chamonix triple gold); founded the École du Ski Français and pioneered parallel-turn technique.

Émilien Jacquelin

Émilien Jacquelin (born 1995) is a French biathlete who won five world titles and Olympic relay gold at Milan-Cortina 2026, then turned professional road cyclist.

Emily Sweeney (luger)

Emily Sweeney (Emily Carolyn Sweeney-Fischnaller, now Emily Fischnaller), born 1993, American luger; three-time Olympian (2018 DNF after crash, 2022 26th, 2026 12th), world singles bronze 2019 and 2025, Army WCAP athlete.

Emma Sahlin

Emma Sahlin, born 2002, Swedish alpine skier with Sollentuna SLK; won girls' slalom gold at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics in 1:29.82, was 15th in Super-G, later FIS-inactive.

Emma Wiken

Emma Wiken (Emma Christina Wikén), Swedish cross-country skier born 1989 in Åsarna, club Åsarna IK; Olympic gold 4×5 km relay Sochi 2014, world silver 2013, 61 World Cup races, retired 2021.

Emmi Peltonen

Emmi Peltonen, Finnish figure skater born 1999 in Nashville, 2018 Olympian (20th), three-time Finnish champion, fifth at 2020 Europeans; daughter of hockey medallist Ville Peltonen; retired April 2025.

Emmy Alasalmi

Emmy Alasalmi, born 1994, is a Swedish retired ice hockey defender who spent most of her career with AIK, played at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and now works for the SDHL.

Enrico Fabris

Enrico Fabris, Italian speed skater born 1981 in Asiago; first Italian Olympic medalist and champion in speed skating, with 1,500 m and team pursuit gold and 5,000 m bronze at Torino 2006; retired 2011, now Milano Cortina 2026 ice sports manager.

Enrico Kuhn

Enrico Kühn, born 1977 in Bad Langensalza, is a German bobsledder who won four-man gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in André Lange's Germany 2 sled.

Erben Wennemars

Erben Wennemars (born 1975, Dalfsen) is a Dutch former long-track speed skater, two-time world sprint champion (2004, 2005) and double Olympic bronze medalist at Turin 2006 in the 1000 m and team pursuit; father of skater Joep Wennemars.

Erhard Keller

Erhard Keller, born 1944 in Günzburg, is a German speed skater and dentist, the Flying Dentist, who won Olympic 500 m gold at Grenoble 1968 and Sapporo 1972 and set four 500 m world records at Inzell.

Eric Bedard

Éric Bédard, Canadian short track speed skater born 1976 in Sainte-Thècle, Québec; four Olympic medals including 5,000m relay golds at Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake City 2002; later coached Germany, Italy, France, and Canada; distinct from pitcher Erik Bedard.

Eric Bergoust

Eric Bergoust, born 1969 in Missoula, Montana, is an American freestyle aerial skier, 1998 Nagano Olympic gold medalist (255.64), 1999 world champion, 15-time World Cup winner, 2002 overall World Cup champion, and later U.S. aerials coach.

Eric Frenzel

Eric Frenzel (born 1988, Annaberg-Buchholz) is a retired German Nordic combined skier: 7 Olympic medals (3 gold), 5 straight overall World Cup titles 2013-2017, 18 World Championship medals; now Germany's men's head coach.

Eric Heiden

Eric Heiden (born 1958, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American former speed skater who won all five long-track golds at the 1980 Olympics, a first, then became an orthopedic surgeon.

Eric Perrot

Eric Perrot (born 2001, Bourg-Saint-Maurice) is a French biathlete, double Olympic champion in relays and 20 km individual silver medalist at Milan-Cortina 2026, and 2025/26 World Cup overall champion.

Eric Radford

Eric Radford (born 1985, Winnipeg) is a Canadian pair figure skater and composer, two-time world champion with Meagan Duhamel, Olympic team gold and pairs bronze at PyeongChang 2018, later skating with Vanessa James at Beijing 2022.

Erich Scharer

Erich Scharer is a Swiss bobsledder, born in 1946 in Zürich, who won two-man Olympic gold at Lake Placid in 1980 and seven world championship titles.

Erik Guay

Erik Guay (born 1981, Montreal) is a Canadian former alpine ski racer from Mont-Tremblant; 25 World Cup podiums, 2010 super-G Crystal Globe, 2011 and 2017 world champion, three-time Olympian, retired 2018.

Erik Larsson (olympedia 89438)

Erik August Larsson, "Kiruna-Lasse" (1912-1982), Swedish cross-country skier; won 18 km gold and relay bronze at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics, then became a Laestadian preacher in Kiruna.

Erik Valnes

Erik Valnes (born 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country sprint skier from Sørreisa, club Bardufoss og Omegn IF. Olympic team sprint gold 2022 with Klæbo, world relay gold 2025, Norwegian 10 km classic champion 2021.

Erik Wahlberg

Erik Wahlberg (born 2002) is a Swedish freestyle skier racing ski cross for club Aare SLK. He won boys' ski cross gold at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, the 2025 Universiade, and has FIS World Cup starts since 2023.

Erika Lechner

Erika Lechner, also listed as Erica Lechner, Italian luger born 1947 in Maranza, South Tyrol; first Italian woman to win Winter Olympic gold, taking the 1968 Grenoble women's singles luge title after East German disqualifications for heated runners.

Erin Hamlin

Erin Hamlin (Erin Mullady Hamlin-Hodges, born 1986) is an American luger from Remsen, New York, who competed in four Winter Olympics and won bronze in women's singles at Sochi 2014, the first U.S. Olympic singles luge medal.

Erin Jackson

Erin Jackson (born 1992, Ocala, Florida) is an American long-track speed skater, former inline world medalist, and 2022 Beijing Olympic 500m gold medalist; first Black woman to win an individual Winter Olympic gold in any sport, three-time 500m World Cup champion, and 2026 US flag bearer.

Erina Kamiya

Erina Kamiya (神谷 衣理那), Japanese speed skater born 1992 in Obihiro, Hokkaido; 13th in the 500 m at Pyeongchang 2018 and a former team sprint world record holder (1:26.82, Calgary 2015).