Winter and ice sports

Erling Jevne

Erling Jevne (born 1966, Lillehammer) is a Norwegian classical-style cross-country skier, 1998 Olympic relay gold medalist and 30 km silver medalist, world relay champion 1995 and 1997, and record seven-time winner of Birkebeinerrennet.

Ernst Baier

Ernst Baier (1905–2001), German figure skater with Berliner Schlittschuhclub; 1936 Olympic silver in men's singles and pairs gold with Maxi Herber; four World and five European pairs titles; first side-by-side jumps in competition.

Ernst Hinterseer

Ernst Hinterseer (born 1932, Kitzbühel) is an Austrian alpine skier who won slalom gold and giant slalom bronze at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics, later the 1963 World Professional title and Austrian national coach.

Ernst Vettori

Ernst Vettori, Austrian ski jumper born 1964 in Hall in Tirol; 1992 Albertville Olympic normal hill champion, 1992 team silver, 15 World Cup wins, twice Four Hills winner, later ÖSV sports director 2010–2018.

Eskil Ervik

Eskil Ervik, Norwegian former speed skater (born 1975, Trondheim), Hamar IL; world allround bronze 1999, European silver 2000 and 2006, 3000 m world record 3:37.28 (2005); later HamKam managing director.

Espen Andersen

Espen Andersen (born 1993, Bærum, Norway), Norwegian nordic combined athlete for Lommedalens IL; Olympic team gold 2022 and silver 2018, world team champion 2023, two World Cup wins in 2018. Distinct from the 1961-born namesake.

Espen Bjørnstad

Espen Bjørnstad (Espen Dahlhaug Bjørnstad), born 1993 in Trondheim, is a Norwegian nordic combined skier of Byåsen Skiklub: 2022 Olympic team gold, world team titles 2019 and 2021, 138 World Cup starts.

Espen Bredesen

Espen Odd Bredesen (born 1968, Oslo), Norwegian ski jumper; 1993 Falun world champion, 1994 Lillehammer Olympic normal-hill gold and large-hill silver, 1994 World Cup and Four Hills winner, 209 m ski flying world record.

Estelle Alphand

Estelle Alphand (born 1995, Briançon) is a Swedish alpine skier, daughter of Luc Alphand, who won 4 medals for France at the 2012 Youth Olympics, switched to Sweden in May 2017, and raced at the 2018 and 2026 Olympics.

Ester Ledecká

Ester Ledecká (born 1995, Prague) is a Czech skier and snowboarder; she won super-G and parallel giant slalom gold at PyeongChang 2018, defended PGS gold at Beijing 2022, and won 2025 world medals in both sports.

Eteri Tutberidze

Eteri Tutberidze, also known as Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze, is a Georgian-Russian figure skating coach, head coach at Sambo-70 in Moscow, whose students won three Olympic titles between 2014 and 2022.

Ethan Cepuran

Ethan Cepuran (born 2000, Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American long track speed skater, Olympic team pursuit bronze medalist at Beijing 2022 and silver medalist at Milan Cortina 2026, 2025 world champion, and men's team pursuit world record holder (3:32.49) with Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman.

European bob & skeleton championships

European Bobsleigh and Skeleton Championships, the IBSF continental titles first held in Davos in 1929; 74 editions through 2026, annual since 1965, with skeleton titles since 2003 and Janine Flock holding twelve medals.

European Championships of Ski Mountaineering

ISMF European Championships of Ski Mountaineering, the biennial continental ski mountaineering title event; 2024 in Flaine-Chamonix, 2026 in Shahdag, Azerbaijan with 115 athletes from 17 nations in sprint, mixed relay, individual, and vertical races.

European Figure Skating Championships

European Figure Skating Championships, ISU European Championships, annual figure skating competition for European ISU members since 1891 in men's, women's, pairs, and ice dance; 2026 held in Sheffield, won by Nika Egadze.

European Luge Championships

The European Luge Championships are the continental luge championships of Europe, organized by the International Luge Federation. Held since 1914 and annual since 2012, they run as a race-in-race event inside a Luge World Cup weekend.

European Short Track Speed Skating Championships

European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, annual ISU short track title event for European skaters, first held Malmö 1997. Single distances format: 500m, 1000m, 1500m plus relays; Netherlands dominate recent editions.

European Speed Skating Championships

ISU European Speed Skating Championships, the annual continental long-track title event for Europe, first staged in the 1890s for men and 1970 for women, alternating between single-distance and Allround & Sprint formats each January.

Eva Samkova

Eva Samková, since 2022 Eva Adamczyková, Czech snowboard cross rider (Dukla Liberec). Olympic gold Sochi 2014, bronze PyeongChang 2018, silver Milano Cortina 2026; world champion 2019 and 2023; three Crystal Globes.

Evan Bates

Evan Bates, American ice dancer born 1989 in Ann Arbor, Michigan; five-time Olympian with Madison Chock, three-time world champion, two-time Olympic team gold medalist and 2026 ice dance silver medalist.

Evan Lysacek

Evan Lysacek, American figure skater born 1985, 2010 Olympic men's gold medalist (257.67) who beat Evgeni Plushenko without a quadruple jump; also 2009 world champion.

Evan Strong

Evan Strong (born 1986, San Francisco) is an American para-snowboarder from Maui who won the first ever Paralympic snowboarding gold, men's snowboard cross at Sochi 2014, plus PyeongChang 2018 silver and a 2016-17 World Cup crystal globe.

Evelyne Leu

Evelyne Leu, born 1976, Swiss freestyle aerials skier; won gold at the 2006 Turin Olympics with 202.55 points, silver at 2005 Ruka Worlds, competed at four Games 1998-2010, retired spring 2010.

Evgeni Plushenko (Евгений Викторович Плющенко)

Evgeni Plushenko (Евгений Викторович Плющенко), born 1982, Russian figure skater; four Olympic medals (gold 2006, gold 2014 team, silver 2002 and 2010), three world titles, coach Alexei Mishin.

Evgenia Medvedeva (Евгения Армановна Медведева)

Evgenia Medvedeva (Евгения Армановна Медведева), born 1999 in Moscow, is a Russian figure skater, two-time world and European champion, and 2018 Olympic singles and team silver medalist behind Alina Zagitova; now an ice-show performer.

Evi Sachenbacher Stehle

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, born 1980 in Traunstein, is a German former cross-country skier and biathlete with five Olympic medals (2 gold, 3 silver), known for her 2012 sport switch and the Sochi 2014 methylhexanamine doping case.

Evy Poppe

Evy Poppe (born 2004, Ghent) is a Belgian snowboarder in slopestyle and big air, Youth Olympic slopestyle champion at Lausanne 2020 with 94.00 points, junior world champion, and Belgian Olympian at Beijing 2022 and Livigno 2026.

Extreme skiing

Extreme skiing, or Ski Extreme, is downhill skiing on steep, remote off-piste terrain requiring mountaineering skill and avalanche judgment; it originated in the European Alps in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Fabian Rießle

Fabian Rießle (born 1990, Freiburg im Breisgau), German nordic combined skier nicknamed Rio; 2018 Olympic team gold, 2014 Sochi bronze and silver, world team titles 2015, 2017, 2019; retired January 2024 in Schonach.