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Irene Schouten
Irene Schouten (Wilhelmina Irene Schouten), Dutch speed skater born 1992, three-time 2022 Beijing Olympic champion (3000m, 5000m, mass start), nine world titles, retired 2024, marathon comeback 2025.
Irina Avvakumova
Irina Avvakumova (Ирина Андреевна Аввакумова, née Taktaeva), Russian ski jumper born 1991 in Moscow; 2022 Olympic mixed-team silver, 4th at 2018 Olympics, World Cup podium at Zao 2018.
Irina Rodnina (Ирина Константиновна Роднина)
Irina Rodnina (Ирина Константиновна Роднина), born 1949 in Moscow, Soviet pair skater; three consecutive Olympic golds (1972 Ulanov, 1976 and 1980 Zaytsev) and ten straight World titles 1969-78, then US coach and Russian Duma deputy.
Iris van Houten
Iris van Houten (born 2004) is a Dutch ice hockey player from Unis Flyers Heerenveen who won gold in girls' 3-on-3 ice hockey for mixed Team Yellow at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne.
Irma Johansson
Irma Johansson (Irma Elina Johansson-Öberg, born 3 April 1932, Kalix) is a Swedish cross-country skier, 1960 Olympic 3x5 km relay gold medalist and 1956 relay bronze medalist, also world relay bronze in 1958.
Irving Jaffee
Irving Jaffee (Irving Warren Jaffee, 1906–1981), American speed skater; first Jewish Winter Olympic gold medalist, winning the 5,000 m and 10,000 m at Lake Placid 1932 after his 1928 St. Moritz 10,000 m victory was cancelled.
Iryna Kryuko Leshchanka
Iryna Kryuko Leshchanka (Ірына Крыўко-Лешчанка), Belarusian biathlete born 1991 in Syanno; Olympic gold in the 2018 women's relay as Iryna Kryuko, competed at Beijing 2022 as Iryna Leshchanka.
Isabel Grevelt
Isabel Grevelt, Dutch long-track speed skater (born 2002, Alkmaar), sprint specialist at 500m and 1000m; 2020 Youth Olympic 500m champion, 2024 Dutch sprint champion, 2026 European bronze medalist, Team Staan-CTS Group skater.
Isabelle Blanc
Isabelle Blanc (born 1975, Nîmes) is a French snowboarder, 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic champion in parallel giant slalom, 1999 and 2003 world champion, retired 2006.
Isabelle Weidemann
Isabelle Weidemann (Izzy), born 1995 in Ottawa, is a Canadian long track speed skater, two-time Olympic team pursuit champion (Beijing 2022, Milano Cortina 2026) with Blondin and Maltais, and 2022 5000m silver and 3000m bronze medallist.
ISU Challenger Series
The ISU Challenger Series is a circuit of up to ten international senior figure skating competitions run by the International Skating Union, introduced in the 2014/15 season to prepare skaters for the ISU Championships.
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, formerly the ISU Champions Series, founded 1995: six senior events in six countries over six weeks, October to December, leading to the Grand Prix Final for the top six per discipline.
ISU Judging System
ISU Judging System (IJS, Code of Points): figure skating scoring system adopted in 2004 after the 2002 Olympic scandal, replacing the 6.0 system; base values plus GOE from −5 to +5, program components 0.25–10, nine-judge panels with high and low marks dropped.
ISU Junior Grand Prix
The ISU Junior Grand Prix is a series of junior-level international figure skating competitions run by the International Skating Union since 1997, with seven events each season.
ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup: the ISU's annual short track series on a 111.12m oval, with 500m/1000m/1500m and relays, knockout heats, and Crystal Globe winners; replaced by the Short Track World Tour in 2024/25.
ISU Speed Skating World Cup all-time statistics
All-time statistics for the ISU Speed Skating World Cup, the International Skating Union's season-long long-track series since 1985/86, covering race-win leaders like Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann and Jeremy Wotherspoon and the ten crystal globes awarded each season.
ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
The ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating is a biennial competition run by the ISU since 2009, in which six national teams of eight skaters compete.
Italian Figure Skating Championships
The Italian Figure Skating Championships, known in Italy as the Assoluti, are the annual national championships of figure skating in Italy, organized by the FISG.
Itzhak de Laat
Itzhak de Laat, Dutch short track speed skater (born 1994, Leeuwarden), three-time Olympian who won 2026 Olympic gold in the men's 5000 m relay, multiple world and European relay titles, retired June 2026, also a helmet designer.
Ivan Brown
Ivan Elmore Brown (1908–1963), American bobsledder of the Keene Valley Athletic Club; with Al Washbond won two-man gold at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics in 5:29.29, plus North American and AAU titles.
Ivan Byakov
Ivan Byakov (Иван Иванович Бяков, Іван Іванович Бяков), Soviet-Ukrainian biathlete, 1944-2009. Won 4x7.5 km relay gold at Sapporo 1972 and Innsbruck 1976; first president of the Ukrainian Biathlon Federation.
Ivar Ballangrud
Ivar Ballangrud (Ivar Eugen Ballangrud, born Eriksen, 1904–1969), Norwegian speed skater; four Olympic golds and seven medals, world champion 1926, 1932, 1936, 1938, five world records at 3,000–10,000 m.
Ivar Eriksen
Ivar Eriksen (Alf Ivar Eriksen), Norwegian speed skater born 1942 in Hamar; 1968 Olympic 1,500 m silver shared with Ard Schenk, four-time 1,000 m world record holder and first under 1:20.0.
Ivar Formo
Ivar Formo (1951–2006), Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer for Lyn, Oslo. Won 50 km gold at Innsbruck 1976, 15 km bronze at Sapporo 1972, two relay silvers, first unofficial World Cup 1973/74, FIS cross-country committee chairman 1983–86; drowned in Nordmarka 2006.
Ivo Ferriani
Ivo Ferriani (born 1960) is an Italian sports administrator, former Olympic bobsledder (1988 Calgary), IBSF president 2010-2026, IOC member and Executive Board member 2016-2026, and AIOWF/WOF president 2020-2026.
Jaakko Tallus
Jaakko Tallus (born 1981, Lieksa) is a retired Finnish nordic combined skier: Olympic team gold and individual silver at Salt Lake City 2002, team bronze 2006, world team gold 2007, retired 2010.
Jaakko Tapanainen
Jaakko Tapanainen (born 2002) is a Finnish alpine skier who won gold in the mixed team event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne.
Jaap Eden
Jaap Eden (1873-1925), Dutch speed skater and track cyclist; first official world allround skating champion (1893, 1895, 1896) and only man to win world titles in both skating and cycling.
Jack Cameron
Jack Cameron (John Archibald Cameron, 1902-1981), Canadian ice hockey goaltender with the Toronto Granites; won gold at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics, allowing one goal in three games.
Jack Shea
Jack Shea (John Amos Shea) was an American speed skater who won multiple gold medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics, also serving on the 1980 organizing committee.