Winter and ice sports

Katrin Apel

Katrin Apel, German biathlete born 1973 in Erfurt, former cross-country skier; four Olympic medals including relay golds 1998 and 2002, sprint bronze 1998, four World Cup wins, retired 2007.

Katrin Mattscherodt (Mattscherodt-Bunkus), born 1981 in Berlin, German long-track speed skater, SC Berlin; won women's team pursuit gold at Vancouver 2010 with Beckert and Anschütz-Thoms, beating Japan by 0.02 s; retired 2012.

Kay Arne Stenshjemmet

Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (born 1953, Lillestrøm) is a Norwegian former speed skater, one of the 'Four S-es'. Two Olympic silvers (1,500 and 5,000 m, Lake Placid 1980, behind Eric Heiden), European allround champion 1976 and 1980, 5,000 m world record 6:56.9 (1977).

Kazuki Yoshinaga (吉永一貴)

Kazuki Yoshinaga (吉永一貴, born 1999, Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese short track speed skater for Toyota Motor Corporation who competed at the PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022, and Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics and won the 2018 Calgary World Cup 1500 m.

Kazuyoshi Funaki

Kazuyoshi Funaki (船木和喜), Japanese ski jumper born 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido; double 1998 Nagano Olympic champion (large hill individual and team) plus normal hill silver, 1998 Four Hills and ski flying world champion, 17 World Cup wins.

KC Boutiette

KC Boutiette (born 1970), American long-track speed skater from Tacoma, WA; four-time Olympian (1994-2006), first US inline-to-ice crossover, two world records, 23 marathon wins.

Keaton Verhoeff

Keaton Verhoeff (born 2008) is a Canadian right-shot defenceman from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, playing for North Dakota (NCAA) and drafted ninth overall by the San Jose Sharks in 2026; WHL franchise goal record for a defenceman at 16.

Kees Verkerk

Kees Verkerk (Cornelis Arie Verkerk), Dutch long-track speed skater born 1942 in Maasdam; 1968 Olympic 1500 m champion, three silvers, world allround champion 1966-1967; lived in Norway from 1972.

Keiichi Suzuki

Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木恵一), Japanese speed skater (1942–2025), 500 m specialist; two world records (39.2, 38.71), three Olympics 1964–1972, 1972 oath taker, later JSF vice president. Not the judoka Keiji Suzuki or musician Keiichi Suzuki.

Keiji Shirahata

Keiji Shirahata (白幡圭史), born 1973 in Kushiro, Japan, is a speed skater who competed at the 1992, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in the 2002 10,000 m, and won World Allround and 5,000 m single-distances medals.

Kelly Clark

Kelly Clark (born 1983) is an American snowboarder, 2002 Olympic halfpipe gold medalist and five-time Olympian with bronze in 2010 and 2014; first woman to land a 1080 in competition, retired 2019 with 78 wins.

Kelly Sildaru

Kelly Sildaru, Estonian freestyle skier born 2002 in Tallinn; 2022 Olympic slopestyle bronze, 2019 world halfpipe champion, 2020 Youth Olympic gold, and 10 X Games medals, second most among female skiers.

Kelly VanderBeek

Kelly VanderBeek, Canadian alpine skier born 1983 in Kapuskasing, Ontario; 2006 Olympic super-G fourth place, three World Cup podiums, first Canadian woman on a home-soil World Cup podium at Lake Louise 2006; retired 2013 after knee injury, now a broadcaster.

Kelsey Serwa

Kelsey Serwa (born 1989, Kelowna, BC), Canadian ski cross racer; Olympic gold PyeongChang 2018, silver Sochi 2014, 2011 world champion, retired 2019 with eight World Cup wins.

Ken Henry

Ken Henry (Kenneth Charles Henry, 1929-2009), American speed skater; 1952 Oslo Olympic 500 m gold in 43.2, World 500 m champion 1949 and 1952, lit the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic Flame, later a golf professional.

Kenji Ogiwara

Kenji Ogiwara (荻原健司), born 1969 in Kusatsu, Japan, is a former nordic combined skier, two-time Olympic team gold medalist (1992, 1994), four-time world champion, and three-time World Cup overall winner (1993–1995) with 19 wins; later a Japanese lawmaker.

Kenneth Braaten

Kenneth Braaten (born 1974, Mo i Rana) is a retired Norwegian nordic combined skier; 1998 Nagano Olympic team gold, 2001 Lahti world team gold, 1999 Ramsau team silver, one World Cup win.

Kerrin Lee Gartner

Kerrin Lee-Gartner (Kerrin Anne Lee-Gartner), Canadian alpine skier born 1966 in Trail, BC; won the 1992 Albertville Olympic women's downhill by 0.06 seconds, the first Canadian woman to win that event.

Kevin Kuske

Kevin Kuske, born 1979 in Potsdam, German bobsleigh brakeman; four Olympic golds and two silvers (2002-2018), most decorated Olympic bobsledder; now coach in Potsdam and Eurosport expert.

Kevin Overland

Kevin Overland (Kevin Crockett), born 1974 in Ontario, Canadian long track speed skater; 1998 Nagano 500 m bronze medalist and former world record holder at 1,000 m and 1,500 m; later a coach.

Kevin Pearce (snowboarder)

Kevin Pearce (born 1987), American halfpipe snowboarder from Norwich, Vermont; 2008 Burton European Open winner and Shaun White's main rival for Vancouver 2010; a December 31, 2009 training crash caused a traumatic brain injury that ended his career and led him to co-found LoveYourBrain.

Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott, full name John Kevin Scott, is a Canadian former long track speed skater who set a 1,000 meter world record in 1993 and competed in two Olympics.

Kiernan Fagan

Kiernan Fagan (born 2002, Boston) is an American freestyle skier who won boys' slopestyle gold and big air silver at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics; also a fitness model and actor in The Fagan Twins.

Kikkan Randall

Kikkan Randall, American cross-country skier (Kikkanimal), five-time Olympian born 1982; with Jessie Diggins won the first US Olympic gold in cross-country skiing, 2018 team sprint; later breast cancer survivor and Anchorage Nordic leader.

Kim A Rang

Kim A Rang (김아랑, also Kim A-Lang), born 1995 in Seoul, is a South Korean short track speed skater who won women's 3,000 m relay gold at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 and silver at Beijing 2022.

Kim Chan Seo

Kim Chan Seo (김찬서), born 2002, South Korean retired short track speed skater; 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics silver in girls' 1,000 m and gold in mixed-nation relay; distinct from archer Kim Chan or skier Chan Kim.

Kim Dong-sung

Kim Dong Seong (김동성, also Kim Dong-Sung), born 1980 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean short track speed skater: 1998 Nagano 1,000 m Olympic gold, 2002 Salt Lake City 1,500 m disqualification favoring Apolo Ohno, two-time world overall champion.

Kim Gi Hun

Kim Gi Hun (김기훈, also Kim Ki-Hoon), born 1967 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean short track speed skater with three Olympic golds: 1,000 m and relay at Albertville 1992, and 1,000 m defended at Lillehammer 1994, plus the 1992 world overall title.

Kim Gil Ri

Kim Gil Ri (김길리, also Kim Gil-li, Kim Gilli), born 2004, South Korean short track speed skater, Seongnam City Hall; 2023-24 ISU Crystal Globe winner, 2024 world 1500m champion, and double gold medalist (1500m, 3000m relay) at Milan-Cortina 2026.