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2026–27 ISU Challenger Series
2026–27 ISU Challenger Series: 14th edition of the ISU's senior figure skating Challenger circuit, 13 events from Cranberry Cup (Aug 2026, Norwood) to Icechallenge (Feb 2027, Graz), awarding World Standing Points and minimum-score eligibility.
2026–27 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
2026–27 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: six senior events in six countries, October 23–November 29, 2026 (Angers, Kelowna, Shenzhen, Everett, Helsinki, Tokyo), Final in Chongqing December 10–13; top six per discipline qualify.
2026–27 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2026–27 ISU Junior Grand Prix is the International Skating Union's junior figure skating series of seven events, with the Final in Chongqing, China, in December 2026.
2027 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2027 IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship, hosted by Germany in Düsseldorf and Mannheim, 14–30 May 2027, with opening game Germany vs Switzerland on 13 May at Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen; 16 nations, 64 games.
2027 World Figure Skating Championships
ISU Figure Skating World Championships 2027, in Tampere, Finland at Nokia Arena, March 16-21, 2027; fourth Finnish hosting, first in Tampere; about 150 skaters from 50 nations in four disciplines.
2030 IIHF World Championship
2030 IIHF World Championship: men's top-division ice hockey world championship, 17 May–2 June 2030, co-hosted by Helsinki, Finland and Riga, Latvia; bid approved at the IIHF Annual Congress on 29 May 2026.
Aaron Pike (athlete)
Aaron Pike (born 1986, Park Rapids, Minnesota) is an American dual-sport Paralympian in T54 wheelchair racing and LW11.5 sit-ski biathlon and cross-country, an eight-time Paralympian (2012-2026) and two-time Para biathlon world champion engaged to Oksana Masters.
Abzal Azhgaliyev
Abzal Azhgaliyev (Абзал Абаевич Ажгалиев), born 1992 in Oral, is a retired Kazakh short track speed skater, 500m specialist, four-time Olympian, and the first Kazakh to win a short track World Cup event (2016).
Adam Enright
Adam Enright (born 1983, Camrose, Alberta) is a Canadian curler, Olympic gold medalist at Vancouver 2010 as fifth/alternate on Kevin Martin's undefeated men's rink, and 2008 world champion with the same team.
Adam Hofstedt
Adam Hofstedt (born 2002), Swedish alpine skier for Karlstads Slalomklubb; double gold (super-G, slalom) and bronze (combined) at Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics, slalom silver at 2023 Junior Worlds, Europa Cup racer.
Adam Lamhamedi
Adam Lamhamedi (آدم لمحمدي), born 1995 in Québec City, Moroccan-Canadian alpine skier for Morocco; gold in Super G at 2012 Innsbruck Winter Youth Olympics, first Moroccan, Arab, and African YOG gold medalist; competed at Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018.
Adam Rippon
Adam Rippon (born 1989) is an American figure skater, 2016 U.S. champion, 2010 Four Continents champion, and 2018 PyeongChang Olympic team event bronze medalist; first openly gay American man to qualify for a Winter Olympics, now an NBC Olympics reporter.
Adelina Sotnikova (Аделина Дмитриевна Сотникова)
Adelina Sotnikova (Аделина Дмитриевна Сотникова), born 1996, retired Russian figure skater; 2014 Sochi Olympic ladies' champion, first Russian woman to win the title, beating Yuna Kim by 5.48 points amid a judging controversy.
Adelskalender (skating)
Adelskalender (Adelskalenderen), the all-time long track speed skating ranking of Norwegian origin, combining career best times over four allround or two sprint distances via samalog points; lowest total leads, men's list since 1893.
Adne Søndral
Ådne Søndral is a Norwegian former speed skater, born in 1971, who won Olympic gold in the 1,500 meters at the 1998 Nagano Games in world record time.
Adrenalin Hotel
Adrenalin Hotel (готель «Адреналін») is a 70-room ski hotel at 1,350 m in Dragobrat, Zakarpattia, Ukraine, with restaurant, sauna, salt room, pool, and a 9.2/10 Booking.com rating; distinct from Adrenalin Park Hotel Arkhyz and Adrenalin Attractions.
Aerial lift
Aerial lift: passenger ropeway with chairs or cabins on cables. Types: fixed/detachable chairlifts, gondolas, tramways, funitels. Speeds 2-6 m/s, capacities to 4,500 pph; ANSI B77.1 and EU 2016/424 govern.
Aerial tramway
Aerial tramway (reversible or jig-back ropeway): two large fixed-grip cabins shuttling between terminals on a cable loop. Invented after Wilhelm Albert's 1830s wire rope; used for ski resorts, tourism, and urban transit such as Roosevelt Island and Medellín.
Åke Seyffarth
Åke Seyffarth (Karl Åke Seyffarth, 1919–1998), Swedish speed skater and cyclist; 1948 Olympic 10,000 m gold and 1,500 m silver at St. Moritz, world records at 3,000 m and 5,000 m, decade-long Adelskalender leader.
Akito Watabe (渡部暁斗)
Akito Watabe (渡部暁斗) is a retired Japanese combined (ski jumping and cross country) athlete, who won four Olympic medals and the 2017/18 Overall World Cup title across six Games.
Aksel Lund Svindal
Aksel Lund Svindal (born 1982, Lørenskog) is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer: two-time overall World Cup champion, 36 World Cup wins, Olympic super-G gold 2010 and downhill gold 2018, five world titles, retired 2019.
Al Washbond
Al Washbond (Alan Morgan Washbond, 1899–1965), American bobsledder from Keene Valley, New York; won two-man bobsleigh gold with Ivan Brown at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics and father of 1956 Olympian Bud Washbond.
Ala Tsuper
Ala Tsuper (Алла Цупер), born 1979 in Rivne, Ukraine, is a Belarusian freestyle aerials skier. Six-time Olympian (UKR 1998, BLR 2002–2018), she won gold at Sochi 2014 with 98.01 and was 2018 flagbearer.
Alain Baxter
Alain Baxter, born 1973 in Edinburgh, is a British alpine slalom skier nicknamed The Highlander. He won 2002 Salt Lake City slalom bronze, the first British Olympic snow medal, later stripped over a Vicks inhaler methamphetamine test.
Albert Popov
Albert Popov (Алберт Попов, born 1997, Sofia) is a Bulgarian slalom skier, Ski Club Moten. First World Cup podium Palisades Tahoe 2023 (3rd), first win Madonna di Campiglio January 2025; three Olympics (2018, 2022, 2026).
Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba, "Tomba la Bomba" (born 1966, Bologna area), Italian alpine skier; three Olympic golds in slalom/giant slalom, 50 World Cup wins, 88 podiums, Overall World Cup 1995.
Albina Akhatova
Albina Akhatova (Альбина Ахатова), Russian biathlete born 1976 in Nikolsk, Vologda; five Olympic medals including 2006 relay gold, ten world championship medals, career ended by a 2009 EPO doping sanction.
Aleksandar Shalamanov (Александър Стефанов Шаламанов)
Aleksandar Shalamanov (Александър Стефанов Шаламанов, 'Shami'), 1941–2021, Bulgarian alpine skier and footballer; 1960 Squaw Valley Olympian (downhill 47th, giant slalom 37th) and 1966/1970 World Cup right back with 42 caps.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Norwegian alpine skier (born 1992, Bærum), 2019/20 overall World Cup winner with 21 World Cup wins, Beijing 2022 silver and bronze, 2023 world silver, comeback after 2024 Wengen crash.
Aleksandr Gallyamov
Aleksandr Gallyamov (Александр Романович Галлямов), Russian pair skater born 1999 in Berezniki; with Anastasia Mishina, 2022 Olympic pairs and team bronze, 2021 world champion, 2022 European champion, 2019 world junior champion.