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Kim Min Seon
Kim Min Seon (김민선, born 1999, Seoul) is a South Korean long-track speed skater, 2016 Youth Olympic 500 m gold medalist, three-time Olympian (2018–2026), and 2024–2025 World Championship 500 m medalist; distinct from taekwondo and javelin namesakes.
Kim So Hui (olympedia 81497)
Kim So-Hui (김소희), born 1976 in Daegu, South Korean short track speed skater, Olympedia ID 81497; 1992 all-round world champion and 1994 Olympic relay gold and 1,000 m bronze medalist. Distinct from the taekwondo and alpine skiing namesakes.
Kim Ye Jin
Kim Ye Jin (김예진), born 1999 in Seoul, is a South Korean short track speed skater who won gold in the women's 3,000 m relay at PyeongChang 2018 and at the 2018 Montréal Worlds; distinct from the handball, basketball, and shooting athletes of similar name.
Kim Yun Mi
Kim Yun Mi (김윤미, 金潤美), born 1980, Seoul, is a retired South Korean short track speed skater, youngest Winter Olympic champion at 13 years 85 days, and double 3,000 m relay gold medallist (1994, 1998); distinct from namesake 2004 table tennis and field hockey Olympians.
Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria: alpine ski resort (KitzSki, 233 km pistes, 57 lifts, 800–2,000 m) and home of the Hahnenkamm Races on the Streif downhill, held since 1931; first downhill race 1906.
Kjeld Nuis
Kjeld Nuis, Dutch long-track speed skater (born 1989, Leiden), Team Reggeborgh; triple Olympic champion (2018 1,000 m and 1,500 m, 2022 1,500 m), 2026 1,500 m bronze, 1,500 m world record 1:40.17, 103 km/h ice speed record.
Kjetil Jansrud
Kjetil Jansrud is a retired Norwegian alpine skier, born in 1985 in Stavanger, who won Olympic Super G gold at Sochi 2014 and five Olympic medals from 2006 to 2022.
Klaes Karppinen
Klaes Karppinen (Klaus, 1907-1992), Finnish cross-country skier, Iisalmen Visa club member; Olympic 4x10 km relay gold at Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 and five-time world champion (four relay titles, 18 km 1935) between 1934 and 1939.
Klara Guseva Nesterova
Klara Guseva-Nesterova (Клара Ивановна Гусева-Нестерова), Soviet speed skater, 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic 1,000 m champion in Olympic-record 1:34.1; also 1960 world champion; died 2019.
Klas Lestander
Klas Lestander (1931–2023), Swedish biathlete from Arjeplog, won the first Olympic biathlon gold, the 1960 Squaw Valley 20 km individual, with the only clean 20-for-20 shooting despite the 15th-fastest ski time.
Klaus Michael Bonsack
Klaus Michael Bonsack (1941–2023) was a German luger who competed for East Germany and won four Olympic medals, including doubles gold with Thomas Köhler at Grenoble 1968.
Klavdiya Boyarskikh
Klavdiya Boyarskikh (Клавдия Сергеевна Боярских), Soviet cross-country skier (1939–2009). Won all three women's events, 5 km, 10 km, and 3×5 km relay, at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics; two golds and a silver at the 1966 Oslo World Championships.
Knut Johannesen
Knut Johannesen ("Kupper'n", born 6 November 1933, Oslo) is a Norwegian speed skater who won Olympic 10,000 m gold in 1960 with the first sub-16-minute world record (15:46.6) and 5,000 m gold in 1964.
Kokomo Murase (村瀬心椛)
Kokomo Murase (村瀬心椛, born 2004 in Gifu, Japan) is a Japanese professional snowboarder who won Olympic big air gold at Milano Cortina 2026 after taking bronze at Beijing 2022.
Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
The Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track (Kunsteisbahn Königssee) is a refrigerated ice track in Bavaria, Germany, built in 1968 as the world's first artificial one.
Kopaonik (Копаоник)
Kopaonik (Копаоник), Serbia's largest mountain massif over 80 km long, hosts the country's biggest ski resort (24 lifts, ~55 km pistes, Pančić peak 2,017 m) and a national park declared in 1981.
Kornel Pajor
Kornél Pajor (1923–2016), Hungarian speed skater, first and only Hungarian world champion in the sport, 1949 allround world title, 5000 m world record 8:13.5 at Davos, later defected to Sweden.
Kristen Skjeldal
Kristen Skjeldal (born 1967, Voss) is a Norwegian cross-country skier, two-time Olympic relay gold medalist (1992, 2002) and 2002 30 km bronze medalist, with six Norwegian 50 km titles.
Kristers Aparjods
Kristers Aparjods, born in 1998 in Sigulda, Latvia, is a Latvian luger who won team relay bronze at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and five World Cup races.
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi (born 1971, Hayward, California) is an American figure skater, 1992 Albertville Olympic ladies' singles gold medalist, 1991 and 1992 World champion, and founder of Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream.
Kristina Groves
Kristina Nicole Groves (born 1976, Ottawa) is a Canadian retired long-track speed skater, three-time Olympian and four-time Olympic medalist (three silver, one bronze) at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, with 18 World Championship medals and two 1,500 m World Cup titles.
Kristina Smigun Vahi
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian cross-country skier born 1977 in Tartu, won two Olympic golds at Turin 2006 and silver at Vancouver 2010, plus six World Championship medals, and later served in the Riigikogu.
Kseniya Sinitsyna
Kseniya Sinitsyna (Ксения Синицына) is a Russian ladies' singles figure skater, born in 2004, who won silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and gold in the team event.
Kseniya Stolbova
Kseniya Stolbova (Ксения Столбова), Russian pair skater born 1992 in St. Petersburg; with Fedor Klimov won 2014 Olympic team gold and pairs silver, later skated with Andrei Novoselov before retiring around 2020.
Kurt Browning
Kurt Browning (born 1966) is a Canadian figure skater, the 'Kid from Caroline', first to land a ratified quadruple jump (1988 Worlds) and four-time World champion (1989-91, 1993), later a Stars on Ice choreographer and CBC commentator.
Kurt Brugger
Kurt Brugger (born 1969), Italian luge racer; with Wilfried Huber won Olympic doubles gold at Lillehammer 1994 (1:36.720). Competed in four Winter Olympics, 1988-1998, later Italian national head coach.
Kurt Meier
Kurt Meier, born 1962, is a Swiss former bobsledder who won four-man gold at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics and silver at Lillehammer 1994, plus world titles in 1986 and 1993.
Kurt Oppelt
Kurt Oppelt (18 March 1932, Vienna – 16 September 2015), Austrian figure skater; with Sissy Schwarz won 1956 Olympic pairs gold, 1956 World and European titles, after 1954 and 1955 world silvers behind Dafoe/Bowden.
Kurtis Gabriel
Kurtis Gabriel, born 1993 in Newmarket, Ontario, is a former NHL enforcer (Wild, Devils, Sharks, Blackhawks; 51 games, 153 PIM, 11 fighting majors) and Pride Tape pioneer, later a mental health coach and advocate.
Laila Schou Nilsen
Laila Schou Nilsen (1919-1998), Norwegian all-round athlete; 1936 Olympic alpine combined bronze and downhill winner, world allround speed skating champion 1937-1938, first woman awarded Egebergs Ærespris.