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Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex
Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex (Olympic Jumping Complex), ski jumping venue in Lake Placid, NY, run by ORDA; jumps date to 1920, served the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, and after a 2021 renovation are the only North American hills homologated for year-round jumping.
Lamberto Dalla Costa
Lamberto Dalla Costa (1920–1982), Italian Air Force combat pilot and bobsleigh pilot; with Giacomo Conti won two-man bobsleigh gold at Cortina 1956, Italy's only gold at those Games.
Lana Prusakova
Lana Prusakova (Лана Алексеевна Прусакова), Russian freestyle skier born 2000 in Novocheboksarsk; 2016 Youth Olympic slopestyle gold medalist, 2021 World Championships big air silver medalist, 14th in slopestyle at PyeongChang 2018.
Lange (ski boots)
Lange is an American-founded ski boot brand, now part of Dynastar-Lange. Bob Lange introduced the first plastic ski boot in 1962, and by 1970 it dominated racing boots worldwide.
Lara Gut-Behrami
Lara Gut-Behrami (Lara Giusy Gut-Behrami), Swiss alpine skier born 1991; two overall World Cup titles, 48 World Cup wins, 2022 Olympic super-G gold; retired August 2026 at 35 after a knee injury.
Larisa Kurkina
Larisa Kurkina (Лариса Николаевна Куркина), born 1973, Russian cross-country skier; 2006 Turin Olympic gold in the 4x5 km relay, 2005 Worlds relay silver; retired 2011.
Larisa Lazutina
Larisa Lazutina (Лариса Лазутина, née Ptitsyna, born 1965), Russian cross-country skier; five Olympic golds and Nagano 1998 medals in all five events; disqualified for darbepoetin at Salt Lake City 2002 and banned two years.
Lars Nelson
Lars Nelson (Lars Fredrik Nelson, born 1985) is a Swedish cross-country skier of Åsarna IK who won gold in the 4x10 km relay at Sochi 2014, skied the first leg, and placed ninth in the skiathlon.
Lascelles Brown
Lascelles Brown (born 1974, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a brakeman who competed for Jamaica, Canada, and Monaco; first Jamaican-born Winter Olympic medallist, with two-man silver at Turin 2006 and four-man bronze at Vancouver 2010.
Lasse Efskind
Lasse Efskind (Lasse Daniel Efskind, born 1944, Oslo) is a Norwegian former sprint speed skater, 1972 Olympian, and 1973 Davos world-record holder at 500 m and 1,000 m, later a physician, surgeon, and author of Trylleringen.
Lasse Kjus
Lasse Kjus, born in 1971, is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer who won 16 Olympic and World Championship medals and two overall World Cup titles.
Latin American nations at the Winter Olympics
Latin American nations at the Winter Olympics are countries that compete in the Games. After starting in 1928, they reached a record delegation of 37 athletes in 2026.
Laura Nagy
Laura Karolina Nagy (Nagy Laura), Hungarian curler born 2002 in Budapest, Vasas SC; won mixed doubles gold with Canada's Nathan Young at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics and multiple Hungarian women's titles.
Laura Nolte
Laura Nolte (born 1998, Unna) is a German bobsleigh pilot who won Olympic two-woman gold in 2022 and 2026 with Deborah Levi, and is a three-time world champion.
Lauren Woolstencroft
Lauren Woolstencroft is a Canadian retired Para alpine skier who won eight Paralympic golds between 2002 and 2010, sweeping all five standing alpine events at Vancouver 2010.
Laurent Dubreuil
Laurent Dubreuil (born 1992, Quebec City) is a Canadian long track speed skater and sprinter, Olympic silver (1000m, Beijing 2022) and bronze (500m, Milano Cortina 2026) medallist, 500m world champion 2021, and first Canadian under 34 seconds in the 500m.
Lee Gyu Hyeok
Lee Gyu Hyeok (이규혁, Lee Kyou-hyuk), born 1978 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean sprint speed skater who competed in six straight Winter Olympics (1994–2014) without a medal, won four ISU World Sprint titles, and set 1,000 m and 1,500 m world records.
Lee Ho Seok
Lee Ho Seok is a South Korean former short track speed skater who won five Olympic medals, one gold and four silver, at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Games.
Lee Jun Ho
Lee Jun Ho (이준호), born 1965, South Korean short track speed skater; 1992 Olympic relay gold and 1,000 m bronze, 1990 overall world champion; distinct from the gymnast Lee Jun-Ho born 1995.
Lee Jung-su (이정수)
Lee Jung-su (이정수, born 1989, Seoul) is a South Korean short track speed skater, double gold medalist (1,000 m, 1,500 m) at Vancouver 2010 with relay silver, later banned three years for race rigging; distinct from the figure skating judge of the same name.
Lee Kang Seok
Lee Kang Seok (이강석, also Lee Gang-Seok), born 1985, South Korean long track speed skater, 500 m specialist; 2006 Olympic bronze, world 500 m champion 2007 and 2009, 34.25 world record.
Lee Sang-hwa (이상화)
Lee Sang-hwa (이상화), born 1989 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean long-track speed skater, two-time Olympic 500 m champion (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014), PyeongChang 2018 silver medalist, and 2013 world record holder at 36.36 seconds.
Lee Seo Hyuk
Lee Seo Hyuk (이서혁, Lee Seo-Hyeok), South Korean skeleton racer born 2003; not the actor Lee Soo-hyuk. Finished 7th in boys' skeleton at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics with 2:21.05.
Lee Seung Hun
Lee Seung Hun (이승훈, Lee Seung-Hoon, born 1988, Seoul) is a South Korean speed skater with six Olympic Winter Games medals, including 10,000 m gold in 2010 and the inaugural men's mass start title in 2018; distinct from the freestyle skier of the same name born 2005.
Leo Linkovesi
Leo Linkovesi (Leo Ensio Linkovesi, Leksa), Finnish speed skater, 1947–2006. First official World Sprint champion (Eskilstuna 1972) and 500 m world record holder (38.0, Davos, 8 January 1972); sixth in the 500 m at Sapporo 1972.
Leo Visser
Leo Visser (Leendert Visser), Dutch long-track speed skater born 1966 in Haastrecht; four Olympic medals at Calgary 1988 and Albertville 1992, 1989 European and World allround champion, 3000 m and 5000 m world record holder in 1987, later KLM pilot.
Leon Quaglia
Léon Quaglia (Léonhard Giotti Quaglia, 1896–1961), French speed skater and ice hockey player from Chamonix; 19-time French skating champion, three-time Olympian, 1924 European hockey gold medalist, and 1928 one-hour world record holder.
Leonhard Stock
Leonhard Stock (born 1958), Austrian alpine skier, 1980 Lake Placid Olympic downhill champion as an alternate; three World Cup downhill wins (Laax 1989, Val d'Isère 1990, Val Gardena 1992); later hotelier in Finkenberg.
Les Trois Vallées
Les Trois Vallées, also known as Les 3 Vallées, is a lift-linked ski area in Savoie, France, described as the world's largest connected ski area.
Letalnica bratov Gorišek
Letalnica bratov Gorišek (Gorišek Brothers Flying Hill) is a ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia, opened 1969, designed by Janez and Lado Gorišek. HS 240 m; holds men's (254.5 m, Domen Prevc) and women's (242.5 m, Nika Prevc) world records.