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Marielle Thompson
Marielle Thompson (born 1992, North Vancouver, BC) is a Canadian ski cross racer, "Big Air Mar": Sochi 2014 Olympic gold, Beijing 2022 silver, four Crystal Globes (2012, 2014, 2017, 2024), 2019 world champion, 36 World Cup wins.
Marijke Groenewoud
Marijke Groenewoud (born 1999, Hallum, Netherlands), Dutch speed skater for Team Albert Heijn Zaanlander; 2026 Olympic mass start champion with three Olympic medals and three world mass start titles (2021, 2023, 2025).
Marina Anissina
Marina Anissina (Марина Анисина, born 1975, Moscow) is a Russian-born French ice dancer; with Gwendal Peizerat she won 2002 Olympic gold, the 2000 World title, and European titles in 2000 and 2002.
Marina Kiehl
Marina Kiehl (born 1965, Munich) is a German former alpine skier for West Germany; Olympic downhill gold at Calgary 1988, World Cup giant slalom champion 1985 and Super G champion 1986, retired at 23. Not the swimmer Marina Jehl.
Marina Kielmann
Marina Kielmann (born 1968, Dortmund) is a German figure skater and roller skater, three-time German champion, 1992 European silver medalist, tenth at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, later a Holiday on Ice star and coach.
Marina Klimova
Marina Klimova (Марина Владимировна Климова), Russian ice dancer born 1966 in Yekaterinburg; with husband Sergey Ponomarenko won Olympic bronze 1984, silver 1988, gold 1992, and three world titles.
Marinus Kraus
Marinus Kraus (born 1991, Rosenheim) is a German former ski jumper of WSV Oberaudorf, Olympic team large hill gold medalist at Sochi 2014, individual World Cup winner at Lillehammer 2013/14, and a Bundespolizei police officer.
Mario Armano
Mario Armano (born 1946, Alessandria) is an Italian bobsledder, 1968 Grenoble Olympic four-man gold medalist in Eugenio Monti's crew, with four World Championship medals and later CONI sports administration roles.
Mario Matt
Mario Matt, Austrian alpine skier (SC Arlberg), slalom specialist; Olympic slalom gold Sochi 2014 as oldest alpine champion, world slalom champion 2001 and 2007, 15 World Cup wins, retired 2015.
Mario Reiter
Mario Reiter, Austrian alpine skier born 1970 in Rankweil, won combined gold at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, plus 1996 world slalom silver, 1997 combined bronze, and three World Cup races.
Mario Stecher
Mario Stecher, Austrian Nordic combined skier (born 1977, Eisenerz), six-time Olympian; team gold 2006 and 2010, team bronze 2002 and 2014; later ÖSV sports director.
Marion Oberhofer
Marion Oberhofer (born 2000, San Candido, Italy) is an Italian luger who with Andrea Vötter won the first Olympic women's doubles gold at Milano Cortina 2026, plus relay bronze, two World Cup titles, and the 2023 European title.
Marit Bjørgen
Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier (born 1980), most decorated Winter Olympian ever with 15 medals including 8 gold, plus 18 world titles and a record 114 World Cup wins; her gold record was passed by Klæbo in 2026.
Marius Lindvik
Marius Lindvik, born 1998, is a Norwegian ski jumper who won Olympic large hill gold at Beijing 2022 and became world normal hill champion at Trondheim 2025.
Mariya Gusakova
Mariya Gusakova (Мария Ивановна Гусакова, 1931–2022), Soviet cross-country skier; 1960 Olympic 10 km champion at Squaw Valley, relay silver 1960, 10 km bronze 1964, and full medal set at the 1962 World Championships.
Marja Liisa Hamalainen Kirvesniemi
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen-Kirvesniemi (born 1955), Finnish cross-country skier; swept all three individual golds at Sarajevo 1984, first woman in six Winter Games, 7 Olympic and 8 World Championship medals.
Marjan Vidmar
Marjan Vidmar, born 1960 in Ljubljana, is a Slovenian biathlete who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, placing 54th in the 10 km sprint and 46th in the 20 km individual; brother of hockey Olympian Andrej Vidmar.
Marjo Matikainen
Marjo Matikainen (Marjo Matikainen-Kallström), born 1965, Finnish cross-country skier; 1988 Calgary Olympic 5 km gold, three straight World Cup overall titles 1986–88, seven World Championship medals, later National Coalition Party MEP and Finnish MP.
Marjut Rolig Lukkarinen
Marjut Rolig Lukkarinen (Anne Marjut Astrid Rolig-Lukkarinen, born 1966, Lohja) is a Finnish cross-country skier, 1992 Albertville Olympic gold medalist in the 5 km classical and silver medalist in the 15 km, 1993 World bronze medalist, the most recent Finnish woman to win Winter Olympic gold.
Mark Kondratyuk
Mark Kondratyuk (Марк Кондратюк), Russian men's figure skater born 2003 in Podolsk; 2022 European and Russian national champion, 15th in Beijing singles, Olympic team bronze after Valieva disqualification.
Mark McMorris
Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder from Regina, Saskatchewan; slopestyle and big air specialist; three straight Olympic slopestyle bronzes (2014, 2018, 2022) and record Winter X Games medal count.
Mark Tuitert
Mark Tuitert (Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert), born 1980 in Holten, is a retired Dutch speed skater who won the 2010 Olympic 1,500 meters in Vancouver.
Markéta Davidová
Markéta Davidová (Makula), Czech biathlete born 1997 in Jablonec nad Nisou; 2021 Pokljuka 15 km individual world champion, 4 World Cup wins, 2022 individual globe; three Olympics; recurring herniated disc.
Markus Prock
Markus Prock, Austrian artificial-track luger born 1964 in Innsbruck, competed at six Olympics 1984-2002, winning silver 1992 and 1994 and bronze 2002 behind Georg Hackl; ten World Cup overall titles, 33 race wins, later Austrian Luge Federation president.
Markus Wasmeier
Markus Wasmeier, German alpine skier born 1963 in Schliersee; double Olympic gold medalist (Super-G, giant slalom) at Lillehammer 1994, 1985 world giant slalom champion, 9 World Cup wins, later founder of the Schliersee open-air museum.
Markus Zimmermann
Markus Zimmermann, German bobsledder (brakeman) born 1964 in Berchtesgaden; four Olympic medals 1992-2002 including four-man gold Nagano 1998 and two-man gold Salt Lake City 2002 with pilot Christoph Langen; five world titles; retired 2004.
Marlies Rostock
Marlies Rostock (born 1960, Klingenthal) is an East German former cross-country skier, SC Dynamo Klingenthal, Olympic gold medalist in the 4×5 km relay at Lake Placid 1980 and world relay silver medalist at Lahti 1978.
Marrit Leenstra
Marrit Leenstra, Dutch speed skater born 1989 in Wijckel, won Olympic team pursuit gold at Sochi 2014 and three world titles in the event, retired in 2018, and works at Milan-Cortina 2026 as Athlete Service Coordinator.
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Marte Olsbu Røiseland (born 1990, Arendal) is a retired Norwegian biathlete; seven Olympic medals, 17 World Championship medals, first to win all seven medals at the 2020 Worlds, overall World Cup champion 2021–22.
Martin Fourcade
The biathlete Martin Fourcade, born in 1988 in Céret, France, accumulated six Olympic gold medals and seven consecutive World Cup titles between 2012 and 2018.