Winter and ice sports

Maxime Laoun

Maxime Laoun, Canadian short track speed skater born 1996 in Montreal; Olympic gold medallist in the men's 5000m relay at Beijing 2022 and 2025 world champion in the same event; also competed at Milano Cortina 2026.

Maya Pedersen

Maya Pedersen (Pedersen-Bieri), Swiss-born skeleton racer, 2006 Turin Olympic champion and 2001 and 2005 world champion; competed for Switzerland at three Games, later for Norway, wife of Snorre Pedersen.

Meagan Duhamel

Meagan Duhamel (born 1985, Lively, Ontario) is a Canadian retired pair skater who with Eric Radford won World titles in 2015 and 2016 and three Olympic medals, including 2018 team gold.

Megan Oldham

Megan Oldham (born 2001, Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian freestyle skier in big air and slopestyle; 2026 Olympic big air champion and slopestyle bronze medallist, first woman to land a triple cork (X Games 2023), 2018-19 slopestyle Crystal Globe winner.

Meinhard Nehmer

Meinhard Nehmer (born 1941), East German bobsled pilot, won Olympic gold in the 1976 two-man and four-man and 1980 four-man plus 1980 two-man bronze, then coached US, Italian, and German teams.

Melissa Bulanhagui

Melissa Bulanhagui, born 1990 in Philadelphia, is a Filipino-American figure skater who competed for Team USA until 2010, then for the Philippines (two-time national champion, Four Continents 2013 and 2015), and since 2019 works as adult performer Jada Kai.

Melle Van't Wout

Melle van 't Wout, Dutch short track speed skater born 2000 in Laren, brother of Jens; 2026 Olympic 5000m relay gold and 500m silver, 2023 European relay champion, comeback from knee injury.

Men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the Olympic Games

The men's 1000 meters is a long-track speed skating event at the Winter Olympics, added at Innsbruck 1976 and won since by Eric Heiden, Shani Davis, and Jordan Stolz.

Men's 5000 metres speed skating at the Olympics

The men's 5000 meters speed skating event has been contested at every Winter Olympics since Chamonix in 1924, where Finland's Clas Thunberg won the first gold.

Men's all-round speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Men's all-round speed skating, 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics, held 26–27 January 1924 over 500, 1,500, 5,000, and 10,000 m with point-for-place scoring; Clas Thunberg won, ahead of Roald Larsen and Julius Skutnabb; contested only once in Olympic history.

Men's cross-country skiing at the early Winter Olympics, 1924–1948

Men's cross-country skiing at the early Winter Olympics comprised 18 km and 50 km races from 1924 to 1948, dominated by Norway, Finland, and Sweden.

Men's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons, 1967–1979

The Men's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons, 1967–1979 cover the circuit's early years, when Jean-Claude Killy won the 1967/68 overall title under the original 25-point scoring system.

Men's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons, 2010–2019

The men's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons from 2010 to 2019 were defined by Austria's Marcel Hirscher, who won eight consecutive overall titles from 2011/12 through 2018/19.

Men's team pursuit at the Winter Olympics

The men's team pursuit is a Winter Olympic long-track speed skating event in which teams of three race over eight laps, debuting at the 2006 Torino Games.

Meryl Davis

Meryl Davis is an American former ice dancer who won the 2014 Olympic ice dance title with partner Charlie White, the first individual gold for the United States.

Metodej Jilek

Metodej Jilek (Metoděj Jílek), born in Prague in 2006, is a Czech long-track speed skater who won gold in the 10,000 m and silver in the 5,000 m at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Michael Greis

Michael Greis (born 1976, Füssen, Germany), German biathlete nicknamed Michi; triple Olympic champion at Turin 2006 in 20 km individual, 15 km mass start, and relay; overall World Cup winner 2007; IBU Hall of Fame 2025.

Michael Gruber

Michael Gruber (born 1979, Schwarzach im Pongau) is a retired Austrian Nordic combined skier, Olympic team gold medalist at Turin 2006 and bronze medalist at Salt Lake City 2002, distinct from the American actor of the same name.

Michael Matt

Michael Matt (born 1993) is an Austrian slalom skier from Flirsch, Tirol, brother of Mario and Andreas Matt; three Olympic medals including 2022 team gold, 2018 slalom bronze, one World Cup win (Kranjska Gora 2017).

Michael Staksrud

Michael Staksrud (1908–1940), Norwegian allround speed skater of the Hadeland trio with Ballangrud and Engnestangen; world champion 1930, 1935, 1937, European champion 1934 and 1937; drowned in Gjersjøen in 1940.

Michael Uhrmann

Michael Uhrmann (born 1978, Wegscheid, Bavaria), German ski jumper, club WSV DJK Rastbüchl; Olympic team gold 2002 and silver 2010, 2001 world team champion, two World Cup wins, later a coach.

Michaela Dorfmeister

Michaela Dorfmeister, born 1973 in Vienna, Austrian alpine skier; double Olympic gold 2006 Torino downhill and super-G, 1998 super-G silver, world champion 2001 and 2003, 2002 overall World Cup winner, 25 World Cup wins.

Michel Mulder

Michel Mulder is a retired Dutch speed skater, born 1986 in Zwolle, who won Olympic 500-meter gold and 1,000-meter bronze at Sochi 2014 and twice won the world sprint title.

Michel Trudeau

Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau (1975–1998), youngest son of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, died in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, British Columbia.

Michela Figini

Michela Figini, Swiss alpine skier born 1966 in Prato, Ticino; 1984 Sarajevo Olympic downhill gold at 17, 1988 Super G silver, 1985 world downhill champion, 26 World Cup wins, two overall titles, retired 1990.

Michele Malfatti

Michele Malfatti (born 1994, Trento) is an Italian long-track speed skater, GS Fiamme Gialle police athlete, Olympic team pursuit champion at Milano Cortina 2026, world champion Calgary 2024, and European champion 2026.

Micheline Lannoy

Micheline Lannoy (1925–2023), Belgian pair figure skater with Pierre Baugniet; 1948 St. Moritz Olympic pairs gold, Belgium's first Winter Olympic gold, plus World titles 1947 and 1948 and the 1947 European title; later a coach in Canada.

Michelle Gisin

Michelle Gisin (born 1993, Samedan, Switzerland), Swiss alpine skier; back-to-back Olympic combined champion 2018 and 2022, 2022 Super G bronze; sister of Dominique Gisin; 22 World Cup podiums.

Michelle Kwan

Michelle Kwan (born 1980, Torrance, California) is an American figure skater and diplomat: five-time world champion, nine-time U.S. champion, 1998 Olympic silver and 2002 bronze medalist, later U.S. ambassador to Belize.