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Nana Takagi
Nana Takagi (髙木 菜那) is a retired Japanese speed skater from Hokkaido who won two Olympic golds and one silver, and is the older sister of skater Miho Takagi.
Nancy Greene Raine
Nancy Greene Raine (born 1943, Ottawa) is a Canadian alpine skier, "Tiger", who won the 1967 and 1968 overall World Cup titles and giant slalom gold and slalom silver at Grenoble 1968; later a senator and Sun Peaks ambassador.
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan (born 1969, Stoneham, Massachusetts) is an American figure skater, 1992 Olympic bronze and 1994 Olympic silver medalist, attacked before the 1994 U.S. Championships in a plot by Tonya Harding's ex-husband.
Nao Kodaira (小平奈緒)
Nao Kodaira (小平奈緒), born 1986, Japanese speed skater; first Japanese woman to win Olympic speed skating gold (2018 500m), 1000m and sprint-combination world record holder, retired 2022.
Naoki Yuasa (湯浅直樹)
Naoki Yuasa (湯浅直樹, born 1983 in Sapporo) is a retired Japanese alpine skier specializing in slalom who raced at three Olympics and took a World Cup podium.
Natalie Geisenberger
Natalie Geisenberger (Natalie Geisenberger-Scheer), born 1988 in Munich, is a retired German luger, the most decorated Olympic luger with 6 golds and 1 bronze, three straight singles titles 2014-2022, 9 world titles, retired 2023.
Nataliya Baranova
Nataliya Baranova (Nataliya Ivanovna Baranova-Masalkina, Наталья Ивановна Баранова), Russian cross-country skier born 1975 in Krivosheino, Tomsk; 2006 Turin Olympic gold medalist in the 4x5 km relay and 2005 World Championships relay silver and 30 km bronze medalist.
Nataliya Bestemyanova
Nataliya Bestemyanova (Наталья Бестемьянова), Soviet ice dancer born 1960 in Moscow; with Andrey Bukin won 1988 Olympic gold, 1984 silver, four World and five European titles, later of Igor Bobrin's Ice Miniature Theatre.
Nataliya Linichuk
Nataliya Linichuk (Наталья Владимировна Линичук), born 1956 in Moscow, Soviet ice dancer; with Gennady Karponosov won 1980 Olympic gold, 1978-79 World titles, then coached champions at University of Delaware.
Nataliya Mishkutyonok
Nataliya Mishkutyonok (Наталья Евгеньевна Мишкутёнок), born 1970 in Minsk, is a Russian pair skater who with Artur Dmitriyev won 1992 Olympic gold, 1994 Olympic silver, and two World and two European titles.
Nataliya Nepryayeva
Nataliya Nepryayeva (Terentyeva), born 1995 in Tver, Russian cross-country skier; 2022 Olympic relay champion and skiathlon silver medalist, 2021/22 World Cup overall winner, first Russian woman to win the Tour de Ski, sister of Darya Nepryayeva.
Nataliya Petrusyova
Nataliya Petrusyova (Наталья Петрусёва, later Komarova), Soviet speed skater, 1980 Olympic 1,000 m champion, world all-around champion 1980–1981, world sprint champion 1982, ten world records at Medeo; died 28 November 2025.
Nataliya Snytina
Nataliya Snytina (Наталья Снытина, born 1971, Zlatoust) is a Russian biathlete who won gold in the women's relay at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics after one World Cup season, then retired.
Nataliya Voronina
Nataliya Voronina (Наталья Воронина), Russian long-track speed skater born 1994 in Nizhny Novgorod; 2018 Olympic 5000 m bronze, 2020 world 5000 m champion and 5000 m world record holder, Oscar Mathisen Award 2020.
Nathalie Lambert
Nathalie Lambert, Canadian short track speed skater born 1963 in Montreal; 1992 Olympic relay gold, 1994 double silver, three-time overall world champion, later Vancouver 2010 Chef de Mission and ISU Short Track Technical Committee chair.
Nathan Chen
Nathan Chen (b. May 5, 1999, Salt Lake City) is an American figure skater, 2022 Olympic champion in singles and team event, three-time world champion, and record-setting quadruple jumper; Yale class of 2024.
National alpine skiing cup circuits
National alpine skiing cup circuits are season-long domestic race series run by national ski federations, sitting below the FIS Continental Cups and ranking racers on national points lists.
National ski mountaineering championships
National ski mountaineering championships are country-level championship series in ski mountaineering, typically season-long race series covering sprint, relay, individual, and team disciplines, as in France and Italy.
National Ski Patrol
National Ski Patrol (NSP), founded 1938 by Minnie Dole, is the federally chartered US ski safety and emergency care organization: 30,942 members in 2025, 578 patrols at 494 resorts, Outdoor Emergency Care training, volunteer and professional divisions.
National speed skating records
National speed skating records are the fastest officially ratified times by a country's skaters on long-track distances, maintained by national federations such as the Dutch KNSB.
Natural track luge technique and equipment
Natural track luge technique and equipment cover the minimal two-runner sleds, weight limits up to 20 kg, and body-based steering used on naturally iced mountain tracks.
Natural track luge tracks
Natural track luge tracks are luge courses that follow a mountainside's natural terrain and are iced without artificial refrigeration, with classic venues in the Austrian and Italian Alps.
Natural track luge World Cup
The Natural track luge World Cup is the International Luge Federation's season-long race series on iced natural tracks, awarding overall titles in singles, doubles, and team events.
NCAA Skiing Championships
NCAA Skiing Championships (National Collegiate Men's and Women's Skiing Championships): annual NCAA national title meet since 1954, combining slalom, giant slalom, and classical and freestyle cross-country, scored by cumulative team points; Utah won 2026.
Neal Marshall
Neal Marshall (Neal Gregory Marshall, born 1969, Victoria, BC), Canadian long track speed skater; three-time Olympian (1992, 1994, 1998), 1997 1,500 m world record holder (1:50.05), 1997 World Single Distances bronze medalist.
Nevin Galmarini
Nevin Galmarini, born 1986 in Sankt Gallen, is a Swiss alpine snowboarder, 2018 Olympic champion and 2014 silver medalist in parallel giant slalom, and 2018 World Cup overall winner.
NHK Trophy
NHK Trophy (NHK杯国際フィギュアスケート競技大会), annual senior figure skating competition in Japan, first held 1979; Japanese leg of the six-event ISU Grand Prix series, organized by the Japan Skating Federation with NHK; 2025 held in Osaka, 2026 in Tokyo.
Nick Baumgartner
Nick Baumgartner (born 1981, Iron River, Michigan) is an American snowboard cross racer, five-time Olympian, and 2022 Beijing mixed team gold medalist with Lindsey Jacobellis, the oldest Olympic snowboarding medalist.
Nick Thometz
Nick Thometz (Keith James Thometz, born 1963, Minneapolis) is an American long track speed skater, three-time Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992), 500 m world record holder (36.55, 1987), 1986-87 World Cup sprint champion, later US national coach and ISU Technical Committee chair.
Nico Porteous
Nico Porteous, New Zealand freestyle skier born 2001 in Hamilton; Olympic halfpipe gold at Beijing 2022, bronze at PyeongChang 2018, 2021 world champion; left halfpipe competition in June 2025.