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Olga Pall
Olga Pall (Pall-Scartezzini), Austrian alpine skier born 1947 in Göstling an der Ybbs; 1968 Grenoble Olympic downhill gold medalist, 1968 downhill World Cup titleholder, three World Cup wins, later ÖSV Vice-President.
Olga Pylyova Medvedtseva
Olga Pylyova-Medvedtseva (Olga Pyleva, Olga Medvedtseva), Russian biathlete born 1975 in Borodino; two Olympic golds (2002 pursuit, 2010 relay), 2006 carphedon doping disqualification, six world titles.
Olga Zaitseva (Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева)
Olga Zaitseva (Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева), born 1978 in Moscow, Russian biathlete; two Olympic relay golds (2006, 2010), 2010 mass start silver, three world titles; Sochi 2014 results disqualified for doping, upheld by CAS in 2020.
Olga Zaytseva
Olga Zaytseva names two Russian athletes: biathlete Olga Alekseyevna Zaytseva (born 1978), two-time Olympic relay champion later disqualified for Sochi 2014 doping, and sprinter Olga Igorevna Zaytseva (born 1984), indoor 4x400m relay world record holder.
Olivier Jean
Olivier Jean (born 1984) is a Canadian short track speed skater, Olympic 5000m relay gold medalist at Vancouver 2010 and 2012 world 500m champion, who later switched to long track mass start, winning 2017 world bronze, and now coaches Canada's national team.
Olympic biathlon individual and sprint events
The Olympic biathlon individual and sprint events are biathlon's two original Olympic formats: the 20 km individual with four shooting bouts, and the 10 km sprint with two.
Olympic biathlon pursuit and mass start events
The Olympic biathlon pursuit is a race where athletes start at time gaps from the preceding sprint, firing four bouts with penalty loops for misses.
Olympic biathlon relay and mixed relay events
Olympic biathlon relay and mixed relay: team biathlon events. Men's 4x7.5 km relay since 1968, women's 4x6 km since 1992, mixed relay since Sochi 2014, Single Mixed Relay added for Alps 2030; France swept all three relays at Milano Cortina 2026.
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Olympic medalists in biathlon, also called Winter Olympic biathlon champions, are winners of biathlon medals since Squaw Valley 1960; 11 events, led by Norway (67 medals, 25 golds), Bjorndalen, and Domracheva.
Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
The list of Olympic medalists in Nordic combined covers every Games since Chamonix 1924 in the sport pairing ski jumping with cross-country skiing, dominated by Norway's 38 medals.
Olympic ski jumping medalists and records
Olympic ski jumping medalists and records covers the athletes and nations winning medals since 1924, when ski jumping joined the Winter Olympics, with Norway leading at 41 medals.
Ondřej Moravec
Ondřej Moravec (born 1984) is a Czech biathlete, the most decorated in Czech history: 3 Sochi 2014 Olympic medals, 6 World Championship medals, 2013 Oslo mass start World Cup win; Czech men's national coach since 2024.
Orazio Fagone
Orazio Fagone, Italian short-track speed skater born 1968 in Catania; 1994 Lillehammer Olympic 5,000 m relay gold, five world titles, and 2006 Paralympic sledge hockey competitor after a 1997 motorcycle accident.
Oriol Cardona
Oriol Cardona Coll, Spanish ski mountaineering (skimo) sprinter from Banyoles; 2023 and 2025 world sprint champion; won the first Olympic men's skimo sprint gold and mixed relay bronze at Milano-Cortina 2026, Spain's first Winter gold since 1972.
Orlen Arena Oberstdorf Allgau
ORLEN Arena Oberstdorf Allgäu (formerly Erdinger Arena), ski jumping arena at the foot of the Schattenberg in Oberstdorf, Germany, with five hills HS 137 to HS 25; Four Hills Tournament opening venue since 1953, Nordic World Championships 1987, 2005, 2021.
Ortrun Enderlein
Ortrun Enderlein (Ortrun Enderlein-Zöphel, born 1943), East German luger, first Olympic women's singles luge champion at Innsbruck 1964 and world champion 1965 and 1967; disqualified while leading at Grenoble 1968 for heated runners.
Oscarstatuetten
Oscarstatuetten, the Oscar Mathisen Award, is a Norwegian speed skating honorary prize awarded annually since 1959 by Oslo Skøiteklub for the season's best achievement; not the film Oscar.
Oskars Melbardis
Oskars Melbārdis (born 1988, Valmiera) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot, Olympic four-man champion at Sochi 2014 after Russian disqualification, with two-man bronze in 2014 and 2018, and 2016 world champion.
Ossi Reichert
Ossi Reichert (Rosa Reichert, 1925–2006), German alpine skier from Sonthofen; 1952 Oslo slalom silver and 1956 Cortina giant slalom gold for the unified German team; later hotel manager.
Othmar Schneider
Othmar Schneider (1928-2012), Austrian alpine skier and pistol shooter; 1952 Oslo Olympic slalom gold and downhill silver, 1950 slalom world champion, later 34-fold Austrian shooting champion and 1976 Austrian shooting coach.
Out Cold (2001 film)
Out Cold (2001) is an American snowboarding comedy directed by Brendan and Emmett Malloy, starring Jason London, Zach Galifianakis, and Lee Majors; Touchstone/Spyglass film set at Bull Mountain, Alaska, released November 21, 2001, grossing $13.9 million.
Outdoor emergency care
Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) is the National Ski Patrol's pre-hospital emergency care credential for ski patrollers and other outdoor responders; an 80-120 hour course with annual refreshers, toboggan transport skills, and EMT-adapted wilderness content.
Outrigger ski
An outrigger ski, also called a Canadian crutch, is a forearm crutch fitted with a short ski, used in adaptive skiing for balance, steering, and braking.
Paavo Lonkila
Paavo Lonkila (Paavo Olavi Lonkila, 1923–2017), Finnish cross-country skier and Kiuruvesi farmer; 1952 Oslo Olympic gold in the 4×10 km relay and bronze at 18 km, 1950 world relay silver, 1951 Holmenkollen 18 km winner.
Pair skating
Pair skating: figure skating discipline with a man and woman competing as a team, featuring overhead lifts, twist lifts, throw jumps, and death spirals; Olympic event since 1908, scored under the ISU Judging System.
Pal Tyldum
Pål Tyldum (Pal Tyldum), Norwegian cross-country skier born 1942 in Høylandet; five Olympic medals including 50 km gold at Sapporo 1972 and 1968 relay gold; seven Norwegian titles.
Paola Magoni Sforza
Paola Magoni Sforza, called Paoletta, Italian alpine skier born 1964 in Selvino; won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic slalom gold, the first for an Italian female alpine skier, plus 1985 Pfronten World Cup win and Bormio Worlds bronze.
Para biathlon
Para biathlon is a Paralympic winter sport combining adapted cross-country skiing with precision air rifle shooting at 10 m, contested by athletes with physical and vision impairments since 1988.
Para snowboarding
Para snowboarding is a Paralympic winter sport in which athletes with impairments race snowboard cross and banked slalom, debuting at Sochi 2014 and governed by FIS since 2022.
Para-alpine skiing
Para-alpine skiing: Paralympic alpine ski racing for athletes with physical or vision impairments, in standing (LW1-9), sitting (LW10-12), and vision impaired (AS1-4) classes, ranked by factored times across five disciplines.