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Para-snowboarding classification
Para-snowboarding classification, also called SB-LL1, SB-LL2, SB-UL classes, is FIS's system grouping Para snowboarders by impairment. One Standing category, three classes, Minimum Impairment Criteria, Athlete Evaluation by medical classifiers since the 2014-15 class split.
Parallel and alpine snowboard racing
Parallel and alpine snowboard racing (FIS Snowboard Alpine): head-to-head Parallel Giant Slalom and Parallel Slalom on gated courses, World Cup since the 1990s, Olympic PGS at Milano Cortina 2026, Mixed Team Parallel added for Alpes 2030.
Parallel turn
The parallel turn is an alpine skiing technique where both skis stay parallel and turn together on matching edges, taught after beginner wedge (snowplow) turns.
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Paralympic cross-country skiing, part of Para Nordic skiing, is a Winter Paralympic endurance sport since 1976 for standing, sitting (sit-ski), and visually impaired athletes, run by FIS over 2.5–20 km in classic and free technique.
Paralympics Australia
Paralympics Australia, formerly the Australian Paralympic Federation (founded 25 January 1990), is Australia's National Paralympic Committee, preparing Paralympic teams and governing Para-sport; it placed ninth at Paris 2024 and runs the UPLIFT strategic plan toward Brisbane 2032.
Park City Mountain Resort
Park City Mountain Resort, Utah ski resort in the Wasatch Range; largest in the US with 7,300 acres, 41 lifts; opened 1963 as Treasure Mountain; Vail Resorts-owned, Epic Pass, 2034 Olympics venue.
Park Hye Won
Park Hye Won (박혜원), born 1983, is a retired South Korean short track speed skater who won gold in the women's relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics with a world record 4:12.793, plus world championship and Universiade relay medals.
Park Ji Wu
Park Ji Wu (박지우, also Park Ji-U or Ji-Woo Park), born 1998, is a South Korean long-track speed skater, double 2016 Youth Olympic gold medalist (1500 m, mass start) and three-time Winter Olympian (2018, 2022, 2026), distinct from short tracker Park Ji-won.
Park Seung Hui
Park Seung Hui (박승희), South Korean short track speed skater born 1992 in Seoul; two Olympic golds at Sochi 2014 (1000m, relay), three bronze overall, later switched to speed skating for Pyeongchang 2018.
Pas de la casa
Pas de la casa (El Pas de la Casa), Andorra's highest town at about 2,085-2,100 m in Encamp parish on the French border: a Grandvalira ski sector founded 1956, duty-free shopping hub, and home of FC Pas de la Casa, expelled from the top flight in 2025.
Pascal Dion
Pascal Dion, Canadian short track speed skater (born 1994, Montreal), CPV Pointe-aux-Trembles; Olympic gold 5000m relay Beijing 2022, bronze PyeongChang 2018, 3000m world champion 2022.
Pasha Grishchuk
Pasha Grishchuk (Oksana Vladimirovna Grishchuk, Оксана Грищук), Russian ice dancer born 1972 in Odesa; with Yevgeny Platov won Olympic ice dance gold in 1994 and 1998, the first repeat champions, plus four world titles.
Pat Martin
Pat Martin (Patrick Henry Martin, 1923–1987), American bobsledder of the Lake Placid Sno-Birds; first American with three Winter Olympic medals: 1948 four-man gold, 1952 two-man and four-man silver.
Patric Leitner
Patric Leitner (Patric-Fritz Leitner, born 1977), German luger; with Alexander Resch won 2002 Olympic doubles gold, four world titles, 34 World Cup wins; German national head coach since 2024.
Patrick Chan
Patrick Chan (Patrick Lewis Wai-Kuan Chan, born 1990), Canadian figure skater, three-time world champion 2011-2013, 2014 Olympic silver in singles and team, 2018 team gold, ten national titles, retired 2018.
Patrick Pigneter
Patrick Pigneter (born 1987) is a retired Italian natural track luger from Vols am Schlern, South Tyrol; multiple overall World Cup winner in singles and doubles with Florian Clara, world and European champion, retired February 2025.
Patrick Roest
Patrick Roest (born 1995, Lekkerkerk) is a Dutch long-track speed skater, three-time world allround champion, 2019 big-combination world record holder, Adelskalender leader since 2019, and four-time Olympic medalist without gold.
Patrik Lortscher
Patrik Lörtscher, born in 1960, is a Swiss curler who won Olympic gold at Nagano 1998 and the 1981 world championship, later becoming a Swiss television commentator.
Patrizia Kummer
Patrizia Kummer (born 1987) is a retired Swiss snowboarder, 2014 Sochi Olympic champion in parallel giant slalom, three-time overall World Cup winner, who quarantined unvaccinated for Beijing 2022.
Paul Attwood
Paul Attwood (Paul Jason Attwood, born 1969, Buckingham) is a British Royal Marines officer and bobsledder; bronze medalist in the four-man event at Nagano 1998, and 14th at Salt Lake City 2002.
Paul Hildgartner
Paul-Peter Hildgartner (born 1952, Chienes, Italy), Italian luger; Olympic doubles gold 1972 with Walter Plaikner, singles silver 1980, singles gold 1984; 1978 world champion; FIL Hall of Fame 2004.
Pavel Kolchin
Pavel Kolchin (Павел Константинович Колчин, also Pavel Koltšin, 1930–2010), Soviet cross-country skier: 1956 Olympic relay gold, first non-Scandinavian Olympic cross-country medalist, Holmenkollen Medal 1963 with wife Alevtina Kolchina.
Pavel Kulizhnikov
Pavel Kulizhnikov (Павел Кулижников) is a Russian sprint speed skater, born 1994, who holds the 500 m world record and won the 2016 sprint double.
Pavel Pegov
Pavel Pegov (Павел Георгиевич Пегов), Soviet speed skater born 1956 in Ulan-Ude; set 500 m, 1000 m, and sprint combination world records at Medeo in March 1983, won 1983 World Sprint silver, and placed 13th in the 1984 Olympic 1000 m.
Pavel Repilov
Pavel Repilov (Павел Александрович Репилов), Russian singles luger born 2002 in Dmitrov, brother of Roman Repilov; 2020 Youth Olympic silver and relay gold, 14th in men's singles at the 2026 Olympics as a neutral athlete.
Peak Performance (clothing brand)
Peak Performance is a Swedish sportswear brand founded in Åre in 1986 by three professional skiers, making technical skiwear, golf, training, and outdoor apparel from Stockholm.
Peder Kongshaug
Peder Kongshaug (born 2001, Wimbledon) is a Norwegian speed skater from Stavanger, Olympic team pursuit gold medalist at Beijing 2022, 1500m world champion 2025, and Norwegian 1500m record holder.
Peggy Fleming
Peggy Fleming (Peggy Gale Fleming Jenkins, born 1948), American figure skater; 1968 Grenoble Olympic gold medalist, five-time U.S. champion, three-time World champion, later ABC broadcaster and breast cancer advocate.
Pekka Koskela
Pekka Koskela (born 1982, Mänttä) is a Finnish sprint speed skater, 1000 m world record holder (1:07.00, 2007–2009), four-time Olympian, four-time World Championship medalist, and Finland's national team head coach from 2026.
Pepi Stiegler
Pepi Stiegler (Josef Stiegler), Austrian alpine skier born 1937 in Lienz; 1960 Olympic giant slalom silver, 1964 Innsbruck slalom gold and giant slalom bronze; longtime Jackson Hole ski school director.