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Pietro Piller Cottrer
Pietro Piller Cottrer, born 1974 in Pieve di Cadore, is a retired Italian cross-country skier, Olympic relay gold medalist at Torino 2006, world 15 km champion at Oberstdorf 2005, and 2009 distance World Cup winner.
Pietro Sighel
Pietro Sighel is an Italian short track speed skater who won Olympic gold in the mixed relay at Milano Cortina 2026 and the 500 m world title in Seoul in 2023.
Pine Mountain Jump
Pine Mountain Jump is a K120 ski jumping hill in Iron Mountain, Michigan, the largest in the United States outside ski flying hills, hosting an annual February tournament since 1939.
Pioneering firsts by athletes from non-traditional winter sport nations
Pioneering firsts by athletes from non-traditional winter sport nations include South Africa's 1960 Winter Olympics debut, Jamaica's 1988 bobsleigh team, and Nigeria's first African Olympic bobsleigh qualification in 2018.
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Pirmin Zurbriggen, born 1963 in Saas-Almagell, Swiss alpine skier; 1988 Olympic downhill gold, four overall World Cup titles (1984, 1987, 1988, 1990), 40 World Cup wins, four world titles; not the racer Silvan Zurbriggen.
Piste
Piste: a marked, groomed ski run at a resort, from French piste (Latin pista, beaten track, 1727 in English). Four-color difficulty grading (green, blue, red, black); off-piste is unmarked natural terrain.
Pita Taufatofua
Pita Taufatofua (Pita Nikolas Taufatofua), Tongan athlete born 1983 in Perth; taekwondo heavyweight at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, cross-country skier at Pyeongchang 2018, and shirtless coconut-oiled flag bearer at four opening ceremonies including Milan Cortina 2026.
Polish Figure Skating Championships
Polish Figure Skating Championships (Mistrzostwa Polski w łyżwiarstwie figurowym), Poland's national figure skating titles run by the PZŁF since 1922; men and pairs from 1922, women from 1930, ice dance from 1956, decided via Three Nationals since 2009.
Porter Martone
Porter Martone, Canadian right wing from Peterborough, Ontario; Brampton Steelheads captain (98 OHL points in 2024-25), sixth overall pick of the 2025 NHL Draft by Philadelphia, Michigan State rookie of the year, and Canada's 2026 World Juniors captain.
Portes du Soleil
Portes du Soleil, Franco-Swiss cross-border ski and mountain bike domain of 12 linked resorts between Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc; over 600 km of pistes, first cross-border lift 1956, named 1965 after the pass above Les Crosets.
Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1999)
Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1999) is a Monegasque figure skater, daughter of Caroline of Monaco and granddaughter of Grace Kelly, who competed for Monaco at the 2015 EYOF and ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Professional Ski Instructors of America
The Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), legally the American Snowsports Education Association, is the national certification body for US snowsports instructors, founded in 1961.
Qi Guangpu
Qi Guangpu (齐广璞), Chinese freestyle skier born 1990 in Nanjing, specialist in aerials; 2022 Beijing Olympic gold in men's aerials and silver in mixed team aerials, five-time Olympian through 2026.
Qualification and wildcard pathways for small winter programs
Qualification and wildcard pathways are the routes small winter sport nations use to reach the Olympics, including FIS point standards, special quotas, and invitational places.
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Quentin Fillon Maillet, French biathlete born 1992 in Champagnole, Jura; nine Olympic medals (5 gold) across Beijing 2022 and Milano Cortina 2026, France's most decorated Olympian, 2021/22 World Cup overall champion.
Ragnhild Haga
Ragnhild Haga (Ragnhild Gløersen Haga), born 1991, Norwegian cross-country skier; double Olympic gold medalist at Pyeongchang 2018 (10 km freestyle, 4x5 km relay) and first woman to win a 50 km World Cup race (Holmenkollen 2023); retired 2023.
Raichle Flexon
Raichle Flexon: Swiss three-piece (cabrio) alpine ski boot introduced 1980/81, using a ribbed external tongue derived from NASA space-suit joint technology; discontinued with Raichle around 1999, revived by K2 as Full Tilt in 2006.
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Smetanina (Раиса Петровна Сметанина, born 1952), Soviet and Russian cross-country skier; won ten Olympic medals (four gold) across five Games 1976-1992 and the 1982 world 20 km title.
Ralph Hansch
Ralph Hansch (Ralph Lawrence Hansch, 1924-2008), Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the Edmonton Mercurys, won gold at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics; wore number 0, the only Olympic player ever to do so, then became an Edmonton firefighter.
Ramon Zenhausern
Ramon Zenhäusern (Ramon Zenhäusern), Swiss slalom skier born 1992 in Visp, Valais. 2018 PyeongChang Olympic slalom silver medalist and mixed team champion, 2019 world team champion, 7 World Cup wins; dropped by Swiss-Ski in 2026, now racing independently on Völkl.
Red Gerard
Red Gerard (Redmond Gerard, born 2000) is an American slopestyle and big air snowboarder, 2018 PyeongChang Olympic slopestyle gold medalist at 17, the youngest Olympic snowboarding champion, later 4th at Beijing 2022 and a three-time Olympian through Milano Cortina 2026.
Reidar Liaklev
Reidar Liaklev (Reidar Kristofer Liaklev), Norwegian speed skater, 1948 St. Moritz Olympic 5,000 m champion in 8:29.4; 1948 European allround champion, 1947 Worlds 10,000 m winner, source of the phrase "to etter Liaklev".
Reiichi Mikata
Reiichi Mikata (三ヶ田礼一), born 1967 in Ashiro, Iwate, Japanese Nordic combined skier; Olympic team gold at Albertville 1992 with Ogiwara and Kono, Japan's first Nordic combined gold; 1991 World Championships team bronze.
Reinhard Bredow
Reinhard Bredow (born 1947, Ilsenburg) is a German former luger for East Germany who won 1972 Sapporo Olympic doubles gold with Horst Hörnlein, tied with Hildgartner/Plaikner, plus 1973 world and 1970, 1972 European titles.
Relay and team sprint events in cross-country skiing
Relay and team sprint events are the team formats of cross-country skiing, including the 4 × 10 km men's relay, 4 × 5 km women's relay, and team sprint.
Ren Ziwei
Ren Ziwei (任子威), Chinese short track speed skater born 1997 in Harbin, double Olympic champion at Beijing 2022 in the 1000m and mixed relay, 2018 relay silver; retired after injuries.
René Hoppe
René Hoppe, German bobsledder born 1976 in Oelsnitz, Saxony; Olympic four-man gold at Turin 2006 in André Lange's crew, plus five world titles; not related to Wolfgang Hoppe.
Renee Colliard
Renée Colliard (1933-2022), Swiss alpine skier; surprise gold medalist in the women's slalom at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, winning both runs in 1:52.3 by over three seconds; later a pharmacist in Valais.
Reto Capadrutt
Reto Capadrutt (1912–1939), Swiss bobsledder; Olympic silver in two-man 1932 with Oscar Geier and four-man 1936; 1935 two-man world champion with Emil Diener; died in a St. Moritz bobsleigh crash.
Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin (Rhona Howie), born 1966, Scottish curler who skipped Great Britain to women's curling gold at Salt Lake City 2002 with the 'Stone of Destiny', first British Winter gold since 1984; later coached GB women to Sochi 2014 bronze.