Winter and ice sports

Rudi Liebrechts

Rudi (Rudie) Liebrechts, Rutgerus Gerardus Liebrechts, Dutch allround speed skater and amateur cyclist born in Vlaardingen; fourth in the 1964 Olympic 10,000 m, world allround bronze 1961 and 1964, 3,000 m world record 4:26.8 in 1965.

Ruka Hirano

Ruka Hirano (平野流佳, born 2002, Osaka) is a Japanese halfpipe snowboarder, 2020 Youth Olympic champion, 2025 world silver medalist, two-time Olympian (12th Beijing 2022, 4th Milan Cortina 2026), and two-time Crystal Globe winner; unrelated to Ayumu and Kaishu Hirano.

Ruslan Zakharov

Ruslan Albertovich Zakharov (Руслан Альбертович Захаров), born 1987, Russian short track and speed skater; Olympic gold in the 5,000 m relay at Sochi 2014 and silver in the team pursuit at Beijing 2022, the first Russian to medal in both sports.

Russian Figure Skating Championships

Russian Figure Skating Championships, annual national title event of Russia (from 1924 the USSR championship), held in men's and women's singles, pairs, and ice dance; 2026 edition ran 17–22 December 2025 at Yubileiny, Saint Petersburg.

Russian Paralympic Committee (Паралимпийский комитет России)

The Russian Paralympic Committee (Паралимпийский комитет России) is the National Paralympic Committee for Russia, holding the exclusive right to enter Russian athletes in the Paralympic Games.

RusSki Gorki Jumping Center (Русские Горки)

RusSki Gorki Jumping Center is a ski jumping complex in Esto-Sadok near Sochi, Russia, built for the 2014 Winter Olympics with K95 and K125 hills.

Ruth Budzisch Schleiermacher

Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher, born 1949 in Wunsiedel, East German sprint speed skater; 1968 and 1972 Olympian, 1969 500 m world record holder (44.6, Davos), and 1971 World Sprint Champion at Inzell.

Ryan Regez

Ryan Regez (born 1993) is a Swiss ski cross racer from SC Wengen, 2022 Beijing Olympic champion, 2022 Crystal Globe winner, and double 2025 Engadin world champion; he returned from a 2022 cruciate ligament injury in 2025.

Ryan Suzuki

Ryan Suzuki (born 2001) is a Canadian ice hockey center drafted 28th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2019 and signed by the Ottawa Senators in 2026.

Ryan Warsofsky

Ryan Warsofsky (born 1987), American ice hockey coach; head coach of the NHL's San Jose Sharks since June 13, 2024, youngest active NHL head coach; two-time Calder Cup winner (Chicago Wolves 2022, Charlotte Checkers 2019 as assistant) and 2025 IIHF gold medalist with Team USA.

Ryoma Kimata

Ryoma Kimata (木俣椋真, born 2002, Nagoya) is a Japanese snowboarder in big air and slopestyle. 2020 Youth Olympic big air champion, 2025 world big air champion, and silver medalist in men's big air at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.

Ryoyu Kobayashi

Ryoyu Kobayashi (小林陵侑), Japanese ski jumper born 1996 in Iwate, TEAM ROY. Beijing 2022 normal hill gold and large hill silver, 2018-19 and 2021-22 World Cup overall champion, first non-European overall winner, 38 World Cup wins, 291 m longest jump.

Ryuichi Kihara

Ryuichi Kihara (木原龍一, born 1992) is a Japanese pair skater who, with Riku Miura, won Japan's first Olympic pair skating gold at the 2026 Games.

Sabine Volker

Sabine Völker (born 1973, Erfurt) is a German speed skater, not the swimmer Sandra Völker. She won 2002 Olympic silvers at 1,000 and 1,500 m, 2002 bronze at 500 m, and 2006 team pursuit gold.

Sage Kotsenburg

Sage Kotsenburg (born 1993, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) is an American snowboarder from Park City, Utah, who won the first Olympic slopestyle gold and the first gold of Sochi 2014 with the Holy Crail 1620, then retired from contests at 24 for backcountry riding and films.

Salomon Group

Salomon Group: French outdoor brand founded 1947 in Annecy by François Salomon, known for ski bindings, boots, skis, and trail-running footwear; owned by Amer Sports since 2005, with 2025 sales above $2 billion.

Sam McGuffie

Sam McGuffie, born 1989, is an American bobsledder and former football running back from Cypress, Texas, whose viral 2006 high school highlight tape made him an early internet recruiting star; he played at Michigan and Rice, briefly in the NFL and CFL, and finished 9th in four-man bobsled at PyeongChang 2018.

Samalog

Samalog (sammenlagt) is the Norwegian-origin speed skating scoring system converting race times to 500m-equivalent points (1000m/2, 1500m/3, 5000m/10, 10,000m/20), summed to three decimals; lowest total wins Allround and Sprint titles.

Sami Jauhojarvi

Sami Jauhojärvi ("Musti", born 1981, Ylitornio), Finnish cross-country skier; Olympic gold in men's team sprint at Sochi 2014 with Iivo Niskanen, Finland's only gold there; three World Championship bronzes; retired 2017.

Samppa Lajunen

Samppa Lajunen (born 1979, Turku) is a Finnish former Nordic combined skier who won the World Cup overall in 1997 and 1999–2000, took two silvers at Nagano 1998, and swept all three golds at Salt Lake City 2002 before retiring in 2004.

Samuel Girard

Samuel Girard (born 1996, Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a retired Canadian short track speed skater, 2018 Olympic 1000m gold medallist and 5000m relay bronze medallist at PyeongChang; distinct from the NHL defenseman Samuel Girard born 1998 in Roberval.

Sander Eitrem

Sander Eitrem (born 2002) is a Norwegian long-track speed skater, Nord-Odal IL, world record holder on the 5000 m (5:58.52, Inzell 2026, first under six minutes), 2026 Olympic 5000 m champion, and 2025 European and 2026 world allround champion.

Sandra Prokoff Kiriasis

Sandra Prokoff Kiriasis (born 1975, Dresden), German bobsleigh pilot; Olympic gold 2006 Turin and silver 2002 Salt Lake City in two-woman bob; nine straight World Cup overall titles 2003–11, 45 race wins, seven world titles; later coached Jamaican, Israeli, and Nigerian teams.

Sandro Viletta

Sandro Viletta (born 1986) is a Swiss former alpine ski racer who won the men's combined gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the first Swiss skier to do so.

Sara Hector

Sara Maria Hector, Swedish alpine skier (Kungsbergets AK), giant slalom and slalom specialist; Olympic GS gold Beijing 2022, shared GS silver Milano Cortina 2026, 8 World Cup wins, first Swedish woman with two Olympic GS medals.

Sara Takanashi (高梨沙羅)

Sara Takanashi (高梨沙羅, born 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper with a record 63 World Cup wins, four overall titles, and Olympic bronzes at PyeongChang 2018 and Milan-Cortina 2026, but no individual Olympic gold.

Sarah Burke

Sarah Jean Burke was a Canadian freestyle skier from Ontario who won the first FIS halfpipe world championship and died in 2012 after a training accident.

Sarah Everhardt

Sarah Everhardt (born 2006) is an American women's singles figure skater, 2025 U.S. and Four Continents bronze medalist, 11th at the 2026 Worlds, coached by Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov.

Sarah Hofflin

Sarah Hoefflin (Höfflin), born 1991 in Geneva, Swiss freestyle skier; 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic slopestyle gold, 2017 and 2019 slopestyle crystal globes, X Games Aspen 2018 big air gold, 2025 world big air silver.