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Sarah Kawahara

Sarah Kawahara is a Canadian figure skater and Emmy-winning ice choreographer from Montreal, known for Scott Hamilton's programs, the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics ceremonies, Blades of Glory, and I, Tonya.

Sasha Cohen

Sasha Cohen (Alexandra Pauline Cohen, born 1984) is an American figure skater, 2006 Olympic silver medalist, 2002 Olympian (4th), three-time World medalist, and 2006 U.S. champion; retired 2010.

Scott Hamilton (figure skater)

Scott Hamilton, born Scott Scovell Hamilton in 1958 in Toledo, Ohio, is an American figure skater who won the 1984 Olympic gold medal and four consecutive World Championships from 1981 to 1984.

Scotty James

Scotty James (born 1994, Melbourne) is an Australian snowboard halfpipe rider, five-time Olympian, and Australia's most decorated Winter Olympian: bronze 2018, silver 2022, silver 2026, plus four world titles and eight X Games golds.

Sebastian Østvold

Sebastian Østvold (born 2002, Gjøvik) is a Norwegian nordic combined athlete of Lensbygda Sportsklubb; 2020 Youth Olympics gold in mixed team and bronze in boys' individual, later FIS Cup ski jumping podium at Otepää 2024.

Sebastian Samuelsson

Sebastian Samuelsson (Nils Sebastian Samuelsson, born 1997) is a Swedish biathlete from Östersund: 2018 Olympic pursuit silver and relay gold, 2026 relay bronze, and ten-plus World Championship medals including Oberhof 2023 mass start gold.

Sebastien Toutant

Sebastien Toutant, aka Seb Toots, Canadian snowboarder born 1992 in Repentigny, Quebec; first ever Olympic men's big air champion (PyeongChang 2018), 7-time X Games medalist, 2021 world slopestyle silver medalist; retired from competition.

Seiko Hashimoto (橋本聖子)

Seiko Hashimoto (橋本聖子), born 1964, Japanese politician and seven-time Olympian in speed skating and track cycling; 1992 Albertville 1,500 m bronze, House of Councillors member since 1995, and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee president.

Selma Poutsma

Selma Poutsma (born 1999, The Hague) is a Dutch short track speed skater who competed for France 2015-2018, then the Netherlands; Olympic 3,000 m relay gold at Beijing 2022 and fourth in the 500 m at Milano-Cortina 2026.

Semyon Yelistratov

Semyon Yelistratov (Semen Elistratov, Семён Елистратов), Russian short track speed skater born 1990 in Ufa: 2014 Olympic relay gold, 1500 m bronze in 2018 and 2022, 2015 world 1500 m champion, twelve European titles.

Seo Ho-Jin

Seo Ho-Jin (서호진, born 1983) is a retired South Korean short track speed skater who won gold in the men's 5000 m relay at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics in an Olympic record 6:43.376.

Seo Hwi Min

Seo Hwi Min (서휘민, also Seo Whi-Min), born 2002 in Seoul, is a South Korean short track speed skater: double gold medalist at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympics and silver medalist in the women's relay at Beijing 2022.

Sepp Benz

Sepp Benz (Josef Benz, 1944–2021) was a Swiss bobsledder, pusher for pilot Erich Schärer, winning four Olympic medals including two-man gold at Lake Placid 1980, then a leading FIL luge official.

Sepp Schnyder

Sepp Schnyder (Josef Schnyder, 1923-2017), Swiss cross-country skier of SC Stoos; not the rower Josef Schneider or the Austrian Sepp Schneider. At Oslo 1952 he placed 37th in the 18 km and 20th in the 50 km.

Sergei Grinkov (Сергей Михайлович Гриньков)

Sergei Grinkov (Сергей Михайлович Гриньков), Soviet-Russian pair skater with wife Ekaterina Gordeeva; two Olympic golds (1988, 1994), four world titles; died of a heart attack practicing at Lake Placid in 1995, aged 28.

Sergey Bulygin

Sergey Bulygin (Сергей Иванович Булыгин), Soviet biathlete born 1963 in Novosibirsk Oblast; 1984 Sarajevo Olympic relay gold, four world titles (relay 1983, 1985, 1986; team 1989), later Belarus coach and presidential advisor.

Sergey Chepikov

Sergey Chepikov (Сергей Чепиков, 1967–2026), Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier; two-time Olympic champion (1988 relay, 1994 sprint), six Olympic medals, two World Cup titles, later State Duma deputy.

Sergey Fokichev

Sergey Fokichev (Сергей Ростиславович Фокичев), Soviet speed skater born 1963 in Cherepovets, won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic 500 m gold in 38.19 and was fourth at Calgary 1988.

Sergey Murashov

Sergey Murashov (Сергей Мурашов), Russian ice hockey goaltender born 2004 in Yaroslavl; Lokomotiv product, 2022 fourth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, 2020 Youth Olympic gold medalist, now splitting NHL and AHL play.

Sergey Ponomarenko

Sergey Ponomarenko, full name Sergey Vladilenovich Ponomarenko (Сергей Владиленович Пономаренко, born 1960), is a Russian ice dancer who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal with Marina Klimova.

Sergey Savelyev

Sergey Petrovich Savelyev (Сергей Петрович Савельев), Soviet cross-country skier; 1976 Olympic 30 km gold and relay bronze, 1978 world 30 km champion, fifth in the 1980 Olympic 50 km.

Sergey Tarasov

Sergey Petrovich Tarasov (Сергей Петрович Тарасов), Russian biathlete born 1965; 1994 Olympic 20 km champion and triple Lillehammer medalist; missed 1992 after a wrong-blood transfusion.

Sergey Ustyugov

Sergey Ustyugov (Сергей Устюгов), Russian cross-country skier born 1992; 2022 Olympic relay champion, two-time 2017 world champion, 2016/17 Tour de Ski winner; retired 7 July 2026.

Sergio Zardini

Sergio Zardini (1931–1966), Italian bobsleigh pilot, 1964 Olympic two-man silver medalist with Romano Bonagura, 1963 four-man world champion, died in a Lake Placid crash.

Seth Wescott

Seth Wescott (born 1976, Durham, NC) is an American snowboarder, the first Olympic champion in snowboard cross, winning gold at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010; also 2005 world champion and Winterstick co-owner.

Severin Freund

Severin Freund (born 1988, Freyung, Germany), German ski jumper; 2014 Sochi Olympic team gold, 2014/15 overall World Cup champion, 22 World Cup wins, ski flying world champion 2014, retired March 2022.

Shane McConkey

Shane McConkey (1969-2009), Vancouver-born freeskiing pioneer and ski-BASE jumper; coined 'freeskiing', invented reverse-camber/rocker skis (Volant Spatula, K2 Pontoon), IFSA champion 1996/1998, died in a 2009 Dolomites ski-BASE accident.

Shani Davis

Shani Davis, born 1982 in Chicago, is an American former speed skater and the first Black athlete to win individual Winter Olympic gold, in 2006.

Shaoang Liu (刘少昂)

Shaoang Liu (刘少昂), born 1998 in Budapest, is a short track speed skater who won two Olympic golds for Hungary (2018 relay, 2022 500m) and has represented China since 2023.

Shaolin Sándor Liu (刘少林)

Shaolin Sándor Liu (刘少林), born 1995 in Budapest, is a short track speed skater who won Hungary's first Winter Olympic gold in the 2018 men's 5000 m relay, holds the 1500 m Olympic record, and has represented China since mid-2023.