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Shaun White

Shaun White, the Flying Tomato, American snowboarder and skateboarder born 1986, three-time Olympic halfpipe gold medalist (2006, 2010, 2018), five-time Olympian, X Games champion, founder of The Snow League.

Sheila Young

Sheila Young (Sheila Young-Ochowicz), born 1950 in Birmingham, Michigan, is an American speed skater and track cyclist who won three medals at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics and world sprint titles in both sports (1973, 1975, 1976 skating; 1973, 1976, 1981 cycling).

Shen Xue

Shen Xue (申雪), Chinese pair figure skater born 1978 in Harbin; with husband Zhao Hongbo, 2010 Olympic pairs champion, three-time world champion (2002, 2003, 2007), and China's first figure skating Olympic gold medalist.

Shenzhen Qianhai Huafa Snow World

Shenzhen Qianhai Huafa Snow World (深圳前海·华发冰雪世界), also Qianhai Snow World, opened 29 September 2025 in Bao'an, Shenzhen; Guinness-certified world's largest indoor ski center, 100,000 m², five FIS trails, 463 m run, 83 m drop, by Zhuhai Huafa Group.

Sheri Moir

Sheri Moir (born 1981, London, Ontario), also Sheri Moir Desantis, Canadian ice dancer with cousin Danny Moir, 2009 World Synchronized Skating champion with Team Canada 1, Skate Canada Hall of Fame 2015, now coaches Ice Ignite Junior and ice dancers at Ilderton.

Shim Suk-hee (심석희)

Shim Suk-hee (심석희), born 1997 in Seoul, is a South Korean short track speed skater, three-time Olympic 3,000 m relay gold medalist (2014, 2018, 2026) and multiple world champion who missed Beijing 2022 under a KSU ban.

Shin-bang

Shin-bang is a painful bruising and irritation on the front of the shin caused by the lower leg repeatedly striking the tongue of a ski boot during skiing.

Shiva Keshavan (शिवा केशवन)

Shiva Keshavan (शिवा केशवन), born 1981, is India's first Olympic luger, a six-time Winter Olympian (1998-2018) and four-time opening-ceremony flagbearer who trained on Himalayan roads and later led the Indian Olympians Association.

Shizuka Arakawa

Shizuka Arakawa (荒川静香, born 1981), Japanese figure skater, 2006 Turin Olympic ladies' singles gold medalist, first Asian woman to win the event, 2004 World champion, later professional show skater and Friends on Ice producer.

Shogo Miyata

Shogo Miyata (宮田 将吾, born 2003, Osaka) is a Japanese short track speed skater with Nippon Express; Youth Olympic mixed relay gold 2020, Beijing 2022 and Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympian, 2025 World Tour 1500m silver. Not the boxer, gymnast, or baseball player of similar names.

Shoma Uno (宇野 昌磨)

Shoma Uno (宇野昌磨), born 1997 in Nagoya, is a retired Japanese figure skater, two-time World champion (2022, 2023), 2018 Olympic silver and 2022 bronze medalist, first to land a quad flip in competition, now with esports org VARREL.

Short program (figure skating)

Short program (figure skating): first ISU competition segment, also rhythm dance in ice dance; seven required elements for singles, scored by technical elements score plus program components with GOE from +5 to -5.

Short track speed skating at the Asian Winter Games

Short track speed skating has been part of the Asian Winter Games program since 1990, offering nine gold medals at Harbin 2025, where South Korea won six.

Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics is a sport, a medal event since Albertville 1992, where groups of skaters race anticlockwise around a 111.12 m indoor oval.

Short track speed skating at the Winter Universiade

Short track speed skating has been part of the Winter Universiade since the 1985 edition in Belluno, Italy, run by FISU under International Skating Union technical rules.

Short-track speed skating

Short-track speed skating: pack-style ice racing by four to six skaters on a 111.12 m oval, ISU-governed, Olympic medal sport since 1992; South Korea leads the medal table, Arianna Fontana has 14 medals.

Siem Heiden

Siem Heiden (Simon Heiden, 1905-1993), Dutch long-track speed skater; with Wim Kos one of the first two Dutch Olympic speed skaters (St. Moritz 1928); set the 5,000 m world record, 8:19.2 at Davos in 1933.

Sierra Nevada Ski Station

Sierra Nevada Ski Station, also known as Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, is a ski resort in Andalusia, Spain, 32 km from Granada, opened in 1964 and Europe's southernmost.

Sigrid Wolf

Sigrid Wolf, Austrian alpine skier born 1964 in Breitenwang, Tirol; won the first Olympic women's Super-G at Calgary 1988, 1989 world silver, five World Cup wins, career ended by knee injury in 1990.

Sigvard Ericsson

Sigvard "Sigge" Ericsson (1930–2019), Swedish speed skater, first Swede to win the world allround title (Moscow 1955), European champion 1955, and 1956 Olympic gold medalist at 10,000 m with silver at 5,000 m.

Siiri Rantanen

Siiri "Äitee" Rantanen (1924–2023), Finnish cross-country skier; Olympic gold in the 3x5 km relay at Cortina 1956, bronze at Oslo 1952 and Squaw Valley 1960; pioneer of Finnish women's sport.

Silke Kraushaar

Silke Kraushaar(-Pielach), German luger born 1970 in Sonneberg; 1998 Nagano Olympic champion in women's singles by 0.002 seconds, with bronze 2002 and silver 2006, five overall World Cup titles.

Silvio Fauner

Silvio Fauner, born 1968 in Pieve di Cadore, is an Italian cross-country skier, Olympic 4x10 km relay champion at Lillehammer 1994 and 50 km world champion 1995, later national team coach and Sappada deputy mayor.

Sim Seok Hui

Sim Seok Hui, also known internationally as Shim Suk-Hee, is a South Korean short track speed skater who has won three Olympic gold medals in the women's 3,000 meters relay.

Simen Spieler Nilsen

Simen Spieler Nilsen (born 1993, Arendal) is a Norwegian long-track speed skater, Arendal SK, Olympic gold in the 2018 Pyeongchang men's team pursuit; distinct from footballer Simen Vidtun Nilsen.

Simidele Adeagbo

Simidele Adeagbo is a Nigerian skeleton and monobob athlete who at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics became Nigeria's first Winter Olympian and the first African and Black woman to race Olympic skeleton.

Simon Ammann

Simon Ammann (born 1981, Grabs, Switzerland), nicknamed Simi, is a Swiss ski jumper with four Olympic golds, normal and large hill at Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010, the 2009/10 overall World Cup title, and 23 World Cup wins.

Simon Desthieux

Simon Desthieux (born 1991, Belley) is a retired French biathlete, 2018 Olympic mixed relay gold medalist, 2022 relay silver medalist, 2020 world relay champion, with two World Cup wins in 2020/21; retired March 2022.

Simon Eder

Simon Eder (Sam), Austrian biathlete born 1983 in Zell am See, two Olympic relay silvers (2010, 2014), five World Championship medals, 560 World Cup starts, retired March 2026 at 43.

Simon Kainzwaldner

Simon Kainzwaldner (born 1994, Bolzano) is an Italian doubles luger. Racing with Emanuel Rieder since 2018, he won men's doubles gold and team relay bronze at Cortina 2026, after 2012 Youth Olympic gold with Florian Gruber.