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Simone Deromedis
Simone Deromedis, born 2000 in Trento, is an Italian ski cross freestyle skier with Fiamme Gialle who won the 2023 world title and Olympic gold at Milano Cortina 2026.
Sindre Henriksen
Sindre Henriksen (born 1992, Bergen) is a retired Norwegian speed skater, Fana IL, who won 2018 Olympic team pursuit gold, took World Single Distances silver and bronze, and retired in 2021.
Single skating
Single skating: men's and women's singles figure skating, an ISU discipline of solo jumps, spins, and footwork. Two programs (2:50 short, 4:00 free), scored since 2004 under the IJS point system with TES, GOE, and components.
Sini Siro
Sini Siro (born 2002) is a Finnish speed skater of Seinäjoen Urheilijat who won gold in the mixed NOC team sprint at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics in 2:04.10, and placed 30th, 27th, and =29th in her individual events.
Siri Wigger
Siri Wigger, Swiss cross-country skier (born 2003, club am Bachtel), won two golds and a silver at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympics and junior world relay gold, then returned to World Cup racing in 2026 after years of illness.
Sirkka Polkunen
Sirkka Polkunen (Sirkka Tellervo Polkunen-Vilander, 1927-2014), Finnish cross-country skier; won the first Olympic women's 3x5 km relay gold at Cortina 1956 and relay silver at Falun 1954; fifth in the 10 km at Oslo 1952.
Sissy Schwarz
Sissy Schwarz (Elisabeth Schwarz-Bollenberger, born 19 May 1936, Vienna), Austrian pair skater with Kurt Oppelt: 1956 Olympic, World, and European pairs champion, five-time Austrian champion, also 1952 Olympian in singles.
Sit-ski and monoski
A sit-ski is para winter sport equipment with a molded seat on a frame above skis; the monoski is its alpine version on a single ski.
Sixten Jernberg
Sixten Jernberg (Edy Sixten Jernberg, 1929–2012), Swedish cross-country skier from Lima, Dalarna. Won nine Olympic medals (4 gold) 1956–1964, a then record, plus four world titles and two Vasaloppet wins.
Sjoukje Dijkstra
Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942-2024), Dutch figure skater, 1964 Innsbruck Olympic champion and first Dutch Winter Olympic gold medalist; also 1960 silver, five European and three World titles.
Skate America
Skate America is an annual international figure skating competition held in the United States as one stop of the ISU Grand Prix, traditionally the series' opening event.
Skate Canada International
Skate Canada International is an annual international figure skating competition held in Canada since 1973 and, since 1995, part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
Skeleton (sport)
Skeleton: head-first, prone ice-track sliding sport invented at St Moritz in the late 1800s on the Cresta Run; Olympic in 1928, 1948, and permanently since 2002, governed by the IBSF.
Ski
Ski: a long narrow runner worn under each boot for travel over snow. Origins in 5000 BC rock art, bog skis of 2500 BC, laminated wood from 1935, fiberglass from 1974; basis of cross-country, alpine, and touring sports.
Ski areas and resorts in Central Europe
Ski areas and resorts in Central Europe span high-altitude Alpine resorts and low- and mid-altitude groomed-hill venues, which rely on artificial snowmaking as winters warm.
Ski binding
Ski binding: the device connecting ski boot to ski. Main types are alpine (fixed releasable heel), alpine touring (switchable heel), and telemark (free heel); governed by ISO 9462 and set to skier-specific release values.
Ski boot
Ski boot: rigid boot connecting foot to ski binding; alpine soles per ISO 5355, GripWalk per ISO 23223, touring per ISO 9523; Mondopoint sizing, last width 97-106 mm, flex index ratings; plastic shells date to Bob Lange's 1962 boots.
Ski Club of Great Britain
The Ski Club of Great Britain is a UK membership organization for snow-sports enthusiasts, founded in London in 1903, offering advice, reps, and ski holidays.
Ski cross World Cup
The ski cross World Cup is the annual FIS circuit of ski cross races with its own season standings within the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.
Ski Dubai
Ski Dubai, at Mall of the Emirates on Sheikh Zayed Road, is the Middle East's first indoor ski resort, opened November 1, 2005 by Majid Al Futtaim: 22,500 m² of snow, five runs, a 400 m slope, penguins, and World Ski Awards wins.
Ski geometry
Ski geometry covers sidecut, turn radius, camber, and rocker that define an alpine ski's shape. Sidecut dates to Sondre Norheim around 1856; Elan's 1993 parabolic SCX revolutionized turning.
Ski Hall
Ski Hall is the indoor ski hall in Dubai's Mall of the Emirates housing Ski Dubai; opened November 2005, first indoor ski venue in the Middle East, 22,500 sqm of snow, 5 slopes, 3 lifts, −1 to 2 °C year-round; a namesake attraction exists in Erbil, Iraq.
Ski helmet
A ski helmet is protective headgear worn for alpine skiing and snowboarding that absorbs impact energy to reduce head-injury risk, certified to ASTM F2040 and CE EN 1077.
Ski jumping
Ski jumping: Olympic winter sport since 1924 where athletes fly off jumps for distance and style points; women debuted at Sochi 2014; FIS governs scoring with wind and gate compensation since 2009.
Ski jumping accidents and fatal falls at hills
Ski jumping accidents and fatal falls at hills documents notable crashes and structural failures at named venues, and the closures, rebuilds, and upgrades that followed them.
Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Ski jumping at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics: three men's events at Canada Olympic Park, 14–24 February 1988. Matti Nykänen won all three golds; Eddie the Eagle Edwards finished last in both individual events.
Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Ski jumping at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics: four events at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre, 8–19 February 2018. Norway led with 2 golds (team, Maren Lundby); Andreas Wellinger and Kamil Stoch won individual golds.
Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Ski jumping at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: five events at Zhangjiakou, 5–14 February 2022; mixed team debut won by Slovenia; Kobayashi, Lindvik, and Bogataj individual champions; five women disqualified over jumpsuits.
Ski jumping at the European Games
Ski jumping at the European Games is a summer competition first held at the 2023 European Games in Zakopane, Poland, where Austria won three of five gold medals.
Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics
Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics, a Nordic sport on the program since Chamonix 1924, scored on distance and style. Six events at Milano Cortina 2026, including women's large hill and men's super team; Norway leads with 36 medals.