Winter and ice sports

Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 m speed skating, Beijing 2022 (8 February): Kjeld Nuis (NED) won gold in Olympic record 1:43.21, Thomas Krol silver, Kim Min-Seok bronze; Nuis's back-to-back title was the first since Koss 1992-94.

Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 m long track speed skating, Beijing 2022, 12 February 2022; Gao Tingyu (高亭宇) won in 34.32 OR, ahead of Cha Min Kyu and Wataru Morishige; first Olympic speed skating gold for a Chinese man.

Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit, long-track speed skating, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: Norway won gold in 3:38.08 ahead of ROC and the United States; ROC set the 3:36.62 Olympic record in the semifinal.

Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 m long track speed skating, Beijing 2022, 17 February. Miho Takagi (JPN) won gold in Olympic record 1:13.19; Jutta Leerdam (NED) silver, Brittany Bowe (USA) bronze; 30 skaters, 17 countries.

Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 m long track speed skating, Beijing 2022, 7 February 2022. Ireen Wüst (NED) won in 1:53.28 OR, first individual golds at five Olympics; Miho Takagi (JPN) silver, Antoinette de Jong (NED) bronze.

Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 meters at the 2022 Winter Olympics was won by America's Erin Jackson in 37.04 seconds in Beijing, making her the first Black woman to win Olympic speed skating gold.

Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics (Milano Cortina): 14 long track events, 7 per sex, held 7-21 February 2026 at the first temporary indoor Olympic speed skating rink at Fiera Milano Rho, won headlinewise by Jordan Stolz.

Speed skiing

Speed skiing: the fastest non-motorized sport, straight-line descents on FIS-homologated pistes. World record 255.5 km/h (Simon Billy, 2023); women's record 248.270 km/h (Valentina Greggio, 2026); exhibition sport at Albertville 1992.

Spider Sabich

Spider Sabich, born Vladimir Peter Sabich Jr., was an American alpine ski racer who competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and won the World Pro Skiing Championships in 1971 and 1972.

Splitboard

Splitboard: a snowboard that splits into two ski-like halves for skinning uphill in the backcountry, then rejoins for the descent. Developed by Brett Kobernik with Voile's Wally Wariakois from 1991; slower uphill than skis but keeps snowboard boots and ride.

Sports in Canada

Sports in Canada: hockey (national winter sport, invented in Canada in the 1800s) and lacrosse (national summer sport) alongside soccer, the most popular children's sport; 55% of Canadians aged 15+ participate, under a federally funded sport system.

SSX

SSX is EA's snowboarding video game series, launched 2000 on PS2 under EA Sports BIG; SSX Tricky (2001), SSX 3 (2003), and the 2012 reboot with nine mountain ranges and Deadly Descents survival runs.

SSX (2012 video game)

SSX (2012) is an EA Canada snowboarding reboot for Xbox 360 and PS3, released February 28, 2012. Nine real mountain ranges built from NASA satellite data, survival Deadly Descents, wingsuit gear, RiderNet, Metacritic 82.

SSX 3

SSX 3 is a 2003 EA Canada snowboarding game (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA) in the SSX series, built around an open three-peak mountain, Conquer the Mountain mode, ubertricks, and a dynamic soundtrack; Metacritic 93 on PS2.

SSX Tricky

SSX Tricky (2001) is an arcade snowboarding racing and trick game by EA Canada under EA Sports BIG for PS2, GameCube, and Xbox, known for Uber tricks, the Run-DMC 'It's Tricky' soundtrack, and character rivalries.

St. Moritz

St. Moritz (Sankt Moritz, San Murezzan), Upper Engadine resort in Grisons, Switzerland, at 1,856 m; world's oldest ski resort (1864), host of the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics, five Alpine Ski World Championships, and frozen-lake events like White Turf.

Steep (video game)

Steep is a 2016 open-world winter sports game by Ubisoft Annecy for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, featuring skiing, snowboarding, wingsuit, and paragliding in the Alps; Metacritic 71, Road to the Olympics expansion, ~15 million players.

Stefan Brennsteiner

Stefan Brennsteiner (born 1991, Zell am See) is an Austrian giant slalom specialist, USK Niedernsill racer, 2022 Beijing Olympic mixed team gold medalist, and first-time World Cup winner at Copper Mountain in November 2025.

Stefan Kraft

Stefan Kraft (born 1993, Schwarzach im Pongau) is an Austrian ski jumper, three-time overall World Cup champion, Beijing 2022 team gold medalist, and ski flying world record holder (253.5 m, 2017-2025).

Stefan Krauße

Stefan Krauße (born 1967, Ilmenau), German doubles luger with Jan Behrendt; Olympic gold 1992 and 1998, silver 1988, bronze 1994; four world titles; distinct from namesakes Stefan Krauß and Stefan Krause.

Stefan Rettenegger

Stefan Rettenegger, Austrian Nordic combined skier (born 2002, Schwarzach im Pongau), brother of Thomas Rettenegger; two Youth Olympic golds 2020, second in 2023-24 World Cup overall, Olympic team sprint bronze at Milano Cortina 2026.

Stefan Rogentin

Stefan Rogentin, Swiss alpine skier born 1994 in Lenzerheide, downhill and Super-G specialist; first World Cup win Saalbach Super-G 2024, 2nd in 2024/25 Super-G standings, Olympian Beijing 2022 and Milano Cortina 2026.

Stefania Belmondo

Stefania Belmondo is a retired Italian cross-country skier, born 1969 in Vinadio, who won ten Olympic medals (two gold) across five Winter Games from 1988 to 2002.

Stefano Donagrandi

Stefano Donagrandi, born 1976, Italian long-track speed skater; Olympic gold in the men's team pursuit at Torino 2006 with Anesi, Fabris, and Sanfratello; later an Italian national-team coach.

Steffi Walter Martin

Steffi Walter Martin (Steffi Martin-Walter), East German luger, 1962-2017; won Olympic women's singles luge gold at Sarajevo 1984 and Calgary 1988, first woman to retain the luge title, plus World titles 1983 and 1985.

Stein Eriksen

Stein Eriksen (1927-2015), Norwegian alpine skier; won 1952 Oslo Olympic giant slalom gold and slalom silver, first non-Alpine-country Olympic alpine gold champion; later Deer Valley director of skiing.

Sten Stensen

Sten Stensen (Sten Einar Stensen, born 1947, Drammen) is a Norwegian former speed skater, 1976 Olympic 5,000 m champion and 10,000 m silver medalist, 1974 world and 1975 European allround champion, and twice 10,000 m world record holder.

Stephan Eberharter

Stephan Eberharter, Austrian alpine skier born 1969, 2002 Olympic giant slalom champion, overall World Cup winner 2002 and 2003, three world titles, 29 World Cup wins, retired 2004.

Stephan Hocke

Stephan Hocke (born 1983, Suhl) is a German ski jumper, 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic team gold medalist and 2001 Engelberg World Cup winner; retired 2012, now a teacher at Sportgymnasium Oberhof.