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Steve Mesler
Steve Mesler (born 1978, Buffalo, New York) is an American bobsledder who won four-man gold at Vancouver 2010 with Team Night Train, and co-founder and 15-year CEO of the nonprofit Classroom Champions.
Steven Bradbury
Steven Bradbury (born 1973), Australian short track speed skater and four-time Olympian; won 1000m gold at Salt Lake City 2002 when all four rivals crashed, Australia's first Winter Olympic gold, after a 1994 relay bronze and two near-fatal injuries.
Steven Dubois
Steven Dubois (born 1997) is a Canadian short track speed skater, five-time Olympic medallist: 5000m relay gold and 1500m silver, 500m bronze at Beijing 2022; 500m gold and mixed relay silver at Milano Cortina 2026; multiple world champion.
Steven Elm
Steven Elm (born 1975, Red Deer, Alberta) is a Canadian long track speed skater, Olympic silver medallist in the team pursuit at Turin 2006, three-time Olympian, and former 3,000 m world record holder.
Steven Holcomb
Steven Holcomb (1980-2017), American bobsled pilot from Park City, Utah, won four-man gold at Vancouver 2010, the first U.S. gold since 1948, after C3-R treatment for keratoconus restored his sight; died at 37 in Lake Placid.
Stina Nilsson
Stina Nilsson (born 1993, Malung, Sweden) is a Swedish cross-country skier, 2018 Olympic sprint champion, who switched to biathlon 2020–2024 and then to long-distance Ski Classics with Team Ragde Charge, winning Vasaloppet 2025.
Stine Lise Hattestad
Stine Lise Hattestad (Hattestad Bratsberg), Norwegian freestyle skier born 1966 in Oslo; Olympic moguls gold at Lillehammer 1994, bronze at Albertville 1992, 1993 world champion, moguls World Cup winner 1988 and 1993; later ESG consultant.
Sture Sivertsen
Sture Sivertsen (born 1966, Levanger), Norwegian cross-country skier from Verdal, club Leirådal IL. Classical specialist; 1993 Falun 10 km world champion, four world relay golds, 1998 Nagano Olympic relay gold, 1994 Lillehammer 50 km bronze and relay silver; later a farmer.
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Sturla Holm Lægreid (born 1997, Bærum) is a Norwegian biathlete, 2024/25 overall World Cup champion, Beijing 2022 relay gold medalist, and winner of 19 World Cup races with 14 World Championship medals.
Su Yiming
Su Yiming (苏翊鸣), born 2004 in Jilin, is a Chinese snowboarder and former child actor; Olympic big air and slopestyle champion (Beijing 2022, Milano Cortina 2026) with four Olympic medals and first Chinese Olympic snowboarding champion.
Sudbury Wolves
Sudbury Wolves, Ontario Hockey League major junior team in Sudbury, Ontario, since 1972 (from the Niagara Falls Flyers franchise); plays at Sudbury Community Arena, owned by Dario Zulich's SWSE, never won an OHL title, moving to a new downtown Event Centre in 2028.
Sui Wenjing
Sui Wenjing (隋文静), Chinese pair skater born 1995 in Harbin; with Han Cong won 2022 Olympic gold (239.88, Olympic record), 2017 and 2019 world titles, retired, then returned for 2025/26.
Sulo Nurmela
Sulo Nurmela (1908–1999) was a Finnish cross-country skier, three-time world champion (1934 18 km and relay, 1935 relay) and 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 10 km relay, skiing the opening leg.
Summer biathlon
Summer biathlon is the family of warm-weather biathlon formats combining endurance racing with .22 rifle or laser shooting, using roller skis, running shoes, or mountain bikes.
Summer biathlon world championships
IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships, the off-season biathlon title event, first held 1996 in Hochfilzen as running-and-shooting, rollerski-only since Duszniki Zdroj 2010, now biennial with Super Sprint, Sprint, and Pursuit.
Summer Britcher
Summer Britcher (born 1994, Baltimore) is an American luger, four-time Winter Olympian (2014, 2018, 2022, 2026) and 2012 Youth Olympic team relay gold medalist, with a USA Luge-record seven World Cup singles wins.
Sun Linlin
Sun Linlin (孙琳琳), Chinese short track speed skater, born 1988 in Dandong; won 2010 Vancouver Olympic gold in the women's 3,000 m relay in world record 4:06.610 with Wang Meng, Zhang Hui, and Zhou Yang.
Sun Valley, Idaho
Sun Valley, Idaho is a resort city in the Wood River Valley adjoining Sun Valley Resort, North America's first destination ski resort, opened by Union Pacific in December 1936 with the world's first chairlift on Proctor Mountain.
Sundance Resort
Sundance Mountain Resort (Sundance Resort) is Robert Redford's ski resort and arts retreat in Provo Canyon, Utah, founded in 1969 on former Timp Haven land, birthplace of the Sundance Institute, sold in 2020, independent of Epic and Ikon passes.
Sunnegga Paradise ski area
Sunnegga Paradise, also called Sunnegga–Rothorn, is Zermatt's eastern ski and family excursion area at 2,288 m, reached by Switzerland's first underground funicular in 4.5 minutes, with the Wolli beginners' park, Leisee lake, and lifts toward Rothorn at 3,103 m.
Super-G
Super-G (Super Giant Slalom), alpine ski racing's second-fastest discipline after downhill, combining downhill speed with giant slalom turns; raced on one run without course training, a World Cup and Olympic event since 1982.
Surface lift
A surface lift, or ski tow, is a ski lift that pulls skiers uphill while they stay on the snow, using a bar, platter, or rope.
Surya Bonaly
Surya Bonaly (Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly), French figure skater born 1973 in Nice; five-time European champion, three-time World silver medalist, three-time Olympian, famous for the illegal one-blade backflip at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
Susi Erdmann
Susi Erdmann (Susi-Lisa Erdmann, born 1968) is a German luger turned bobsledder, nine-time world champion and three-time Olympic medalist (silver 1994, bronze 1992 luge, bronze 2002 bob), retired 2007.
Suzanne Schulting
Suzanne Schulting (born 1997) is a Dutch short track and long track speed skater with six Olympic medals, three gold, first Dutch Olympic short track champion (2018) and 1,000 m world record holder.
Svein Erik Stiansen
Svein Erik Stiansen (Svein-Erik Stiansen), born 1942 in Oslo, is a Norwegian speed skater who set a 176.717-point Big Combination world record in 1968 and placed 7th in the 1,500 m at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer (born 1971, Schmalkalden) is a retired German biathlete, Torino 2006 sprint Olympic champion, with 8 Olympic and 20 World Championship medals, two overall World Cup titles, and a long ZDF broadcasting career.
Sven Hannawald
Sven Hannawald (born Sven Pöhler, 1974), German ski jumper, first to win all four events of the Four Hills Tournament (Grand Slam 2001/02), 2002 Olympic team champion, two-time ski flying world champion, retired 2005 after burnout.
Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer (born 1986, Heerenveen), Dutch long track speed skater, nine Olympic medals including three straight 5000 m golds (2010, 2014, 2018), nine World Allround and 21 World Single Distance titles; retired 2022.
Sven-Åke Lundbäck
Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish cross-country skier; Olympic 15 km gold at Sapporo 1972, double world champion at Lahti 1978, Vasaloppet winner 1981, VO2 max 94.6.