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Sverre Farstad
Sverre Melvin Farstad (1920–1978), Norwegian speed skater of SK Falken's Falken Trio; 1948 Olympic 1,500 m gold (2:17.6) and 1949 European allround champion with first official allround world record.
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen (born 1992) is a retired Norwegian speed skater who won Olympic gold in the team pursuit at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Games and 5,000 m bronze in 2018.
Sverre Stenersen
Sverre Stenersen (1926–2005) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier from Målselv, Olympic champion at Cortina 1956, bronze at Oslo 1952, world champion 1954, five straight Norwegian titles, Holmenkollen medal 1955.
Svetlana Bazhanova
Svetlana Bazhanova (Светлана Бажанова, born 1972, Chelyabinsk), Russian speed skater; 1994 Olympic 3,000 m gold at Lillehammer, three European allround medals, competed at 1992, 1994, and 1998 Olympics.
Svetlana Ishmuratova
Svetlana Ishmuratova (Светлана Ирековна Ишмуратова), born 1972 in Zlatoust, is a retired Russian biathlete, two-time 2006 Olympic champion (15 km individual, relay) and 2002 relay bronze medalist.
Svetlana Zhurova
Svetlana Zhurova (Светлана Сергеевна Журова), born 1972, Russian speed skater; 2006 Olympic 500 m gold in Turin, 1996 world 500 m champion, 2006 world sprint champion; later United Russia State Duma deputy.
Sviatlana Nahieykina
Sviatlana Nahieykina (Svetlana Nageykina, Святлана Нагейкiна), Belarusian cross-country skier born 1965 in Tambov; 1988 Olympic relay gold for USSR, later competed for Russia and Belarus at four Winter Games.
Sylke Otto
Sylke Otto, German luger born 1969 in Chemnitz (Karl-Marx-Stadt), won Olympic women's singles gold at Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin 2006, four world titles, four overall World Cups, and a record 37 World Cup races.
Sylvain Bouchard
Sylvain Bouchard (born 1970, Loretteville, Québec) is a Canadian long-track speed skating sprinter, not the FM93 radio host. Two-time Olympian (1994, 1998), twice 1,000 m world record holder, and 1998 Calgary 1,000 m world champion before retiring.
Sylvie Daigle
Sylvie Daigle (born 1962, Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater, five-time overall world champion and 1992 Olympic 3000 m relay gold medalist who later became an emergency room doctor.
Tabitha Stoecker
Tabitha (Tabby) Stoecker, born 2000 in Highgate, London, is a British skeleton racer and inaugural Olympic mixed team skeleton champion, winning gold with Matt Weston at Milano Cortina 2026 after a circus and trapeze background.
Tae Satoya
Tae Satoya (里谷多英), Japanese freestyle moguls skier born 1976 in Sapporo; Nagano 1998 Olympic gold, first Japanese woman Winter Olympic champion, bronze at Salt Lake City 2002, four Games 1994-2010.
Takafumi Nishitani
Takafumi Nishitani (西谷岳文), born 1979 in Tadaoka, Osaka, is a Japanese former short track speed skater who won the 1998 Nagano Olympic 500 m gold, Japan's first in the sport, then raced keirin cycling.
Takanobu Okabe
Takanobu Okabe (岡部 孝信), born 1970, Japanese ski jumper; Olympic team gold Nagano 1998 and silver Lillehammer 1994, 1995 world normal-hill champion, five World Cup wins, retired 2014.
Takanori Kono
Takanori Kono (河野孝典), Japanese Nordic combined skier born 1969 in Nozawaonsen; with Kenji Ogiwara the first Japanese winner of multiple Winter Olympic golds, team champion 1992 and 1994, individual silver 1994.
Talina Gantenbein
Talina Gantenbein, born 1998 in Scuol, is a Swiss ski cross racer on the Swiss-Ski national team: 2016 Youth Olympic gold medalist, three-time Olympian (12th 2018, 9th 2022, 5th 2026), with 8 World Cup podiums.
Tamara Rylova
Tamara Rylova (Тамара Николаевна Рылова, 1931-2021), Soviet speed skater, 1959 World All-Around champion, 1960 Olympic 1,000 m bronze medalist, and four-time world record holder at Medeu.
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Tikhonova (Тамара Ивановна Тихонова), born 1964, Soviet cross-country skier; double 1988 Calgary Olympic champion (20 km freestyle, 4x5 km relay) with 5 km silver and five World Championship medals.
Tande
Tande: surname of athletes, chiefly Daniel-André Tande (born 1994, Narvik), Norwegian ski jumper, 2018 Olympic team gold, four ski flying world titles, retired 2024 after 2021 Planica crash; also nordic combined skier Petter Tande and Brazilian volleyballer Tande.
Tanguy Nef
Tanguy Nef, born 1996 in Geneva, is a Swiss slalom skier, Dartmouth '20, and 2026 Olympic gold medalist in the debut men's team combined with Franjo von Allmen; 2025 world team combined silver medalist.
Tanja Frieden
Tanja Frieden (born 1976, Bern) is a Swiss snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist in the first women's snowboard cross at Turin 2006 after Lindsey Jacobellis fell; 32 World Cup podiums, retired 2010, now a coach in Thun.
Tapio Makela
Tapio Mäkelä (Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä, 1926–2016) was a Finnish cross-country skier who won 4×10 km relay gold and 18 km silver at the 1952 Oslo Olympics and relay gold at the 1954 Falun World Championships; not the media researcher of the same name.
Tara Lipinski
Tara Lipinski (Tara Kristen Lipinski), American figure skater born 1982 in Philadelphia; 1998 Nagano Olympic gold at 15, youngest individual Winter Olympic gold medalist; 1997 World champion; NBC lead skating analyst with Johnny Weir.
Tarjei Bø
Tarjei Bø (born 1988) is a retired Norwegian biathlete from Stryn, elder brother of Johannes Thingnes Bø; 2010/11 World Cup Total Score champion with seven Olympic medals including three relay golds.
Tatyana Averina Barabash
Tatyana Averina Barabash (Татьяна Аверина-Барабаш), Soviet speed skater, 1976 Innsbruck double Olympic champion (1,000 m, 3,000 m) with bronzes at 500 and 1,500 m; 1978 world all-around champion and multiple world record holder.
Tatyana Lebedeva (olympedia 81635)
Tatyana Anatolyevna Lebedeva (Татьяна Анатольевна Лебедева), born 1973 in Kyiv, Ukrainian alpine skier; competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics, distinct from the Russian jumper of the same name.
Tatyana Sidorova
Tatyana Sidorova (Татьяна Александровна Сидорова), born 1936, Soviet speed skater from Chelyabinsk; 1964 Olympic 500 m bronze behind Skoblikova and Yegorova, three 500 m world records 1968-1970.
Tatyana Totmyanina
Tatyana Totmyanina (Татьяна Тотьмянина), born 1981 in Perm, Russian pair skater with Maksim Marinin; 2006 Olympic pairs champion, two-time World champion (2004, 2005), five-time European champion (2002-2006).
Tatyana Volosozhar
Tatyana Volosozhar (Татьяна Волосожар), Russian pair skater born 1986 in Dnipro, Ukraine; two-time 2014 Sochi Olympic champion in pairs and team event with Maxim Trankov, 2013 world and four-time European champion, later coach and show skater.
Ted Jan Bloemen
Ted-Jan Bloemen, Dutch-born Canadian long track speed skater (born 1986, Leiderdorp), 10,000m Olympic gold and 5000m silver at PyeongChang 2018, former world record holder at 5000m and 10,000m, retired May 2026 after Milano Cortina 2026.