Winter and ice sports

Tristan Gale

Tristan Gale (Gale-Geisler), born 1980 in Ruidoso, New Mexico, is an American skeleton athlete who won the first Olympic women's skeleton gold at Salt Lake City 2002 in 1:45.11, plus 2003 world championship bronze.

Tristan Jarry

Tristan Jarry, born 1995 in Surrey, BC, is an NHL goaltender drafted 44th overall by Pittsburgh in 2013; a two-time All-Star, Penguins franchise shutout-streak record holder, and first Penguins goalie to score a goal, traded to the Edmonton Oilers in December 2025.

Trixi Schuba

Trixi Schuba (Beatrix Schuba, born 1951, Vienna) is an Austrian figure skater, 1972 Sapporo Olympic champion, two-time World and European champion, dominant in compulsory figures; her win triggered figures' devaluation and 1990 abolition.

Trojena

Trojena is a planned mountain resort in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, in the Jabal Al Lawz mountains, announced 2022 as the GCC's first outdoor ski destination and 2029 Asian Winter Games host, later postponed and scaled back.

Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics: tropical countries fielding Winter Games teams despite lacking winter climates; record participation at Sochi 2014, eight African nations at PyeongChang 2018, no tropical medal as of 2014.

Tucker West

Tucker West (born 1995, Ridgefield, Connecticut) is a retired American luger, three-time Olympian in men's singles (2014, 2018, 2022), 2012 Youth Olympic relay gold medalist, three-time World Championship relay medalist, retired May 2026.

Tuomo Ylipulli

Tuomo Sakari Ylipulli (1965-2021), Finnish ski jumper from Rovaniemi; Olympic team large hill gold at Calgary 1988 and World team titles 1985 and 1987; won Bischofshofen 1987; brother of Jukka and Raimo Ylipulli.

Twin-tip ski

Twin-tip ski: an alpine ski with an upturned tail mirroring the tip, enabling switch (backward) skiing. Developed with Mike Douglas into the Salomon TenEighty (1997); basis of freestyle, park, halfpipe, and slopestyle skiing.

Twizzle

Twizzle: figure skating turn, one of the listed one-foot turns; a traveling, continuous multi-rotation turn on one foot, distinct from checked three-turns; required twizzle element in ice dance Rhythm and Free Dance.

U-Bahn Serfaus

U-Bahn Serfaus (Dorfbahn Serfaus) is a driverless air-cushion funicular with cable drive in Serfaus, Tyrol, opened 14 December 1985. A 1,280 m tunnel links four stations; free, capacity 3,000 per hour after a 26-million-euro 2017–2019 renovation.

U.S. Figure Skating Championships

U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the annual U.S. national figure skating competition (first held 1914, New Haven), crowning champions in women, men, pairs, and ice dance and doubling as Olympic trials in Olympic years.

U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame is the national hall of fame for American skiers and snowsport contributors, established in 1954 in Ishpeming, Michigan, with over 430 honored members.

U23 Cross-Country World Cup

The U23 Cross-Country World Cup is a FIS season-long under-23 classification within the senior Cross-Country World Cup, with separate men's and women's standings; recent champions include Edvin Anger and Lars Heggen.

Ulrich Salchow

Ulrich Salchow (Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow), Swedish figure skater born 1877 in Copenhagen, first Olympic figure skating champion (1908), 10-time World champion, ISU president 1925-37, namesake of the salchow jump.

Ulrich Wehling

Ulrich Wehling (born 1952, Halle an der Saale), East German Nordic combined skier; won Olympic individual gold at 1972, 1976, and 1980 Winter Games, four world titles, later FIS Nordic combined director 1992-2012.

Ulyana Kaysheva Nigmatullina

Ulyana Kaysheva-Nigmatullina (Ульяна Кайшева-Нигматуллина), Russian biathlete born 1994 in Mozhga; 2022 Olympic relay silver and bronze medalist, 2012 Youth Olympic pursuit champion, formerly competed as Ulyana Kaysheva.

United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation

USA Bobsled & Skeleton (USABS), formerly USBSF, is the USOPC-recognized National Governing Body for bobsled, skeleton, and Para bobsled, affiliated with the IBSF; it met 41 of 44 USOPC compliance standards in 2023.

United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association

USCSA (United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association), formerly NCSA until 1992, is the national governing body for collegiate team ski and snowboard competition in the US since 1974, with 140+ schools, 5,000+ athletes, five disciplines, and team-based scoring.

Urpo Korhonen

Urpo Pentti Korhonen (1923–2009), Finnish cross-country skier; won 1952 Oslo Olympic gold in the 4 × 10 km relay on the third leg with Hasu, Lonkila, and Mäkelä; later forester and war novelist.

Ursa Bogataj

Urša Bogataj (born 1995, Ljubljana) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper, SSK Ilirija, who won double gold at Beijing 2022 (individual normal hill and mixed team), the third women's Olympic champion in the discipline; not related to Jure Bogataj.

Uschi Disl

Uschi Disl (Ursula Disl), German biathlete born 1970 in Bad Tölz; nine Olympic medals including relay golds 1998 and 2002, 30 World Cup wins, retired 2006, now expert in Sweden.

Utah Olympic Park

Utah Olympic Park, originally Utah Winter Sports Park, is a 389-acre 2002 Salt Lake Olympics venue near Park City, Utah, with six nordic jumps, a 1,335-meter sliding track, and planned reuse for the 2034 Winter Games.

Uwe Jens Mey

Uwe-Jens Mey (born 1963, Warsaw) is a German speed skater, Olympic 500 m champion at Calgary 1988 for East Germany and Albertville 1992 for reunited Germany, with 1,000 m silver in 1988.

Vail Resorts

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN), Broomfield, Colorado company operating 42 owned ski resorts including Vail, Breckenridge, Whistler Blackcomb, and Park City on the Epic Pass; public since 1997, fiscal 2026 Resort EBITDA $745.7 million.

Vail Ski Resort

Vail Ski Resort (Vail Mountain), Colorado ski resort opened December 1962 by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton; 5,317 skiable acres, 278 trails, 32 lifts, largest in Colorado and second largest single mountain in North America; namesake of Vail Resorts and the Epic Pass.

Vail, Colorado

Vail, Colorado: home rule resort town in Eagle County, founded as a ski resort by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton, opened December 15, 1962, incorporated 1966, 5,289 skiable acres.

Vaino Huhtala

Väinö Huhtala (1935–2016), Finnish cross-country skier, won 4×10 km relay gold at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics and relay silver at Innsbruck 1964, was fourth in the 1964 15 km, and took 1962 world relay silver.

Väinö Liikkanen

Väinö Liikkanen (1903–1957), Finnish cross-country skier from Virolahti; silver medalist in the 50 km at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics behind Veli Saarinen, 1933 world bronze at 18 km, 1935 relay world champion.

Valentin Steudte

Valentin Steudte is a German luger competing in doubles on artificial track, often paired with Moritz Jäger. He won gold and silver at the 2020 Youth Olympics.