Winter and ice sports

Valerio Jud

Valerio Jud (born 2002) is a Swiss snowboardcross racer from Uznach, club SC Flumserberg. Double gold medalist at Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics (boys' SBX, mixed relay) and 2025 world mixed team bronze with Sina Siegenthaler.

Valery Dudin

Valery Arkadyevich Dudin (Валерий Аркадьевич Дудин), born 1963, Soviet luger of Dynamo Bratsk; bronze in men's singles at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, 17th at Calgary 1988, later a luge coach.

Valery Medvedtsev

Valery Medvedtsev (Валерий Медведцев), born 1964 in Izhevsk, Soviet and Russian biathlete; 1988 Olympic relay champion, first absolute biathlon world champion (1986), later coach of Russia's 2002 Olympic biathlon team.

Valery Muratov

Valery Muratov (Валерий Алексеевич Муратов, born 1946, Kolomna) is a Soviet speed skater, Olympic silver and two-time bronze medalist in the 500 m and 1,000 m, two-time World Sprint champion, and seven-time world record holder at Medeo.

Valj Semerenko

Valj Semerenko (Valentyna Semerenko, Валентина Семеренко), Ukrainian biathlete born 1986 in Krasnopillia, twin sister of Vita Semerenko; 2014 Sochi Olympic relay gold and 2015 world mass start champion.

Vanessa James

Vanessa James (born 1987, Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian retired pair skater who competed for France and Canada. 2019 European and 2018-19 Grand Prix Final champion with Morgan Ciprès; 2022 World bronze medalist with Eric Radford; four-time Olympian.

Vanessa Schneider

Vanessa Schneider (born 2002) is a German luger from Sonneberg who, with Jessica Degenhardt, won the first-ever Olympic gold in women's doubles luge at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics.

Vasaloppet

Vasaloppet, the 90 km classic-technique ski race from Sälen to Mora, Sweden, first held 1922 to commemorate Gustav Vasa's 1521 flight; the world's biggest long-distance ski race, with 649,201 finishers over 101 editions.

Vasilisa Kaganovskaia

Vasilisa Kaganovskaia (born 2005, Saint Petersburg) is a Russian ice dancer; former partner of Valeriy Angelopol, since 2023 skating with Maxim Nekrasov as AIN2, 2021 JGP Ljubljana champion, personal best 184.81.

Vasily Rochev

Vasily Pavlovich Rochev (Василий Павлович Рочев), born 1951, Soviet cross-country skier; 1980 Olympic relay champion and 30 km silver medalist; father of 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Vasily Rochev.

Vegard Ulvang

Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier born 1963 in Kirkenes; triple gold medalist at Albertville 1992, 1989/90 World Cup champion, later FIS Cross-Country Committee chairman 2006–2022 and founder of the Ulvang wool clothing brand.

Veikko Hakulinen

Veikko Hakulinen, also known as Haku-Veikko, was a dominant Finnish cross-country skier and biathlete who won seven Olympic medals at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Winter Games.

Veikko Kankkonen

Veikko Kankkonen (Esa Veikko Antero Kankkonen, born 1940, Sotkamo) is a Finnish ski jumper, 1964 Innsbruck Olympic normal hill champion and large hill silver medalist, twice Four Hills winner, five-time Lahti champion.

Veli Saarinen

Veli Selim Saarinen (1902–1969), Finnish cross-country skier; first Finnish Olympic skiing gold, 50 km at Lake Placid 1932, plus 18 km bronze; three world titles (1929, 1933, 1934 relay); Finnish head coach 1937–68.

Veronika Vítková

Veronika Vítková (born 1988, Vrchlabí) is a retired Czech biathlete, three-time Olympic medalist (Sochi 2014 silver and bronze, PyeongChang 2018 sprint bronze) and 2015 mixed relay world champion; retired 2020.

Veronika Zhilina

Veronika Zhilina (Вероника Жилина), Azerbaijani women's figure skater born 2008 in Arkhangelsk; 2021 JGP Kosice champion (216.92) known for quads and triple Axel; transferred from Russia to Azerbaijan in 2026 after a three-season back-injury layoff.

Véronique Claudel

Véronique Claudel, French biathlete born 1966 in Cornimont, Vosges; Olympic relay gold at Albertville 1992 with Niogret and Briand, bronze at Lillehammer 1994, four world medals, 14-time French champion.

Vibeke Skofterud

Vibeke Skofterud (Vibeke Westbye Skofterud), Norwegian cross-country skier, 1980-2018: Olympic 4x5 km relay gold at Vancouver 2010, world relay gold 2005 and 2011, Vasaloppet record win 2012; died in a jet-ski accident near Arendal.

Vic Emery

Vic Emery (Victor Emery, born 1933), Montreal-born Canadian bobsleigh pilot who drove Canada 1 to four-man gold at Innsbruck 1964 and the 1965 world title, co-founding Canadian bobsleigh.

Vic Wild

Vic Wild (Виктор Айвен Уайлд), born 1986 in White Salmon, Washington, is an American-born snowboarder racing for Russia; double Olympic gold medalist in parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom at Sochi 2014, bronze at Beijing 2022.

Victoria Carl

Victoria Carl, German cross-country skier born 1995 in Zella-Mehlis, 2022 Olympic team sprint gold medalist with Katharina Hennig and relay silver medalist; received an 18-month clenbuterol ban in 2026 and missed the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

Vid Vrhovnik

Vid Vrhovnik (born 1999) is a Slovenian nordic combined skier who won gold at the 2016 Lillehammer Winter Youth Olympics and competed at three Winter Games.

Vida Venciene

Vida Vencienė (Vencienė, born 1961, Ukmergė) is a Lithuanian cross-country skier who won 10 km classical gold and 5 km bronze at Calgary 1988 for the USSR, later skied for Lithuania at Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994, and served in Lithuanian Olympic administration.

Vikersundbakken

Vikersundbakken, Vikersund ski flying hill in Modum, Norway; built 1936, ski flying since 1966, HS 240. Hill record 253.5 m (Stefan Kraft 2017); women's world record 236 m (Nika Prevc 2025).

Viktor An

Viktor An (Виктор Ан, born Ahn Hyun-soo, 안현수) is a Seoul-born Russian retired short track speed skater with six Olympic golds: three for South Korea at Turin 2006 and three for Russia at Sochi 2014.

Viktor Knoch

Viktor Knoch (Knoch Viktor), Hungarian short track speed skater born 1989 in Pécs; four-time Olympian and 2018 PyeongChang 5000 m relay gold medalist, Hungary's first Winter Olympic gold; first Hungarian individual World Cup winner (500 m, 2015); later national team coach.