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Wesly Dijs
Wesly Dijs (born 1995, Soest) is a Dutch long-track speed skater for Team Reggeborgh, a 1500 m and team sprint specialist with two world silvers, European bronze, and five World Cup wins.
Whistler Blackcomb
Whistler Blackcomb, in Whistler, British Columbia, is North America's largest ski resort: Whistler Mountain (opened 1966) and Blackcomb (1980), merged 1997 under Intrawest, now Vail Resorts; 8,171 acres, 37 lifts, PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola, 2010 Olympic alpine venue.
Whistler Sliding Centre
Located on Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Sliding Centre is a non-profit venue for bobsleigh, skeleton, and luge. Built for the 2010 Winter Olympics, it hosts training and public activities.
Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler is a resort municipality in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, 140 km north of Vancouver and Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Wielka Krokiew
Wielka Krokiew, formally the Stanisław Marusarz Hill, is a ski jumping hill in Zakopane, Poland, opened in 1925 and the largest in the country, hosting three World Championships.
Wilfried Huber
Wilfried Huber, Italian luger born 1970 in Brunico, South Tyrol; Olympic doubles gold with Kurt Brugger at Lillehammer 1994; six Winter Games 1988-2006; youngest of four medal-winning Huber brothers.
William Dutton
William Dutton (born 1989) is a Canadian long track speed sprinter from Humboldt, Saskatchewan, who raced the 500 m and 1,000 m at Sochi 2014 and won his first World Cup medals in 2015-16 after briefly retiring.
Winter sports
Winter sports: competitive and recreational activities on snow or ice, including skiing, skating, sledding, snowboarding, biathlon, and curling; Olympic Winter Games since Chamonix 1924, now facing climate pressure.
Wolfgang Hoppe
Wolfgang Hoppe (born 1957, Apolda), nicknamed Hoppfried, East German and German bobsleigh pilot; double Olympic champion 1984, six Olympic medals, eight world titles, 33 international medals, later women's national coach.
Wolfgang Linger
Wolfgang Linger (born 1982, Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian doubles luger who with brother Andreas won Olympic gold 2006 and 2010, silver 2014, three world titles, and the 2011/12 World Cup.
Wolfgang Loitzl
Wolfgang Loitzl (born 1980, Bad Ischl) is a retired Austrian ski jumper, WSC Bad Mitterndorf, nicknamed Wuff: 2010 Olympic team gold, seven world titles, 2009 Four Hills winner, retired 2015.
Wolfgang Scheidel
Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1943, Erfurt) is an East German former luger, 1972 Sapporo Olympic gold medalist in men's singles, distinct from F1 driver Wolfgang Seidel; also 1965 world doubles champion.
Wolfgang Schwarz
Wolfgang Schwarz (born 1947, Vienna) is an Austrian figure skater, 1968 Grenoble Olympic men's singles champion, twice World and three times European silver medalist behind Emmerich Danzer; later convicted of trafficking (2002) and a kidnap plot (2006).
Wolfgang Zimmerer
Wolfgang Zimmerer (born 1940, Ohlstadt) is a West German bobsleigh pilot, 1972 Olympic two-man champion with Peter Utzschneider, four-time world champion, and West German national bobsleigh coach 1976-1984.
Women's 3000 metres speed skating at the Winter Olympics
The women's 3000 meters speed skating is a Winter Olympics event first held at Squaw Valley in 1960 and won most recently by Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida in 2026.
Women's 5000 metres in Olympic speed skating
The women's 5000 meters is an Olympic speed skating event first run at Calgary 1988, where Yvonne van Gennip won; Claudia Pechstein holds three titles and Irene Schouten set the record of 6:43.51 in 2022.
Women's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons, 1967–1979
The women's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons, 1967–1979 cover the series' first thirteen seasons, which began at Berchtesgaden in January 1967 with 17 races won by Canada's Nancy Greene.
Women's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons, 1980–1999
The women's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup seasons from 1980 to 1999, covering overall and giant slalom champions from Hanni Wenzel to Alexandra Meissnitzer, tied titles, and the shift from 25-point to 100-point race wins.
Women's team pursuit at the Winter Olympics
Women's team pursuit, Winter Olympics long-track speed skating: three-skater teams race six laps (2,400 m). Debut Torino 2006 (Germany won); champions include Netherlands 2014, Japan 2018, Canada 2022; Olympic record 2:53.44.
Won Hye Gyeong
Won Hye Gyeong (원혜경, 元蕙敬, Won Hye-Kyung), born 1979 in Seoul, South Korean short track speed skater; two Olympic relay golds (1994, 1998), 1998 1,000 m bronze, 1996 world 3,000 m champion.
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating is the oldest ISU long-track championship, held since 1893. It is decided by a combined point score over four classical distances.
World bob & skeleton championships
IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton), annual world titles run by the IBSF since 1930 (bob) and 1982 (skeleton), four heats over two days, Germany dominant, 2025 Lake Placid record 38 nations.
World Championships of Ski Mountaineering
The World Championships of Ski Mountaineering are the biennial world title competitions for ski mountaineering, organized by the ISMF and first staged in 2002 at Serre Chevalier, France.
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships are the ISU's annual world titles in men's and women's singles, pairs, and ice dance, first held in 1896; known for the ISU Judging System, three-per-country entry quotas, and the Skategate-driven 2004 scoring overhaul.
World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships
FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships (WJC), annual world junior alpine skiing titles since Auron 1982; 45th edition Narvik 2026, 46th Lake Placid 2027; six events, ages about 16-20.
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships (ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Junior Worlds): annual ISU junior championship since 1976 in men's and women's singles, pairs, and ice dance, ages 13 to 19 (21 for male dance/pair partners).
World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships is an annual international short track speed skating competition for junior skaters, organized by the International Skating Union.
World Junior Speed Skating Championships
ISU Speed Skating Junior World Championships: annual ISU world title event for junior long track speed skaters, held since 1972 (men) and 1973 (women), over three days of single distance and Allround racing.
World luge championships
FIL Luge World Championships, first held Oslo 1955 at Holmenkollen, are the International Luge Federation's world titles in singles, doubles, team relay, and mixed events on artificial and natural tracks; Whistler 2025 was the 53rd edition, Innsbruck-Igls hosts 2027.
World nordic ski championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships are the International Ski and Snowboard Federation's title competitions for cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined, held biennially in odd years.