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World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
The World Para Alpine Skiing Championships are the world championships for para alpine skiing, first held in 1974 and now held every two years in odd-numbered years.
World Para Nordic Skiing Championships
The World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, called the IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships until 2016, decide world titles in para cross-country skiing and para biathlon.
World Para Snowboard Championships
The World Para Snowboard Championships are the world championship for Para snowboard, held since 2015, first under the IPC and now by FIS, with the latest edition at Big White, Canada, in 2025.
World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, the ISU's annual short track world title event, first held 1976; first champions Alan Rattray and Celeste Chlapaty (USA); 2026 edition in Montreal, 2027 in Seoul.
World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, a defunct ISU team competition (1990-2011, 22 editions, first in Gent, last in Warszawa); South Korea led the medal table with 19 golds, ahead of Canada and China.
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships: ISU long-track world titles per distance and team event, introduced 1996 in Hamar, held in non-Olympic years, 16 titles, Sven Kramer record 21.
World Ski Orienteering Championships
World Ski Orienteering Championships (WSOC), the IOF's world championship for ski orienteering, first held 1975 in Hyvinkää, Finland; current program Sprint, Pursuit, Middle, Sprint Relay; Sweden leads the medal table; 2026 edition in Rusutsu, Japan.
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, ISU long-track title decided over two runs each of 500m and 1000m using Samalog points; first held 1970 in West Allis, 2026 champions Jenning de Boo and Dione Kok.
Worldloppet Ski Federation
The Worldloppet Ski Federation is an international federation of long-distance cross-country ski marathons, founded in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1978 and headquartered in Tartu, Estonia, linking 19 citizen races on four continents.
Wu Dajing
Wu Dajing (武大靖), Chinese short track speed skater born 1994 in Jiamusi; first Chinese man to win Olympic short track gold (500 m, Pyeongchang 2018, WR 39.584) and 2022 mixed relay champion; retired January 2026, named China head coach August 2026.
Xandra Velzeboer
Dutch short track speed skater Xandra Velzeboer, three-time Olympic gold medalist (3000m relay Beijing 2022; 500m and 1000m Milano Cortina 2026), 500m world record holder, and member of the Velzeboer skating family.
Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃)
Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃), born 1990 in Anshan, China, is a freestyle skiing aerials skier, the only athlete with back-to-back Olympic aerials golds (Beijing 2022, Milano Cortina 2026), 35 World Cup wins, and six crystal globes.
Yang Binyu
Yang Binyu (杨滨瑜), Chinese long-track speed skater born 2002 in Heilongjiang; 2020 Youth Olympic mass start champion and 1,500 m bronze medalist, 2025 Asian Winter Games 3,000 m champion, and 2026 Olympian in the 3,000 m and mass start.
Yang Yang
Yang Yang (A) (杨扬, born 1976), Chinese short track speed skater; won China's first Winter Olympic gold at Salt Lake City 2002 (500 m and 1,000 m), six straight world allround titles, later WADA vice president and UNHCR ambassador.
Yanqing National Sliding Centre (国家雪车雪橇中心)
Yanqing National Sliding Centre (国家雪车雪橇中心, Xue You Long, Flying Snow Dragon): China's first artificially cooled bobsleigh, skeleton, and luge track, 1,975 m with 121 m drop and 16 curves; Beijing 2022 Olympic venue in Yanqing District.
Yara van Kerkhof
Yara van Kerkhof (born 1990, Zoetermeer) is a retired Dutch short track speed skater, nicknamed Pitbull, who won Olympic silver in the 2018 500m, 2018 relay bronze, and 2022 relay gold, retiring in 2024.
Yasunori Miyabe
Yasunori Miyabe (宮部保範), born 1966 in Tokyo, is a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 500 m and 1,000 m at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics and set world records in the 1,000 m and sprint combination in 1994.
Yauhen Redzkin
Yauhen Redzkin (Яўген Леанідавіч Рэдзькін), also Yevgeny Redkin, Belarusian biathlete born 1970 in Khanty-Mansiysk; 1992 Olympic 20 km individual gold for the Unified Team in 57:34.4 with zero misses.
Yekaterina Bobrova
Yekaterina Bobrova (Екатерина Александровна Боброва), Russian ice dancer with Dmitri Soloviev: 2014 Olympic team gold, 2018 team silver, 2013 European champion, 2013 World bronze, seven Russian titles, retired 2019.
Yekaterina Shikhova
Yekaterina Shikhova (Екатерина Шихова, born 1985 in Kirov) is a Russian speed skater who won team pursuit bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and skated at Vancouver 2010.
Yelena Berezhnaya
Yelena Berezhnaya (Елена Бережная), Russian pair skater born 1977; 2002 Olympic pairs champion with Anton Sikharulidze, 1998 silver medalist, survived a 1996 skate-blade head injury.
Yelena Ilinykh
Yelena (Elena) Ruslanovna Ilinykh, born 1994 in Aktau, Kazakhstan, is a Russian ice dancer who with Nikita Katsalapov won 2014 Sochi Olympic gold in the team event and bronze in ice dance.
Yelena Valbe
Yelena Välbe (Елена Вяльбе, née Trubitsyna), Russian cross-country skier born 1968 in Magadan: three Olympic relay golds, record 14 world titles including five golds at Trondheim 1997, 45 World Cup wins, later president of Russian ski federation.
Yellowstone Club
Yellowstone Club: private members-only ski and golf community in Big Sky, Montana, founded by Tim Blixseth in 1997; 15,200 acres, 2,900 skiable acres, bankrupt 2008, owned by CrossHarbor Capital since 2009.
Yevdokiya Mekshilo
Yevdokiya Mekshilo (Евдокия Мекшило), née Arkhipova, was a Soviet cross-country skier who won gold in the relay and silver in the 10 km at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Yevgeny Belyayev
Yevgeny Belyayev was a Soviet cross-country skier who won three Olympic medals: 1976 silver in the 15 km, 1976 relay bronze, and 1980 relay gold.
Yevgeny Dementyev
Yevgeny Dementyev (Евгений Александрович Дементьев, born 1983), Russian cross-country skier; 2006 Turin Olympic skiathlon gold and 50 km freestyle silver; retired 2009 after a positive A-sample, returned 2011.
Yevgeny Grishin (olympedia 86236)
Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin (Евгений Романович Гришин), Soviet speed skater (Olympedia 86236), four-time Olympic champion at 500 m and 1,500 m in 1956 and 1960; first under 40 seconds in the 500 m; distinct from the water polo namesake.
Yevgeny Kulikov
Yevgeny Kulikov (Евгений Николаевич Куликов), Soviet speed skater born 1950, 1976 Olympic 500 m champion and 1980 silver medalist; first to skate 500 m under 38 and 37 seconds, with a 36.91 world record from 1981.
Yevgeny Platov
Yevgeny Platov (Евгений Аркадьевич Платов), Russian ice dancer born 1967 in Odesa; with Pasha Grishchuk won Olympic gold 1994 and 1998 and four straight World titles 1994-97; later coached in the United States.