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You Young (유영)
Yu Yeong (유영, 劉永, You Young), South Korean women's singles figure skater born 2004 in Seoul; 2020 Youth Olympic gold medalist, 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, first Korean woman to land a triple axel, and fifth-place finisher at Beijing 2022.
Yu Xiaoyu
Yu Xiaoyu (于小雨) is a Chinese pair skater, born 1996 in Beijing, who won the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics with Jin Yang and competed at the 2018 Olympics with Zhang Hao.
Yūichirō Miura (三浦雄一郎)
Yūichirō Miura (三浦雄一郎), Japanese extreme skier born 1932; first to ski Everest's South Col in 1970 and Guinness record holder as oldest Everest summiteer at 80 years 223 days in 2013.
Yuka Chujo
Yuka Chujo (中條夢叶, full name Yumeka Chujo), Japanese ice hockey defenseman born 2005 in Hokkaido; Youth Olympic gold 2020, World U18 2023, Universiade bronze 2025 with Japan.
Yuka Sato
Yuka Sato (佐藤) refers to several Japanese athletes: figure skater Yuka Sato (佐藤有香, born 1973, 1994 World champion), triathlete Yuka Sato (佐藤優香, born 1992, first Youth Olympic gold medallist), and javelin thrower Yuka Sato (佐藤友佳, born 1992).
Yukino Yoshida
Yukino Yoshida (吉田雪乃), Japanese speed skater born 2003 in Morioka; 2020 Youth Olympic gold (team sprint) and bronze (500 m); 2022 world junior 1000 m champion; 13th in 500 m at Milan-Cortina 2026.
Yukio Kasaya
Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, 1943–2024), Japanese ski jumper, won the 1972 Sapporo Olympic normal hill gold, Japan's first Winter Olympic gold, leading a Japanese 1-2-3 sweep with Konno and Aochi.
Yulia Lipnitskaya (Юлия Вячеславовна Липницкая)
Yuliya Lipnitskaya (Юлия Липницкая), Russian figure skater born 1998 in Yekaterinburg; 2014 Olympic team gold medalist at 15, 2014 European champion, 2014 World silver medalist, retired 2017, now a coach.
Yuliya Belorukova Stupak
Yuliya Belorukova Stupak (Юлия Белорукова-Ступак), born 1995, is a Russian cross-country skier who won relay gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and three bronze medals across the 2018 and 2022 Games.
Yun Sung-bin (윤성빈)
Yun Sung-bin (윤성빈), born 1994, is a South Korean skeleton racer and 2018 PyeongChang Olympic gold medalist, the first Asian Olympic skeleton medalist and first non-European or American Olympic sliding medalist.
Yuna Kim (김연아)
Yu Na Kim (김연아), known in South Korea as "Queen Yuna," is a South Korean figure skater who won the 2010 Olympic gold and 2014 silver in ladies' singles.
Yury Chirva
Yury Chirva (Юрий Александрович Чирва, born 2002) is a Russian luger from Bratsk who won gold in the mixed team relay and bronze in boys' doubles with Mikhail Karnaukhov at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics.
Yury Kashkarov
Yury Fyodorovich Kashkarov (Юрий Фёдорович Кашкаров), born 1963 in Khanty-Mansiysk, is a Soviet-Belarusian biathlete, 1984 Olympic relay gold medalist and five-time world champion.
Yury Kondakov
Yury Kondakov (Юрий Георгиевич Кондаков, born 1951) is a Soviet speed skater, 1976 Olympic 1,500 m silver medalist, 1975 world all-around bronze medalist, and former 3,000 m and 5,000 m world record holder.
Yury Sergeyev
Yury Sergeyev (Юрий Валентинович Сергеев), Soviet speed skater, Dynamo Moskva, held the 500 m world record 1952–1956 (40.8), finished fourth in the event at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics, later a Moscow coach; died 2024 aged 99.
Yury Skobov
Yury Skobov (Юрий Георгиевич Скобов), Soviet cross-country skier, 1949–2024; Olympic gold in the 4×10 km relay at Sapporo 1972, world relay silver at Falun 1974, four-time Soviet champion.
Yuto Totsuka
Yuto Totsuka (戸塚優斗), Japanese halfpipe snowboarder born 2001 in Yokohama; 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic gold medalist, 2021 world champion, two-time World Cup overall champion, and inaugural Snow League champion riding for Yonex.
Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生結弦)
Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生結弦), Japanese men's figure skater, two-time Olympic champion (Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018), 18 world scoring records, quad Axel pioneer, retired July 2022 for self-produced ICE STORY shows.
Yvonne Ruegg
Yvonne Rüegg (Ruegg), born 2 August 1938 in Chur, Switzerland, is a Swiss alpine skier, surprise gold medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics, beating Penny Pitou by 0.1 seconds.
Yvonne van Gennip
Yvonne van Gennip (born 1964, Haarlem) is a Dutch speed skater who won three gold medals at the 1988 Calgary Olympics in the 1,500, 3,000, and 5,000 metres, setting world records in the last two.
Zach Stoppelmoor
Zach Stoppelmoor (Zachary Stoppelmoor), born 1999, is an American long track speed sprinter from West Des Moines, Iowa; team sprint world record holder (1:16.98, 2025), 2025 world team sprint bronze medalist, and 2026 Olympian in the 500 m.
Zali Steggall
Zali Steggall OAM MP (born 1974, Manly) is an Australian former alpine skier and independent politician; Nagano 1998 slalom bronze, Vail 1999 world slalom champion, and member for Warringah since 2019, when she defeated Tony Abbott.
Zbigniew Brodka
Zbigniew Bródka (born 1984, Głowno) is a Polish speed skater, Olympic 1,500 m champion at Sochi 2014 by 0.003 s over Koen Verweij, the first Polish Olympic speed skating gold, plus team pursuit bronze.
Zeno Colo
Zeno Colò (Zeno Colo), Italian alpine skier (1920-1993) from Abetone; 1950 Aspen world champion in downhill and giant slalom, 1952 Oslo Olympic downhill gold, Italy's first alpine skiing Olympic gold, flying-kilometer record holder, disqualified for professionalism in 1954.
Zhang Yuting
Zhang Yuting (张雨婷), born 1999 in Harbin, is a Chinese short track speed skater who won gold in the mixed relay and bronze in the women's relay at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Zhao Hongbo
Zhao Hongbo (赵宏博), Chinese pair skater born 1973 in Harbin; with wife Shen Xue, 2010 Olympic champion, 2002/2006 bronze, three-time World champion (2002, 2003, 2007), later head coach of China's national figure skating team.
Zhou Yang (周洋) (speed skater)
Zhou Yang (周洋), born 1991 in Changchun, China, is a retired short track speed skater who won three Olympic golds: 1,500 m at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, plus the 2010 relay.
Zhu Yi (朱易) (figure skater)
Zhu Yi (朱易, Beverly Zhu), born 2002 in Westwood, California, is a US-born ladies' figure skater who switched to China in 2018, competed at Beijing 2022 (team 5th), and holds personal bests of 174.00 total (2026 Four Continents).
Zinaida Amosova
Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova (Зинаида Степановна Амосова), born 1950, Soviet cross-country skier; 1976 Olympic relay champion and 1978 world champion at 10 and 20 km.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is a New Zealand snowboarder competing in slopestyle and big air who won New Zealand's first Winter Olympic gold medal in women's slopestyle at Beijing 2022.