Winter and ice sports

Anatoly Alyabyev

Anatoly Alyabyev (Анатолий Николаевич Алябьев, 1951-2022), Soviet biathlete, triple medalist at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics: gold in the 20 km individual and relay, bronze in the sprint; later coach of the Russian national team.

Anderl Ostler

Anderl Ostler (Andreas Benedikt Ostler, 1921–1988), West German bobsleigh pilot of SC Riessersee; won two-man and four-man gold at Oslo 1952, the first driver's Olympic double, prompting the 420 kg weight limit.

Anders Aukland

Anders Aukland (born 1972, Tønsberg), Norwegian cross-country skier; 2002 Olympic relay gold, 2003 world relay champion, Vasaloppet and Marcialonga winner, Ski Classics champion 2012-2013, retired 2023.

Anders Johnson

Anders Johnson (born 1989, Plattsburgh, NY) is an American ski jumper, three-time Olympian (2006, 2010, 2014) and youngest U.S. Olympic ski jumper; now U.S. Ski & Snowboard Ski Jumping Sport Director.

Andre Lange

Andre Lange (born 1973, Ilmenau), German bobsleigh pilot; four Olympic golds (2002, 2006 x2, 2010) and one silver, eight world and eight European titles, later coach of South Korean and Chinese national teams.

André Myhrer

André Myhrer (Per André Myhrer, born 1983, Bergsjö, Sweden), Swedish slalom specialist; Olympic slalom gold 2018 PyeongChang and bronze 2010 Vancouver; four Olympics; 8-10 World Cup wins; slalom cup 2011-12; retired 2020.

Andrea Ehrig Schone Mitscherlich

Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich, born 1960 in Dresden, East German speed skater who competed 1976-1988 as Mitscherlich, Schöne, and Ehrig; seven Olympic medals, 1984 3000 m gold, ten world records.

Andrea Fischbacher

Andrea Fischbacher, born 1985 in Schwarzach im Pongau, is a retired Austrian alpine skier, 2010 Vancouver Olympic Super G champion, 2009 world Super G bronze medalist, with 3 World Cup wins; retired 2015.

Andrea Giovannini

Andrea Giovannini (born 1993, Trento) is an Italian long-track speed skater, GS Fiamme Gialle, specializing in mass start and team pursuit; 2026 Olympic team pursuit gold and mass start bronze, world champion 2024 and 2025.

Andrea Henkel

Andrea Henkel (Andrea Burke), born 1977 in Ilmenau, German biathlete, two Olympic golds (2002 individual and relay), eight world titles, first woman world champion in all four individual events, 2006/07 overall World Cup winner, IBU Hall of Fame 2023.

Andrea Mead Lawrence

Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932–2009), American alpine skier from Rutland, Vermont; won slalom and giant slalom gold at Oslo 1952, first American alpine skier with two golds in one Winter Olympics; later a Mono County supervisor and environmentalist.

Andreas Dietel

Andreas Dietel (born 1959) is a German former East German allround speed skater, SC Dynamo Berlin, fourth in the 1980 Olympic 1,500 m, small-combination world record holder 1981, banned after 1984 Games; not the Special Olympics athlete Andreas Dietl.

Andreas Kirchner

Andreas Kirchner (1953-2010), East German bobsledder, brakeman who won four-man bronze at Lake Placid 1980 and gold at Sarajevo 1984 with pilot Wolfgang Hoppe; former hammer thrower, not related to biathletes Mark or Herbert Kirchner.

Andreas Kofler

Andreas Kofler (born 1984, Innsbruck), Austrian ski jumper nicknamed Kofi; two Olympic team golds, Torino 2006 large hill silver, 2009/10 Four Hills winner, 12 World Cup wins, retired May 2019.

Andreas Küttel

Andreas Küttel is a Swiss former ski jumper, born in 1979, who won the large hill gold medal at the 2009 World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Andreas Linger

Andreas Linger (born 1981, Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian luger who with brother Wolfgang won Olympic doubles gold at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, silver at Sochi 2014, three world titles, and the 2011/12 World Cup.

Andreas Skoglund

Andreas Skoglund (born 2001, Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier with Molde og Omegn IF; Olympic gold in the 2026 men's team sprint with Jens Lurås Oftebro, plus 4th and 7th individual finishes.

Andreas Stjernen

Andreas Stjernen (born 1988, Levanger) is a Norwegian former ski jumper, son of Hroar Stjernen. Olympic team gold at PyeongChang 2018, 2018 ski flying World Cup winner, retired March 2019 after Raw Air.

Andreas Wank

Andreas Wank (Andreas Wank-Mockenhaupt, born 1988, Halle (Saale)), German ski jumper, nicknamed Wanki; Olympic team gold Sochi 2014 and silver Vancouver 2010, junior world champion 2008; retired 2019, now a coach in Canada.

Andreas Wellinger

Andreas Wellinger (born 1995, Traunstein) is a German ski jumper for SC Ruhpolding, nicknamed Welle, with 2 Olympic golds and 2 silvers, 19 World Cup wins, and a 2023/24 third-place overall World Cup finish.

Andrei Nica

Andrei Robert Nica (born 2002) is a Romanian bobsledder who shared gold in boys' monobob at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and finished 17th in four-man bobsleigh at Milano Cortina 2026.

Andrew Longino

Andrew Longino (born 2002, Calgary) is a Canadian freestyle skier, halfpipe specialist; 2020 Youth Olympic gold medalist and Closing Ceremony flag bearer, 7th at Milano Cortina 2026.

Andrey Bukin

Andrey Bukin (Андрей Анатольевич Букин), Soviet ice dancer born 1957 in Moscow; with Nataliya Bestemyanova he won 1988 Olympic gold, 1984 silver, four World and five European titles.

Andris Šics

Andris Šics (born 1985 in Sigulda, Latvia) is a Latvian former luger who won three Olympic medals in doubles luge with his brother Juris, then joined the International Luge Federation.

Andrus Veerpalu

Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier born 1971, double Olympic 15 km classical gold medalist (2002, 2006), 2001 and 2009 world champion, later banned for complicity in the 2019 Seefeld blood doping case.

Anfisa Reztsova

Anfisa Reztsova (Анфиса Резцова), Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier, the only person with Olympic gold in both sports: 1988 relay, 1992 sprint, 1994 relay; died October 2023 at 58.

Angel Daleman

Angel Daleman (born 2007, Leiderdorp) is a Dutch speed skater and short tracker, Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic triple gold medalist, 2025 world team sprint champion, and youngest Dutch world champion ever.

Angela Cutrone

Angela Cutrone (born 1969) is a Canadian short track speed skater who won gold in the women's 3000m relay at Albertville 1992, Canada's first short track Olympic title, plus four world relay golds; she was a non-skating alternate at the 1994 Games.

Anita Wachter

Anita Wachter (Anita Wachter-Salzgeber), Austrian alpine skier born 1967; 1988 Olympic combined champion, 1992 double Olympic silver medalist, 1992-93 overall World Cup winner with 19 World Cup victories.