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Born June 10, 1968 (age 58) • Hartford • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States, wearing a blue helmet and suit, leans into a turn while speed skating on ice with Olympic rings visible in the background.
Apolo Ohno
American speed skater
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Kjetil Andre Aamodt
Norwegian skier
The greatest biathlete
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norwegian biathlete
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Yang Yang
Chinese skater
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André Lange
German bobsleigh driver
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Janica Kostelić
Croatian skier
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Simon Ammann
Swiss ski jumper
Martin Brodeur
Martin Brodeur
Canadian ice hockey player
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
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David Pelletier
Canadian figure skater
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Jamie Salé
Canadian figure skater
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Bente Skari
Norwegian skier
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Sylke Otto
German athlete
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Armin Zöggeler
Italian luger
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Nathan Chen
American figure skater
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Stein Eriksen
Norwegian-born skier, instructor, and ski-resort developer
Alysa Liu of the USA performs a spin in a gold costume during the women's single free skating final at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Alysa Liu
American figure skater
Eileen Gu
Eileen Gu
Chinese American freestyle skier
“Raspberry twist”
Ilia Malinin
American figure skater
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn
American skier