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Born July 7, 1969 (age 57) • Chemnitz • Germany
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
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Yang Yang
Chinese skater
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Armin Zöggeler
Italian luger
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André Lange
German bobsleigh driver
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Tatjana Hüfner
German luger
Hackl, Georg
Georg Hackl
German luger
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Thomas Köhler
German luger
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Kjetil Andre Aamodt
Norwegian skier
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
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
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Andreas Linger
Austrian luger
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Wolfgang Linger
Austrian luger
Dominant Canada
Hayley Wickenheiser
Canadian hockey player
The greatest biathlete
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norwegian biathlete
Shaun White smiles at the camera, wearing a black jacket over a white shirt, with long curly red hair.
Shaun White
American snowboarder
Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety
American skier
Plushchenko, Yevgeny
Yevgeny Plushchenko
Russian figure skater
Benjamin Raich
Benjamin Raich
Austrian skier
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian speed skater
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Janica Kostelić
Croatian skier
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Simon Ammann
Swiss ski jumper