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Who is Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, the Winter Olympian with the most gold medals?

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (b. 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has won the most gold medals at the Winter Olympics (11) and the most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics (6). Both records were set at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, where he won gold medals in the skiathlon, sprint classic, 10-km, 4 × 7.5-km relay, team sprint, and 50-km mass start. He previously won three gold medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games; those wins made him, at 21 years old, the youngest Olympic champion in cross-country skiing. He added two more golds, a silver, and a bronze in Beijing in 2022. In addition, at the time of the Milano Cortina Games, he had more than 100 World Cup victories.

Olympic Medals
  • 2026 Milano Cortina Games: 6 gold
  • 2022 Beijing Games: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
  • 2018 Pyeongchang Games: 3 gold