Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Nordic Ski Championships (866)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Yelena Välbe RUS
EUN
CCS Olympics 1992—1998 14–3–0 1989 Lahti CCS gold: 10 km freestyle and 30 km, silver: 4×5 km relay (competed for the Soviet Union); 1991 Val di Fiemme CCS gold: 10 km, 15 km, and 4×5 km relay, silver: 30 km (competed for the Soviet Union); 1993 Falun CCS gold: 15 km and 4×5 km relay (competed for Russia); 1995 Thunder Bay CCS gold: 30 km and 4×5 km relay, silver: 15 km (competed for Russia); 1997 Trondheim CCS gold: 5 km, 5/10 km pursuit, 15 km, 30 km, and 4×5 km relay (competed for Russia)
Fulvio Valbusa ITA CCS Olympics 1992—2006 0–1–4 1995 Thunder Bay CCS bronze: 4×10 km relay; 1997 Trondheim CCS bronze: 4×10 km relay; 1999 Ramsau CCS bronze: 10/15 km pursuit and 4×10 km relay; 2005 Oberstdorf CCS silver: 15 km
Sabina Valbusa ITA CCS Olympics 1994—2010 0–1–2 1999 Ramsau CCS silver: 4×5 km relay; 2001 Lahti CCS bronze: 4×5 km relay; 2005 Oberstdorf CCS bronze: 4×5 km relay
Lauri Valonen FIN NCB/SJP Olympics 1936 0–1–0 1935 Vysoké Tatry NCB silver: individual
Laurien van der Graaff SUI CCS Olympics 2014—2022 0–1–0 2021 Oberstdorf CCS silver: team sprint
Lindsey Van USA SJP Olympics 2014 1–0–0 2009 Liberec SJP gold: normal hill
Benjam Vanninen FIN CCS Olympics 1948 0–0–1 1948 St. Moritz (Olympics) CCS bronze: 50 km
Bice Vanzetta ITA CCS Olympics 1988—1994 0–2–0 1991 Val di Fiemme CCS silver: 4×5 km relay; 1993 Falun CCS silver: 4×5 km relay
Giorgio Vanzetta ITA CCS Olympics 1980—1994 0–2–0 1985 Seefeld CCS silver: 4×10 km relay; 1993 Falun CCS silver: 4×10 km relay
Kaisa Varis FIN CCS Olympics 2002 0–0–1 2001 Lahti CCS bronze: 15 km
Liliya Vasilchenko RUS
URS
CCS Olympics 1984 1–0–0 1985 Seefeld CCS gold: 4×5 km relay
Vyacheslav Vedenin RUS
URS
CCS Olympics / Other 1968—1972 4–2–1 1968 Grenoble (Olympics) CCS silver: 50 km; 1970 Vysoké Tatry CCS gold: 30 km and 4×10 km relay, silver: 50 km; 1972 Sapporo (Olympics) CCS gold: 30 km and 4×10 km relay, bronze: 50 km
Andrus Veerpalu EST CCS Olympics 1992—2010 2–1–0 1999 Ramsau CCS silver: 50 km; 2001 Lahti CCS gold: 30 km; 2009 Liberec CCS gold: 15 km
Rune Velta NOR SJP Olympics 2014 2–1–1 2015 Falun SJP gold: normal hill and team, silver: mixed team, bronze: large hill
Ernst Vettori AUT SJP Olympics 1984—1992 1–1–3 1985 Seefeld SJP silver: team; 1987 Oberstdorf SJP bronze: large hill and team; 1991 Val di Fiemme SJP gold: team; 1993 Falun SJP bronze: team
Arvo Viitanen FIN CCS Olympics 1956 1–2–3 1954 Falun CCS gold: 4×10 km relay, silver: 15 km, bronze: 30 km; 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo (Olympics) CCS silver: 4×10 km relay; 1958 Lahti CCS bronze: 50 km and 4×10 km relay
Bjarte Engen Vik NOR NCB Olympics 1994—1998 5–3–0 1995 Thunder Bay NCB silver: team; 1997 Trondheim NCB gold: team, silver: individual; 1999 Ramsau NCB gold: sprint and individual, silver: team; 2001 Lahti NCB gold: individual and team
Hans Vinjarengen NOR NCB/SJP Olympics / Non-starter 1928—1932 2–0–2 1929 Zakopane NCB gold: individual; 1930 Oslo NCB gold: individual; 1934 Sollefteå NCB bronze: individual; 1938 Lahti NCB bronze: individual
Katja Višnar SLO CCS Olympics 2010—2018 0–1–0 2019 Seefeld CCS silver: team sprint
Vincent Vittoz FRA CCS Olympics 1998—2010 1–0–0 2005 Oberstdorf CCS gold: 15/15 km pursuit
Petra Voge GDR CCS Olympics 1984 0–0–1 1982 Oslo CCS bronze: 4×5 km relay (competed as Petra Sölter)
Carina Vogt GER SJP Olympics 2014—2018 5–0–1 2013 Val di Fiemme SJP bronze: mixed team; 2015 Falun SJP gold: normal hill and mixed team; 2017 Lathi SJP gold: normal hill and mixed team; 2019 Seefeld SJP gold: team
Igor Voronchikhin RUS
URS
CCS Olympics 1964—1968 0–0–2 1964 Innsbruck (Olympics) CCS bronze: 30 km and 4×10 km relay
Vladimir Voronkov RUS
URS
CCS Olympics 1968—1972 2–0–0 1970 Vysoké Tatry CCS gold: 4×10 km relay; 1972 Sapporo (Olympics) CCS gold: 4×10 km relay
Maksim Vylegzhanin RUS CCS Olympics 2010—2014 1–3–1 2009 Liberec CCS silver: 50 km; 2011 Oslo CCS silver: 15/15 km Skiathlon and 50 km; 2013 Val di Fiemme CCS bronze: 4×10 km relay; 2015 Falun CCS gold: 15/15 km Skiathlon
Kåre Walberg NOR SJP Olympics 1932—1936 0–0–1 1932 Lake Placid (Olympics) SJP bronze: normal hill
Magdalena Wallin-Forsberg SWE BTH/CCS Olympics / Other 1992—2002 0–0–1 1987 Oberstdorf CCS bronze: 4×5 km relay (competed as Magdalena Wallin)
Hans Wallner AUT SJP Olympics 1976—1984 0–1–0 1982 Oslo SJP silver: team
Andreas Wank GER SJP Olympics 2010—2014 0–1–0 2013 Val di Fiemme SJP silver:: team
Thomas Wassberg SWE CCS Olympics / Other 1976—1988 4–3–1 1980 Lake Placid (Olympics) CCS gold: 15 km; 1982 Oslo CCS gold: 50 km; 1985 Seefeld CCS silver: 15 km, bronze: 4×10 km relay; 1987 Oberstdorf CCS gold: 30 km and 4×10 km relay, silver: 15 km and 50 km
Akito Watabe JPN NCB Olympics / Other 2006—2022 1–1–3 2009 Liberec NCB gold: team; 2017 Lathi NCB silver: individual large hill, bronze: team sprint; 2019 Seefeld NCB bronze: individual normal hill; 2021 Oberstdorf NCB bronze: individual large hill
Yoshito Watabe JPN NCB Olympics 2014—2022 0–0–1 2017 Lathi NCB bronze: team sprint
Ulrich Wehling GDR NCB Olympics / Other 1972—1980 1–0–1 1974 Falun NCB gold: individual; 1978 Lahti NCB bronze: individual
Hermann Weinbuch FRG NCB/SJP Olympics 1980—1988 3–0–1 1985 Seefeld NCB gold: individual and team; 1987 Oberstdorf NCB gold: team, bronze: individual
Jens Weißflog GDR
GER
SJP Olympics 1984—1994 3–4–4 1984 Sarajevo (Olympics) SJP gold: normal hill, silver: large hill (competed for East Germany); 1984 Engelberg SJP silver: team (competed for East Germany); 1985 Seefeld SJP gold: normal hill, bronze: team (competed for East Germany); 1989 Lahti SJP gold: normal hill, silver: large hill; 1991 Val di Fiemme SJP bronze: normal hill and team (competed for Germany); 1995 Thunder Bay SJP silver: team, bronze: large hill (competed for Germany)
Andreas Wellinger GER SJP Olympics / YOG 2012—2018 1–2–0 2017 Lathi SJP gold: mixed team, silver: normal hill and large hill
Franz Wende CZE
TCH
NCB/SJP Olympics 1924—1928 0–0–2 1925 Janské Lázne SJP bronze: normal hill; 1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo NCB bronze: individual
Heidi Weng NOR CCS Olympics 2014—2018 5–3–1 2013 Val di Fiemme CCS gold: 4×5 km relay, bronze: 7.5/7.5 km Skiathlon; 2015 Falun CCS gold: 4×5 km relay; 2017 Lathi CCS gold: sprint and 4×5 km relay, silver: 30 km; 2019 Seefeld CCS silver: 4×5 km relay; 2021 Oberstdorf CCS gold: 4×5 km relay, silver: 30 km
Johan Westberg SWE MSP Non-Medal 1936 0–2–0 1938 Lahti NCB silver; 1939 Zakopane CCS silver: 4×10 km relay
Marie-Helene Westin-Östlund SWE CCS Olympics 1988—1994 1–1–2 1987 Oberstdorf CCS gold: 20 km, bronze: 4×5 km relay (competed as Marie-Helene Westin); 1991 Val di Fiemme CCS silver: 10 km (competed as Marie-Helene Westin); 1995 Thunder Bay CCS bronze: 4×5 km relay (competed as Marie-Helene Westin)
Lydia Wideman FIN CCS Olympics 1952 1–0–0 1952 Oslo (Olympics) CCS gold: 10 km
Andreas Widhölzl AUT SJP Olympics 1998—2006 2–0–1 1999 Ramsau SJP bronze: team large hill; 2005 Oberstdorf SJP gold: team normal hill and team large hill
Ingrid Wigernæs NOR CCS Olympics 1956—1964 0–1–0 1966 Oslo CCS silver: 3×5 km
Emma Wikén SWE CCS Olympics 2014 0–1–0 2013 Val di Fiemme CCS silver: 4×5 km relay
Elis Wiklund SWE CCS Olympics 1936 2–0–0 1934 Sollefteå CCS gold: 50 km; 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Olympics) CCS gold: 50 km
Axel Wikström SWE CCS Olympics 1932—1936 0–2–0 1932 Lake Placid (Olympics) CCS silver: 18 km; 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Olympics) CCS silver: 50 km
Sigrid Wille GER CCS Olympics 1998 0–0–1 1999 Ramsau CCS bronze: 4×5 km relay
Konrad Winkler GDR NCB Olympics 1976—1980 2–1–0 1978 Lahti NCB gold: individual; 1982 Oslo NCB gold: team, silver: individual
Bjørn Wirkola NOR NCB/SJP Olympics / Other 1964—1972 2–0–0 1966 Oslo SJP gold: normal hill and large hill
Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass NOR CCS Olympics 1988—1998 0–2–1 1995 Thunder Bay CCS silver: 4×5 km relay (competed as Marit Mikkelsplass); 1997 Trondheim CCS silver: 4×5 km relay, bronze: 30 km (competed as Marit Mikkelsplass)
Heinz Wosipiwo GDR SJP Olympics 1972 0–1–0 1974 Falun SJP silver: large hill
Uwe Wünsch GDR CCS Olympics 1984 0–0–1 1982 Oslo CCS bronze: 4×10 km relay
Markus Wüst SUI NCB Olympics 1994 0–0–1 1995 Thunder Bay NCB bronze: team
Hirokazu Yagi JPN SJP Olympics 1980—1984 0–0–1 1980 Lake Placid (Olympics) SJP bronze: normal hill
Lyubov Yegorova RUS
EUN
CCS Olympics 1992—2002 3–1–2 1991 Val di Fiemme CCS gold: 30 km and 4×5 km relay (competed for the Soviet Union); 1993 Falun CCS gold: 4×5 km relay, silver: 5 km, bronze: 5/10 km pursuit and 30 km (competed for Russia)
Radya Yeroshina RUS
URS
CCS Olympics 1956—1960 2–3–2 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo (Olympics) CCS silver: 10 km and 3×5 km; 1958 Lahti CCS gold: 3×5 km; 1960 Squaw Valley (Olympics) CCS silver: 3×5 km, bronze: 10 km; 1962 Zakopane CCS gold: 3×5 km, bronze: 10 km
Jukka Ylipulli FIN NCB Olympics 1984—1988 0–1–2 1984 Sarajevo (Olympics) NCB bronze: individual; 1984 Rovaniemi NCB silver: team; 1985 Seefeld NCB bronze: team
Raimo Ylipulli FIN SJP Olympics 1994 0–1–0 1991 Val di Fiemme SJP silver: team
Tuomo Ylipulli FIN SJP Olympics 1988 2–0–0 1985 Seefeld SJP gold: team; 1987 Oberstdorf SJP gold: team
Aleksandr Zavyalov RUS
URS
CCS Olympics 1980—1984 1–1–1 1980 Lake Placid (Olympics) CCS bronze: 50 km; 1982 Oslo CCS gold: 4×10 km relay, silver: 15 km
Olga Zavyalova RUS CCS Olympics 2002—2010 2–1–3 2003 Val di Fiemme CCS gold: 30 km, bronze: 5/5 km pursuit, 15 km, and 4×5 km relay; 2007 Sapporo CCS gold: 7.5/7.5 km pursuit, silver: 10 km
Katrin Zeller GER CCS Olympics 2010—2014 0–1–0 2009 Liberec CCS silver: 4×5 km relay
Nikolay Zimyatov RUS
URS
CCS Olympics 1980—1984 3–1–0 1978 Lahti CCS silver: 30 km; 1980 Lake Placid (Olympics) CCS gold: 30 km, 50 km, 4×10 km relay
Jan Ziobro POL SJP Olympics 2014 0–0–1 2015 Falun SJP bronze: team
Cristian Zorzi ITA CCS Olympics 2002—2010 1–1–0 2001 Lahti CCS silver: sprint; 2007 Sapporo CCS gold: team sprint
Piotr Żyła POL SJP Olympics 2014—2022 2–0–4 2013 Val di Fiemme SJP bronze: team; 2015 Falun SJP bronze: team; 2017 Lathi SJP gold: team, bronze: large hill; 2021 Oberstdorf SJP gold: normal hill, bronze: team