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Cross Country Skiers who successfully defended their Olympic title in the same event in back-to-back Games (17)

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Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Role(s)	Era	Notes
Thomas Alsgaard	NOR	CCS	Olympics	1994—2002	4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men: Nagano 1998/Salt Lake City 2002
Marit Bjørgen	NOR	CCS	Olympics / Closing Flagbearer	2002—2018	30 kilometres, Women: Sochi 2014/PyeongChang 2018 // Skiathlon, Women: Vancouver 2010/Sochi 2014
Dario Cologna	SUI	CCS	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer / Closing Flagbearer	2010—2022	15 kilometres, Men: Vancouver 2010/Sochi 2014/PyeongChang 2018
Bjørn Dæhlie	NOR	CCS	Olympics / Olympic Flagbearer / Opening Flagbearer	1992—2016	10 kilometres, Men: Lillehammer 1994/Nagano 1998 // 10/15 kilometres Pursuit, Men: Albertville 1992/Lillehammer 1994
Nina Gavrylyuk	RUS URS	CCS	Olympics	1988—2002	4 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women: Lillehammer 1994/Nagano 1998
Marcus Hellner	SWE	CCS	Olympics / Closing Flagbearer	2010—2018	4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men: Vancouver 2010/Sochi 2014
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	NOR	CCS	Olympics	2018—2022	Sprint, Men: PyeongChang 2018/Beijing 2022 // Team Sprint, Men: PyeongChang 2018/Beijing 2022
Larisa Lazutina	RUS EUN	CCS	Olympics / Closing Flagbearer	1992—2002	4 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women: Albertville 1992/Lillehammer 1994/Nagano 1998
Johan Olsson	SWE	CCS	Olympics	2006—2014	4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men: Vancouver 2010/Sochi 2014
Jan Ottosson	SWE	CCS	Olympics	1984—1994	4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men: Sarajevo 1984/Calgary 1988
Daniel Rickardsson	SWE	CCS	Olympics	2010—2018	4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men: Vancouver 2010/Sochi 2014
Gunde Svan	SWE	CCS	Olympics	1984—1988	4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men: Sarajevo 1984/Calgary 1988
Yelena Välbe	RUS EUN	CCS	Olympics	1992—1998	4 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women: Albertville 1992/Lillehammer 1994/Nagano 1998
Andrus Veerpalu	EST	CCS	Olympics	1992—2010	15 kilometres, Men: Salt Lake City 2002/Torino 2006
Thomas Wassberg	SWE	CCS	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer	1976—1988	4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men: Sarajevo 1984/Calgary 1988
Lyubov Yegorova	RUS EUN	CCS	Olympics	1992—2002	4 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women: Albertville 1992/Lillehammer 1994 // 5/10 kilometres Pursuit, Women: Albertville 1992/Lillehammer 1994
Nikolay Zimyatov	RUS URS	CCS	Olympics	1980—1984	30 kilometres, Men: Lake Placid 1980/Sarajevo 1984