These are the most successful athletes in the Winter Olympic Games

These are the most successful athletes in the Winter Olympic Games

After this feat, this is how the classifications of the most successful athletes in the history of the Winter Olympic Games:

Athletes with the highest number of medals at the Winter Olympics:

1. Marit Bjoergen (NOR/cross-country skiing, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018): 15 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)

2. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR/biathlon, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014): 14 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)

3. Ireen Wust (NED/speed skating, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022): 13 medals (6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze)

4. Arianna Fontana (ITA/short-track skating, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026): 13 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze) – Still active

4. Björn Daehlie (NOR/cross-country skiing, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998): 12 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, 0 bronze)

5. Johannes Klaebo (NOR/cross-country skiing, 2018, 2022, 2026): 11 medals (9 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze – Still active)

6. Raissa Smetanina (USSR+CIS/cross-country skiing, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992): 10 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)

7. Stefania Belmondo (ITA/cross-country skiing, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002): 10 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze)

8. Liubov Iegorova (CIS+RUS/deep ski, 1992, 1994, 2002): 9 medals (6 gold, 3 silver, 0 bronze)

9. Claudia Pechstein (GER/speed skating, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018): 9 medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

. Johannes Thingnes Boe (NOR/biathlon, 2014, 2018, 2022): 9 medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Athletes with the most titles in the Winter Olympics:

1. Johannes Klaebo (NOR/cross-country skiing, 2018, 2022, 2026): 9 gold – Still active

2. Marit Bjoergen (NOR/cross-country skiing, 200

2, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018): 8 gold

. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR/biathlon, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014): 8 gold

. Björn Daehlie (NOR/cross-country skiing, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998): 8 gold

5. Ireen Wust (NED/speed skating, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022): 6 gold

. Martin Fourcade (FRA/biathlon, 2010, 2014, 2018): 6 gold

. Viktor An (KOR+RUS/short-track skating, 2006, 2010, 2014): 6 gold

. Tobias Wendl (GER/luge, 2014, 2018, 2022): 6 gold

. Natalie Geisenberger (GER/luge, 2010, 2014, 2018): 6 gold

. Liubov Iegorova (CIS+RUS/cross-country skiing, 1992, 1994, 2002): 6 gold

. Lidia Skoblikova (USSR/speed skating, 1960, 1964): 6 gold

NOTE: The athlete with the most medals and most titles in the history of the Olympic Games, including the summer ones, is the American swimmer Michael Phelpswhich between 2004 and 2016 won 28 medals, 23 of them gold.

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