Top 10 Olympians with Most Olympic Medals in Winter Olympics

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Who has won the most Olympic Medals in the Winter Olympics? We will dig deep to find out the top 10 Olympians with the most Olympic medals in the Winter Olympics in Part 2. In the first part, we have covered most Olympics medals in the Summer Olympics.

We have already identified the oldest unbeaten World Records in the Men and Women categories for your reference. Let us wait and watch how many will be broken in the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024 and the Winter Olympics in Italy in 2026.

Top 10 Athletes with the most Winter Olympic Medals.

We have gathered a list of the top 10 Olympians in both male and female categories with the most medals in the history of the Winter Olympics.

1. Marit Bjorgen (2002-2018)

Marit Bjorgen from Norway was the greatest female athlete in cross-country skiing with a tally of a total of 15 medals (8 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze). She was the “female athlete of the year”, in 2010.

2. Ole Einar Bjorndalen (1994-2014)

Ole Einar Bjorndalen from Norway is the greatest biathlon athlete with a total tally of 13 medals (8 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze). No man has ever won more Olympic Winter Games golds than the King of Biathlon. He was the most decorated and oldest Olympic Champion.

3. Ireen Wust (2006-2022)

Irene Karlijn Wust from the Netherlands is the most decorated and successful speed skating Olympian with a total tally of 13 medals (6 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze). She is both the youngest (Gold at 19) and the oldest (Gold at 35) speed skating gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games. She has won gold in five consecutive Olympics.

4. Bjorn Daehlie (1988-1998)

Bjorn Daehlie from Norway is one of the greatest cross-country skiers of all time with a total medal tally of 12 (8 Gold, 4 Silver). He has won more medals than any other cross-country skier at the Winter Games. He took premature retirement in 2001 after a roller skiing accident.

5. Arianna Fontana (2006-2022)

Arianna Fontana from Italy has won 11 medals (2 Gold, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze) in the Winter Olympics in the short track speed skating. She is the youngest ever Italian to win a medal at the Winter Games at the age of 15 in 2006.

6. Raisa Smetanina (1976-1992)

Raisa Petrovna Smetanin former Soviet Union cross-country skiing champion with a total medal tally of 10 (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze). She is the first woman to win ten Winter Olympic medals in the five editions of the games.

7. Stefania Belmondo (1988-2002)

Stefania Belmondo from Italy is a former cross-country skiing Olympic Champion with a total tally of 10 medals (2 Gold, 3 Silver, 5 Bronze). She was the most successful and decorated skier.

8. Lyubov Yegorova (1992-2002)

Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova from Russia is a former cross-country Winter Olympic Ski Champion with a total medal tally of 9 including 6 Gold and 3 Silver medals. She was banned from sports in 1997 after testing positive for a stimulant that masks the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. She returned to the 2002 Olympics but did not win any medals.

9. Claudia Pechstein (1992-2006)

Claudia Pechstein from Germany is one of the most decorated speed skaters ever in the Winter Olympics with a total medal tally of 9 medals (5 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze). Claudia Pechstein is the first female Winter Olympian to win medals in five consecutive Olympics. She was involved in a controversy in 2009 when she was banned for two years for doping. She has challenged the compensation against that ban and the final decision is still pending.

10. Sixten Jernberg (1956-1964)

Edy Sixten Jernberg from Sweden was one of the most successful cross-country skiers with a total medal tally of 9 (4 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze).

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