Tomas Northug Professional cross country skier who is known for having won a World Cup victory in Otepää, Estonia in January 2015. He has garnered over 30,000 followers on his tnorthug Instagram account. Early life In 2010, he was named Junior World Champion. Trivia He attended an event sponsored by Red Bull Norge in 2013. Family of Tomas Northug […]
Kikkan Randall Cross-country skiier who won the silver medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 2009, and was also an Olympic medalist. Early life She was a state champion in cross-country running in high school. Trivia She became the first American woman to medal in cross country skiing at the FIS Nordic […]
Cody Townsend American professional skier who is known for having received both the Best Male Performance and the Best Line awards at the 2014 Powder Video Awards. In 2014 he took first place at the Swatch Skier’s Cup contest. Early life He first put on a pair of skis in Squaw Valley at the […]
Aksel Lund Svindal Olympic slalom skier who won the gold medal at the Super-G event of 2010 Winter games in Vancouver. Early life In 2007 during a training run, a bad crash left him with several broken bones and a severe cut on his abdomen, but he came back in 2009 and won the […]
Alexander Legkov Skier who participated in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics. He finished fourth in the 2010 games. He has more than 130,000 followers on his alexanderlegkov Instagram account. Early life He came in second place at the 2006-2007 World Cup. Trivia He won gold at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi for 50 km freestyle. […]
Justyna Kowalczyk Dominant Polish cross country skier who became a multiple-time Olympic and World Champion. She received the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year five consecutive years from 2009 to 2013. Early life She played handball and volleyball as a child. She received ski training from Polish national team coach Aleksander Wierietielny. Trivia She is […]
Jennifer Heil Canadian athlete who won a gold medal in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Early life She competed in her first Olympics in 2002, when she was eighteen years old. She lost the bronze medal in the moguls category by just one-hundredth of a point. Trivia She won […]
Peter Fill Professional ski racer who is known for competing in the downhill, super g, and combined events. He competed in several World Championships, World Cups, and Winter Olympic Games as well. Early life He first began competing professionally in 2002 at the age of 19 in the Super G event. In 2006, he […]
Sarah Hendrickson 2013 gold medalist at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the women’s individual normal hill event. She made history at the 2014 Sochi Games by being the first woman to jump in a women’s ski jump event. She became the first-ever women’s World Cup overall title winner in 2012. Early life […]
Erik Guay Canadian ski racer who won gold at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2011. He won the Discipline Trophy at the 2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup. Early life He began receiving coaching from his father at age twelve. Trivia He became the first skier from Quebec ever to win the men’s […]