# The athletes with the most Winter Olympic medals

Marit Bjørgen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo: Norway dominates the list of the most successful Winter Olympians of all time. Who is the greatest?

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- Jul 24, 2026 · Jakob Nilsen
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## Top 20

1. **Marit Bjørgen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: 15 medals, eight of them gold.
2. **Ole Einar Bjørndalen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Biathlon: 14 medals across six Games.
3. **Arianna Fontana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Short track: the Italian's huge medal haul.
4. **Johannes Høsflot Klæbo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: a record number of golds after Milano Cortina 2026.
5. **Ireen Wüst** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Speed skating: 13 medals for the Netherlands.
6. **Bjørn Dæhlie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: eight golds in the 1990s.
7. **Raisa Smetanina** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: a Soviet legend.
8. **Miho Takagi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Speed skating: Japan's most decorated Winter Olympian.
9. **Stefania Belmondo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: Italy's great skier.
10. **Lyubov Yegorova** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: six golds for the Soviet Union and Russia.
11. **Quentin Fillon Maillet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Biathlon: France's star.
12. **Claudia Pechstein** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Speed skating: medals over several decades for Germany.
13. **Johannes Thingnes Bø** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Biathlon: a Norwegian superstar.
14. **Sixten Jernberg** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: Swedish legend of the 1950s and 60s.
15. **Emil Hegle Svendsen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Biathlon: four golds.
16. **Sven Kramer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Speed skating: the Dutch long-distance king.
17. **Charlotte Kalla** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: Sweden's great medal winner.
18. **Alexander Bolshunov** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cross-country skiing: a Russian medal machine.
19. **Viktor Ahn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Short track: six golds for South Korea and Russia.
20. **Kjetil André Aamodt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alpine skiing: the most decorated Olympic alpine skier.

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