The athletes with the most Winter Olympic medals
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Marit Bjørgen · Ole Einar Bjørndalen · Arianna Fontana. (Updated Jul 24, 2026.)
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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Top 20
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1
Marit Bjørgen
Cross-country skiing: 15 medals, eight of them gold.
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2
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Biathlon: 14 medals across six Games.
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3
Arianna Fontana
Short track: the Italian's huge medal haul.
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4
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Cross-country skiing: a record number of golds after Milano Cortina 2026.
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5
Ireen Wüst
Speed skating: 13 medals for the Netherlands.
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6
Bjørn Dæhlie
Cross-country skiing: eight golds in the 1990s.
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7
Raisa Smetanina
Cross-country skiing: a Soviet legend.
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8
Miho Takagi
Speed skating: Japan's most decorated Winter Olympian.
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9
Stefania Belmondo
Cross-country skiing: Italy's great skier.
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10
Lyubov Yegorova
Cross-country skiing: six golds for the Soviet Union and Russia.
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11
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Biathlon: France's star.
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12
Claudia Pechstein
Speed skating: medals over several decades for Germany.
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13
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Biathlon: a Norwegian superstar.
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14
Sixten Jernberg
Cross-country skiing: Swedish legend of the 1950s and 60s.
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15
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Biathlon: four golds.
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16
Sven Kramer
Speed skating: the Dutch long-distance king.
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17
Charlotte Kalla
Cross-country skiing: Sweden's great medal winner.
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18
Alexander Bolshunov
Cross-country skiing: a Russian medal machine.
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19
Viktor Ahn
Short track: six golds for South Korea and Russia.
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20
Kjetil André Aamodt
Alpine skiing: the most decorated Olympic alpine skier.
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