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All-time Winter Olympic greats
2006-02-09 19:39:38 Xinhua English

TURIN, Feb. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Following are the most-medaled athletes at Olympic Winter Games:

1. Bjorn Daehlie (Norway) 1992-1998 Cross-country 8 gold, 4 silver and 0 bronze

2. Lyubov Egerova (Russia) 1992/1994 Cross-country 6 3 0

3. Lidiya Skoblikova (USSR) 1960/1964 Speed-skating 6 0 0

4. Larissa Lazutina (Russia) 1992-2002 Cross-country 5 3 1

5. Clas Thunberg (Finland) 1924/1928 Speed-skating 5 1 1

6. Thomas Alsgaard, Norway) 1994-2002 Cross-country 5 1 0

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) 1998/2002 Biathlon 5 1 0

8. Bonnie Blair (United States) 1988-1994 Speed-skating 5 0 1

9. Eric Heiden (United States) 1980 Speed-skating 5 0 0

10. Raisa Smetanina (USSR/CIS) 1976-1992 Cross-country 4 5 1

11. Sixten Jernberg (Sweden) 1956-1964 Cross-country 4 3 2

12. Galina Kulakova (USSR) 1968-1980 Cross-country 4 2 2

13. Ivar Ballangrud (Norway) 1928-1936 Speed-skating 4 2 1

14. Claudia Pechstein (Germany) 1992-2002 Speed-skating 4 1 2

15. Gunde Svan (Sweden) 1984/1988 Cross-country 4 1 1

16. Evgeny Grishin (USSR) 1956-1964 Speed-skating 4 1 0

Alexander Tikhonov (USSR) 1968-1980 Biathlon 4 1 0

Nikolay Zimyatov (USSR) 1980/1984 Cross-country 4 1 0

Matti Nykaenen (Finland) 1984/1988 Ski-jumping 4 1 0

Johann Olav Koss (Norway) 1992/1994 Speed-skating 4 1 0

Chun Lee-Kyung (South Korea) 1994/1998 Short track 4 1 0

22. Thomas Wassberg (Sweden) 1980/1984 Cross-country 4 0 0

23. Karin Kania-Enke (GDR) 1980-1988 Speed-skating 3 4 1

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann(Germany)1992-1998 Speed-skating 3 4 1

25. Veikko Hakulinen (Finland) 1952-1960 Cross-country 3 3 1

Ricco Gross (Germany) 1992-2002 Biathlon 3 3 1

27. Eero Mantyranta (Finland) 1960-1968 Cross-Country 3 2 2

Kjetil-Andre Aamodt (Norway) 1992-2002 Alpine ski 3 2 2

29. Vegard Ulvang (Norway) 1988/1992 Cross-country 3 2 1

30. Alberto Tomba (Italy) 1988-1994 Alpine ski 3 2 0

Georg Hackl (Germany) 1988-2002 Luge 3 2 0

Olga Danilova (Russia) 1998/2002 Cross-country 3 2 0

Samppa Lajunen (Finland) 1998/2002 Nordic combined 3 2 0

33. Johan Grottumsbraaten(Norway)1924-1932 Cross country/Nordic combined 3 1 2

34. Anfisa Reszova (Russia) 1988-1994 Cross-country/Biathlon 3 1 1

Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1988-1994 Alpine ski 3 1 1

36. Gillis Grafstrom (Sweden) 1920-1932 Figure skating 3 1 0

Ard Schenk (Netherlands) 1968/1972 Speed-skating 3 1 0

Vladislav Tretyak (USSR) 1972-1984 Ice hockey 3 1 0

Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR) 1976/1980 Bobsleigh 3 1 0

Tomas Gustafson (Sweden) 1984/1988 Speed-skating 3 1 0

Jens Weissflog (GDR/Germany) 1984-1994 Ski-jumping 3 1 0

Mark Kirchner (Germany) 1992/1994 Biathlon 3 1 0

Deborah Compagnoni (Italy) 1992-1998 Alpine ski 3 1 0

Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2002 Alpine ski 3 1 0

46. Elena Vaelbe (Russia) 1992-1998 Cross-country 3 0 4

47. Marja-Liisa Hamalainen(Finland)1984-1994 Cross-country 3 0 3

48. Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1992-1998 Alpine ski 3 0 2

Marc Gagnot (Canada) 1994-2002 Short track 3 0 2

49. Meinhard Nehmer (GDR) 1976/1980 Bobsleigh 3 0 1

Nina Gavrilyuk (USSR/Russia) 1988-1998 Cross-country 3 0 1

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