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OLYMPICS: Most prolific gold medal winners at Olympic Winter Games

TESERO, Italy - List of the most prolific gold medal winners at the Winter Olympics after Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo won a record ninth career title at the Milano Cortina Games on Sunday.

Nick Mulvenney/Reuters

February 15, 2026

OLYMPICS: Most prolific gold medal winners at Olympic Winter Games

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing, Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay Victory Ceremony, Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Lago, Italy, February 15, 2026. Gold medallists Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway celebrates on the podium during the Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay Victory Ceremony.

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TESERO, Italy - List of the most prolific gold medal winners at the Winter Olympics after Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo won a record ninth career title at the Milano Cortina Games on Sunday.


9 - Johannes Klaebo* (Norway) Cross-country skiing, 2018–2026


8 - Marit Bjoergen (Norway) Cross-country skiing, 2002–2018


8 - Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) Biathlon, 1998–2014


8 - Bjorn Daehlie (Norway) Cross-country skiing, 1992–1998


7 - Tobias Arlt* (Germany) Luge, 2014-2026


7 - Tobias Wendl* (Germany) Luge, 2014-2026


6 - Ireen Wust (Netherlands) Speed skating, 2006–2022


6 - Lyubov Yegorova (Unified Team/Russia) Cross-country skiing, 1992–1994


6 - Viktor Ahn (South Korea/Russia) Short-track speed skating, 2006–2014


6 - Martin Fourcade (France) Biathlon, 2010–2018


6 - Natalie Geisenberger (Germany) Luge, 2010–2022


6 - Lidiya Skoblikova (Soviet Union) Speed skating, 1960–1964


* denotes active athlete



-Compiled by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Andrew Cawthorne/Reuters

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