Brit Pettersen Tofte is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s.
Stefanie Böhler is a German former cross-country skier who competed between 1999 and 2018. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Her best individual finish was 20th in both the individual sprint and the 30 km events at those same games.
Kristin Størmer Steira is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. She competed from 2002 to 2015, and won six individual World Cup victories and five individual medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and Winter Olympic Games. She also won four gold medals with the Norway relay team. In Norwegian media, Steira was dubbed "the eternal fourth" due to her many finishes in fourth place.
Valentyna Yevhenivna Shevchenko is a Ukrainian former cross-country skier who competed in the World Cup between the 1993–94 season and the 2016–17 season.
Helena Erbenová is a Czech cross-country skier and triathlete. She is the winner of the 2012 ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships.
Kateřina Nash is a Czech cross-country skier and cyclist who competed from 1994 to 2003 in skiing and is still active in cycling for the Clif Pro Team. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she finished sixth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and had her best individual finish of 20th in the 15 km event in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Rugby union is the national sport in Tonga. Sumo has a following, while football, judo, surfing, volleyball, and cricket have gained popularity in recent years. Rugby league and Australian football are also played.
Tonga has competed in eight editions of the Olympic Summer Games and two of the Olympic Winter Games. It became the smallest independent nation to win an Olympic medal in the Summer games when Super Heavyweight Boxer Paea Wolfgramm earned silver in the 1996 Super heavyweight 91 kg championships in Atlanta.
Bruno Banani is a Tongan luger who adopted his current name as part of a marketing ploy.
Tonga sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014. This was the Pacific island nation's debut at the Winter Olympic Games. The Tongan delegation consisted of one luge athlete, Bruno Banani, who had changed his name in a marketing gimmick to match that of German brand Bruno Banani. In his event, the men's singles, he came in 32nd place out of 39 competitors.
Gaia Vuerich is an Italian cross-country skier. She competed at the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, and at the 2013 Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the women's sprint.
Yuliya Anatoliyevna Ivanova is a Russian cross-country skier. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, and at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme.
Anastasia Alexandrovna Dotsenko is a Russian cross-country skier. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, and at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she reached the quarter finals in the ladies' sprint, and she was part of the Russian team that placed sixth in the team sprint, along with Yuliya Ivanova.
Ragnhild Haga is a Norwegian olympic champion cross-country skier. She competed in the 2015 World Cup season, making a breakthrough by taking 12 top-ten World Cup results.
Pita Nikolas Taufatofua is a Tongan athlete in taekwondo and cross-country skiing. He is also a UNICEF ambassador and motivational speaker and lives in Brisbane, Australia.
Alisa Sayanovna Zhambalova is a Russian cross-country skier who competes internationally.
Tonga competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was represented by a single athlete, cross-country skier Pita Taufatofua. Pita Taufatofua, once again, marched into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium shirtless, smothered in coconut oil, and dressed in a traditional ta'ovala, after previously doing so in Rio.
Yuliya Anatoliyivna Krol is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed internationally since 2016.
Viktoriya Viktorivna Olekh is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed internationally since 2011. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's 10 kilometre classical, Women's 30 kilometre freestyle, Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon, Women's sprint, and Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay.
Darya Andriyivna Rublova is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed internationally since 2017. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay, and Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon.
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