The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, also known as FIS, is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. It was previously known as the International Ski Federation until 26 May 2022 when the name was changed to include snowboard.
Larisa Yevgenyevna Lazutina is a Soviet-Russian former professional cross-country skier.
Yelena Valeryevna Välbe is a Russian former cross-country skier. She won a record-high 14 gold medals at the FIS World Championships, including all five golds in the 1997 edition. She also won three Olympic gold medals and four bronze medals in various Winter Olympic Games as well as four World Cup Crystal Globes.
Justyna Maria Kowalczyk-Tekieli is a Polish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. Kowalczyk is a double Olympic Champion and a double World Champion. She is also the only skier to win the Tour de Ski four times in a row and one of two female skiers to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup three times in a row. Kowalczyk holds the all-time record for wins in the Tour de Ski with 14, and had 29 podiums in total. She also won the Vasaloppet women's edition in 2015.
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan is a retired Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a seventh place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi is a Swiss cross-country skier and ski mountaineer who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a tenth place in the 30 km event at those same games. This was the first olympic medal ever for a Swiss woman cross-country team. Leonardi Cortesi's best score at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a fifth place in the 4 × 5 km relay in 1999.
The Tour de Ski (TdS) is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2006–07 season in Central Europe, modeled on the Tour de France of cycling. The Tour de Ski is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Each Tour de Ski has consisted of six to nine stages, held during late December and early January in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. As of 2022, the prize money for the event amount to 770,000 Swiss francs (779,000 euros), shared out on both men and women. Men's and women's events are held together on the same days, with the only difference being the distance skied.
Barbara Mettler is a Swiss former cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finishes at Lillehammer in 1994 with a fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay overall and a 23rd in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit individually, respectively.
Elizabeth "Liz" Stephen is a retired American cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2018.
Nathalie Schwarz is an Austrian cross-country skier. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in 10 kilometre classical, was part of the Austrian team that placed thirteenth in the relay, and competed in the women's sprint.
Laurien van der Graaff is a Swiss, former cross-country skier.
The FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships is an annual nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Junior World Championships was started in 1977 and was first hosted in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. The Junior World Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined.
Ragnhild Gløersen Haga is a former Norwegian olympic champion cross-country skier.
Ebba Kristina Andersson is a Swedish cross-country skier who represents the club Piteå Elit.
Nadine Fähndrich is a Swiss cross-country skier who represents Skiclub Horw.
Annika Taylor is a cross-country skier with joint British and American nationality.
The 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 38th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 24 November 2018 in Ruka, Finland and concluded with the World Cup Final on 24 March 2019 in Quebec City, Canada.
Switzerland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Linn Sömskar is a Swedish cross-country skier and roller skier. She is a ten time gold medalist at the Roller Skiing World Championships. She won multiple medals at the 2019 Roller Skiing World Cup. In cross-country skiing, she has won multiple Scandinavian Cup medals, and was part of the team that won the relay event at the 2018 and 2019 Swedish Championships.
Yuliya Anatoliyivna Krol is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed internationally since 2016.
