Egbert Rolf "Erben" Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, and set six world records during his career.
Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian retired long track speed skater who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She had previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She is also the 2011 sprint champion, 2012 1500 metres world champion, three-time world champion for 1000 metres, and three-time world champion for team pursuit. On 4 June 2015 she announced her retirement.
Arianna Fontana OMRI is an Italian short track speed skater, who has won eleven Olympic medals among these two gold medals in the 500m short track, one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Her medal haul following the 2022 Games made her the short track skater with the most Olympic medals. It also made her the Italian sportswoman with the highest number of Winter Olympic medals, one more than Stefania Belmondo. She specializes in the 500 m event.
Marrit Leenstra is a Dutch former long track speed skater.
Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, British Columbia, between 13 and 27 February 2010.
Mo Tae-bum is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2010 Olympic Champion and the 2012 and 2013 World Champion in 500 m. He started speedskating while in the third grade. Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Mo won two distances at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. He has competed on the national level since 2004 and has competed internationally since 2005.
Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Tyrolean Ice Arena in Innsbruck, Austria from 20 to 22 January. The difference in the Youth Olympic program for short track speed skating compared to the Winter Olympics, was that there was no 1500 metre event and no relay for each gender, instead a mixed NOC relay took place.
Brittany Starr Bowe is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has won eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior years, she has another 21 world championship medals. She also has a gold medal from the combined sprint event in roller skating at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Lin Xiaojun, born Lim Hyo-jun, is a South Korean-born Chinese short track speed skater. He is the 2018 champion of the Men's 1500 m event in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, and also set the new Olympic record for the event. Originally starting as a swimmer, Lim took up skating at a young age. Despite multiple injuries early on in his career, he notably won gold at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics upon his international debut in the Boys' 1000 m event. He would later win the 1000 m and 1500 m events in the Budapest leg of the 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup and earn selection for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Upon his Olympic debut, Lim won the gold medal, setting a new Olympic record of 2:10.485 in the process, beating Lee Jung-su's previous record set at the 2010 games.
Short track speed skating at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 11 to 15 February at Skenderija Hall in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Gaia Sabbatini is an Italian middle distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships. Sabbatini is the Italian indoor record holder for the 1000 metres.
The 2022 World Junior Speed Skating Championships took place from 28 to 30 January 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Short track speed skating at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 21 to 25 March at Vuokatti Arena in Vuokatti, Finland.
Athletics at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held at the SNP Stadium in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, from 25 to 30 July 2022.
Biathlon at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 24 to 28 January at International Biathlon Centre “Carnia Arena” in Forni Avoltri, Italy.
Cross-country skiing at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 23 to 27 January at Ski Area Sappada in Sappada, Italy.
Nordic combined at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 24 to 26 January at Paruzzi Arena in Tarvisio, Italy and Planica Nordic Centre, Planica, Slovenia.
Ski jumping at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 23 to 27 January at Planica Nordic Centre in Planica, Slovenia.
Ski mountaineering at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 24 to 27 January at Ski area Forni di Sopra in Forni di Sopra, Italy. This was the first time that Ski mountaineering was part of European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.
Snowboarding at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 23 to 27 January at Ski area Piancavallo in Piancavallo, Italy.
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