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Anders Eide

Anders Eide (born 7 March 1971 in Snåsa) is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 1992.

Claudia Nystad

Claudia Nystad (née Künzel, born February 1, 1978, in Zschopau) is a German top-level woman cross country skier.

Erling Steineide

Erling Øistein Steineide (born August 10, 1938 in Heidal) is a Norwegian cross country skier.

Franz Schöbel

Franz Schöbel (born April 6, 1956 in Weilheim, Bavaria) is a West German cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1984.

Jari Laukkanen

Jari Johannes Laukkanen (born 8 June 1962 in Viitasaari, Central Finland) was a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 1988.

Jaroslava Bukvajová

Jaroslava Bukvajová (born November 17, 1975, in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2004.

Jessica Diggins

Jessica "Jessie" Diggins (born August 26, 1991) is an American cross country skier from Afton, Minnesota.

Nataša Lačen

Nataša Lačen (born December 3, 1971 in Črna na Koroškem) is a Slovenian cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2003.

Per Samuelshaug

Per Samuelshaug (1905 – 1990) was a Norwegian cross country skier from Alvdal who participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Petra Rohrmann

Petra Rohrmann (born 30 July 1962 in Zella-Mehlis, Thuringia) was an East German cross country skier who competed from 1983 to 1984.

Simone Opitz

Simone Opitz (born July 3, 1963 in Sonneberg, Thuringia) was an East German-German cross country skier who competed from 1985 to 1993.


see also

1998 in Norway

31 July - Erling Evensen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1914)

Anna-Lena

Anna-Lena Fritzon (born 1965), another Swedish compatriot and former cross country skier

Boyd Martin

Martin was born to Toy Dorgan, an American speedskater, & Ross Martin, an Australian cross-country skier.

Buchs

Emanuel Buchs (born 1962), Swiss ski mountaineer, cross-country skier and biathlete

Christel

Christel Meinel (21st century), former East German cross country skier

Farquet

Damien Farquet (b. 1971), Swiss ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

Genuin

Angelo Genuin (b. 1939), Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

Germann

Monika Germann, Swiss cross country skier who competed in the early 1980s

Karachevsky

German Karachevsky, cross-country skier participating in the 1992 Olympics as a member of the Unified Team

Klause

Gert-Dietmar Klause (born 1945), former East German cross-country skier

Kozu

Masaaki Kozu (born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1993

Kuzin

Vladimir Kuzin (1930–2007), a former Soviet cross-country skier

Niku

Tapani Niku, Finnish cross-country skier (bronze medal in 1924 Winter Olympics

Pedranzini

Fabrizio Pedranzini (b. 1954), Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

Robert Rabinowitz

He is the brother of the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska, Jay Rabinowitz, cousin of integrative medicine media personality, Barrie Cassileth, and uncle to Olympic Cross Country Skier, Judy Rabinowitz.

Rossner

Alfred Rössner (1911–2005), Austrian cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics

Ryste

Bodil Ryste (b. 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

Sandrini

Domenico Sandrini (1883–1973) , Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper

Södergren

Anders Södergren (born 1977), Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1999

Benny Södergren (born 1948), former Swedish cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s

Svärd

Nils Svärd (1908–2001), Swedish cross country skier who competed in the early 1930s

Tronvoll

Ove-Erik Tronvoll (b. 1972), Norwegian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

Tsakiris

Athanassios Tsakiris (born 1965), Greek biathlete and cross-country skier

Väljas

Len Väljas (born 1988), Canadian cross-country skier of Estonian descent

Vasily Rochev

Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (born 1980), Russian cross-country skier; son of Vasily Pavlovich Rochev

Vasily Pavlovich Rochev (born 1951), Soviet/Russian cross-country skier

Venanzio Ortis

He is the cousin of the Italian cross-country skier Manuela Di Centa.

Vermilion Provincial Park

Beckie Scott, a cross country skier who won medals at both the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympic Games, skied on these trails in her early years.

Wanda Dubieńska

Wanda Dubieńska born Nowak (12 June 1895 – 28 November 1968) was a Polish fencer, tennis player, cross-country skier and sport celebrity and the daughter of Julian Nowak.

Yevgeni Safonov

Yevgeni Safonov (skier), Kazakhstani cross country skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics