Most Gold Medals Winter Olympics All Time. The GOAT of the Winter Olympics is Norwegian Biathlon Athlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen with 8 Gold medals, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze medal won. Bjørndalen is only one bronze medal ahead of country man Bjørn Dæhlie – the most successful cross country skier in olympic history.
Norwegian Marit Bjørgen is the GOAT of Winter Olympics on the women’s side with 6 Gold medals, 3 silver and 1 bronze.
Most Gold Medals Winter Olympics All Time
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Biathlon | M | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
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Bjørn Dæhlie | Cross-country | M | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
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Marit Bjørgen | Cross-country | F | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
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Raisa Smetanina | Cross-country | F | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
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Stefania Belmondo | Cross-country | F | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
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Lyubov Yegorova | Cross-country | F | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
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Claudia Pechstein | Speed skating | F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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Sixten Jernberg | Cross-country | M | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
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Uschi Disl | Biathlon | F | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
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Viktor Ahn | Short track | M | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
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Ricco Groß | Biathlon | M | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
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Ireen Wüst | Speed skating | F | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
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Kjetil André Aamodt | Alpine skiing | M | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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Sven Fischer | Biathlon | M | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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Galina Kulakova | Cross-country | F | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Speed skating | F | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
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Karin Enke | Speed skating | F | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
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Apolo Anton Ohno | Short track | M | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |