Bjorn Daehlie

Norwegian cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie is the most decorated Winter Olympian in history with 12 Olympic medals (8 gold, 4 silver) across the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Games. He won 3 gold medals at the 1998 Nagano Games including the 50km cross-country race with a 46-second margin of victory. Daehlie also won 9 individual world championship titles and, in 1996, was named the greatest winter sport athlete in Norwegian sports history by the national sports federation.