Born in Boltigen, Switzerland,[3][4] von Allmen began skiing at age two, learning at the Jaun Pass.[5] He completed a four-year apprenticeship in carpentry and spent summers working on construction sites.[6] Von Allmen's father died when he was seventeen, leaving the family in a strained financial situation and unable to fund his ski career.[6] A crowdfunding campaign was able to finance his training for another season, when he made the Swiss Olympic team.
2
Giovanni Franzoni
Italy
In his breakthrough season, Franzoni achieved four World Cup podium finishes in speed events – including his first career victory in the legendary Kitzbühel downhill,[3] and won the silver medal in the men's downhill at the home 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
3
Dominik Paris
Italy
Paris made his World Cup debut in December 2008 and won his first World Cup race in late December 2012 in Italy, a dead-heat tie with Hannes Reichelt in the downhill on the Pista Stelvio at Bormio. Aksel Lund Svindal was just one-hundredth of a second behind for third, and Klaus Kröll was fourth, just one hundredth behind Svindal. It was the closest top-four finish in World Cup downhill history (0.02 of a second) and the first tie in a men's downhill in nearly 35 years (January 1978).[2][3] Four weeks later, Paris firmly established himself as a top downhill racer on the circuit with a win at Kitzbühel on the classic Streif course.
4
Ryan Cochran-Siegle
United States
Cochran-Siegle learned to ski at around the age of two, being taught by his mother Barbara Cochran, gold medalist in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. After the 2010 season, he joined the U.S. Development Team, and one year later, he was promoted to the National B Team. He was the Nor-Am Cup super-G champion in 2011 and took a bronze medal in the super-G at the U.S. national championships.[2] Cochran-Siegle made his World Cup debut in November 2011 at the Lake Louise downhill, but failed to finish.[3] A week later in Colorado, he scored his first World Cup points in a super-G at Beaver Creek, finishing in 29th place
5
Marco Odermatt
Switzerland
At the 2016 Junior World Championships in Sochi, Odermatt won the bronze medal in super-G and the gold medal in giant slalom, which allowed him to make his World Cup debut in March 2016 in the giant slalom at the season finals in St. Moritz. At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Davos, Odermatt won an unprecedented five gold medals (combined, downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and team event).
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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen
Brazil
Pinheiro Braathen was born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and a Brazilian mother on 19 April 2000.[3][4][5] His parents divorced when he was three years old and he went to Brazil with his mother to live in the city of Campinas. Later in his childhood, he moved back to Norway to live with his father while regularly visiting Brazil.[3][6] He grew up speaking Norwegian and Portuguese.
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Loïc Meillard
Switzerland
Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the Junior World Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined.
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Fabio Gstrein
Austria
Gstrein won a silver medal in slalom at the 2018 Junior World Championships, held in Davos, Switzerland,[3][4] and has represented Austria at two World Championships
9
Henrik Kristoffersen
Norway
Born in Rælingen in Akershus county,[1] Kristoffersen made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19 to become the youngest male medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history
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Johan-Olav Botn
Norway
Botn made his international debut relatively late in November 2021, securing the 32nd position in the IBU Cup sprint in Idre. Following another appearance in January, he was subsequently excluded from the squad. During the winter of 2022–23, the Norwegian participated in the initial races in early December, achieving his first top-10 result with an 8th place in the individual competition. Due to Erlend Bjøntegaard's decision to waive his starting rights, Botn received the reserve starting position for the season finale in Canmore and secured podium finishes in both sprint races. His standout performance, however, occurred in the final race of the season, the pursuit competition, where he claimed his first IBU Cup victory with a lead of over a minute over Vebjørn Sørum. At the Norwegian Championships, Botn, alongside Håvard Bogetveit, Simon Kirkeeide, and Johannes Thingnes Bø, won the bronze medal in the relay event for Sogn og Fjordane. For the 2023–24 season, he was selected for the B-national team for the first time.[5][6] At the 2024 European Biathlon Championship, he won one gold and two silver medals.[
11
Éric Perrot
France
French biathlete who competes in the Biathlon World Cup. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, winning gold in 2026 in the Mixed relay and Men's relay events and silver in the 20 km individual event.
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Sturla Holm Lægreid
Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid grew up in the municipality of Bærum near Oslo as the second of three children (with an older brother and a younger sister) in a sports-oriented family.[3] He was introduced to various sports early in life: alongside skiing, he trained in sports such as football, taekwondo, and bandy. At the age of 16, he focused on biathlon and attended the WANG Sports Gymnasium in Oslo for three years.[4] During this time, he participated in the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Bürserberg, Vorarlberg, where he won silver in the pursuit behind Sebastian Samuelsson and gold in the mixed relay
13
Quentin Fillon Maillet
France
French biathlete. He is the a five-time Olympic champion and nine-time medallist, winning gold in the 20 km individual and the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2022 Winter Olympics and in the 10 km sprint, mixed relay, and the men's relay at the 2026 Winter Olympics. He is the first French athlete and the first biathlete to win five medals in a single edition of the Winter Games (in 2022). With nine overall Olympic medals, he is the most decorated French athlete in Olympic history.[1] Fillon Maillet is also the winner of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup for men.
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Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Norway
Sjåstad Christiansen began his career by racing in biathlon and cross-country skiing as a junior on the national level. In his youth, his greatest idol was Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Sjåstad Christiansen learned much about how to train from literature of and about Bjørndalen, and was inspired by Bjørndalen's training mentality, and started training a lot and hard from a very early age. On the last day of the 2004 World Championships, Sjåstad Christiansen set a long-term goal of qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] In 2008, Sjåstad Christiansen entered the Norwegian College of Elite Sport in Geilo
15
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sweden
He participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning a silver in mass start in 2022 and the gold medal in the 2026 pursuit
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Émilien Jacquelin
France
a French biathlete. He competed in the 2018, 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics
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Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
Norway
Norwegian biathlete. He competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2020.[1] He is the Olympic champion in the 15 km mass start event at the 2026 Winter Olympics