Greatest Cross Country Skiers of All Time

Olympics: 8 gold medals, 4 silver medals
World Championship: 9 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 3 bronze medals

4-time individual Olympic champion, individual World champion, 4-time overall World Cup winner, 4-time distance World Cup winner, 4-time Tour de Ski winner. The most decorated Tour de Ski male athlete of all time and the only cross-country skier to win the same event in the Olympic Games three times in a row. What else needs to be said?

Great athlete and authentic, humble person. The first Swiss superstar in cross-country.

Class act all the way and great champion. 5 Olympic golds!

Was always in the shadow of Daehlie due to Daehlie's drug use and asthma problems. Which was a shame.

She is good and all, but does she win nearly as much without being allowed to take her prohibited substances, "asthma medication"? *snickers*

Used drugs at the end of her career, but at least she didn't do it her whole career like Marit Man-organ.

Shameful doper! Glad she got busted at Salt Lake City to end her phony career.

Amazing champion. So much talent and great work ethic.

Not only a great skier but a really great lady. Love and miss her so much!

Best female skier ever. Didn't need drugs like Marit Man-organ or many of her teammates.

His performances at the '93 and '95 Worlds, and '94 Olympics were amazing. The best skier in the world those three years.

Amazing skier. Shame she has to race against doped-up Bjoergen and other cheaters. Yet she holds her own and often beats them, all while clean! And 10 Olympic medals of gold or silver already and still young.

Imagine how many more golds and medals she would have without doper Marit.

Should be way higher. Lower than her far inferior teammate Anna Haag?!?