Kjetil André Aamodt

Three months before the Albertville Olympic Winter Games in 1992, Kjetil André Aamodt was hospitalized with mononucleosis and lost 11 kilograms as a result. Remarkably, he returned to training two months later, and six weeks after that he won the super-G to become Norway's first Olympic alpine skiing medallist in 40 years. He also won a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the same Games.

At the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympic Games, Aamodt earned silver medals in the downhill and the combined and a bronze in the super-G.  Adding to his collection, Aamodt won two Olympic gold medals, one in the super-G and the other in alpine combined at Salt Lake City in 2002.

Aamodt became the first alpine skier in Olympic history to win seven career medals. Fourteen years after his title at the Albertville 1992 Games, Aamodt was still going strong in Torino in 2006, where he won an Olympic gold medal in the super-G event. With eight Olympic Winter Games medals to his name, he is the athlete with the most Olympic wins in the sport of alpine skiing.