Birthday gold medalists at the Winter Olympics? Was asked yesterday if this has ever occurred. It has, in fact 6 times. Overall, a birthday boy/girl has won a medal 22 times, as follows:
| Name | X | NOC | Year | Sport | Event | Med | DOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madeleine Chamot-Berthod | F | SUI | 1956 | ASK | Downhill | G | 1 Feb 1931 |
| Viktor Kosichkin | M | URS | 1960 | SSK | 5000 m | G | 25 Feb 1938 |
| Jan Egil Storholt | M | NOR | 1976 | SSK | 1500 m | G | 13 Feb 1949 |
| Per-Johan Axelsson | M | SWE | 2006 | ICH | Ice Hockey | G | 26 Feb 1975 |
| Cathrine Lindahl | F | SWE | 2010 | CUR | Curling | G | 26 Feb 1970 |
| Tae-Beom Mo | M | KOR | 2010 | SSK | 500 m | G | 15 Feb 1989 |
| John Garrison | M | USA | 1932 | ICH | Ice Hockey | S | 13 Feb 1909 |
| Eugenio Monti | M | ITA | 1956 | BOB | Two | S | 28 Jan 1928 |
| Manfred Schumann | M | FRG | 1976 | BOB | Two | S | 7 Feb 1951 |
| Tommy Moe | M | USA | 1994 | ASK | Super G | S | 17 Feb 1970 |
| Sergey Tarasov | M | RUS | 1994 | BIA | Relay | S | 15 Feb 1965 |
| Margit Pörtner | F | DEN | 1998 | CUR | Curling | S | 15 Feb 1972 |
| George Karrys | M | CAN | 1998 | CUR | Curling | S | 15 Feb 1967 |
| Kateřina Neumannová | F | CZE | 2002 | CCS | Pursuit | S | 15 Feb 1973 |
| Irina Lobacheva | F | RUS | 2002 | FSK | Ice Dancing | S | 18 Feb 1973 |
| Jens Arne Svartedal | M | NOR | 2006 | CCS | Sprint | S | 14 Feb 1976 |
| Marianne St-Gelais | F | CAN | 2010 | STK | 500 m | S | 17 Feb 1990 |
| Freddie McEvoy | M | GBR | 1936 | BOB | Four | B | 12 Feb 1907 |
| Henry Glaß | M | GDR | 1976 | SKJ | Large Hill | B | 15 Feb 1953 |
| Pertti Teurajärvi | M | FIN | 1980 | CCS | Relay | B | 20 Feb 1951 |
| Aleksey Kovalyov | M | RUS | 2002 | ICH | Ice Hockey | B | 24 Feb 1973 |
We were also asked if this has occurred or will occur in Sochi. So far, no, but Dutchman Jan Smeekens just missed it with his silver medal in the 500 metres. He turned 27 the next day, 11 February. Hard to predict if it will happen in Sochi. There are 96 entered Winter Olympians in Sochi with a birthday occurring between today and 23 February. We didn’t see any obvious medal contenders on their birthdays, but one never knows.