Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klaebo Becomes 1st Athlete to Win 6 Gold Medals at a Winter Games

February 21, 2026

TL;DR

Johannes Høsflot Klaebo won his sixth gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games, setting a record for most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.
Klaebo broke Eric Heiden's nearly 50-year-old record of five golds from the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
Heiden's record for individual wins remains unbroken, as two of Klaebo's golds were in team events.
Klaebo's win contributed to Norway setting a record with 18 gold medals at these Games.
Norway also leads the overall medal count with 40 medals.
Klaebo now holds the record for most career Winter Olympic gold medals with eight.

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