Nicknames of Winter Sports People
A list of popular nicknames associated with winter sports men and women.
(and if you know of any others then please contact us).
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| Beat Feuz | Cannonball (Kanonenkugel) | Is it because he's got a round face and tucks himself into a ball-like shape ? or is it because he hurtles down the slope as if fired from a cannon ? You decide. |
| Carlo Janka | The Iceman | Janka's cool, calm, almost unemotional personality during races, apparently gave rise to the "Iceman" tag. Whereas Didier Cuche celebrates victory with a dramatic kicking-off of his skis, Janka just raises his index finger in triumph ! |
| Franz Klammer | The Austrian Astronaut | |
| Franz Klammer | The Klammer Express | Klammer's speed and power going down the course was reminiscent of an express train loose on the piste. |
| Franz Klammer | Kaiser Franz | |
| Ted Ligety | Ligety Split | |
| Ted Ligety | Ted Shred | A ski coach nicknamed him Shred when he was a young kid, due to his fearless, attacking style. And it rhymes with Ted, of course ! Ligety started Shred Optics in 2006 after winning his Olympics gold medal in the Combined event, naming the company after his nickname. |
| Hermann Maier | The Herminator | A re-wording of the Terminator, due to Maier's alleged indestructible body. |
| Felix Neureuther | The Cat | Derr..... |
| Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong | The Snow Leopard | Born in Glasgow but raised in Ghana, Nkrumah-Acheampong took up indoor-skiing in 2002 having moved to England. He managed to qualify for the slalom and giant slalom at the 2010 games representing Ghana, and his nickname is a nod back to the snowy version of one his country's big cats. Click here for his website. |
| Manfred Pranger | The Tasmanian Devil | |
| Benjamin Raich | The Blitz from Pitz (ser Blitz aus Pitz) | Blitz is the German word for bolt/flash of lightning, and the Austrian is from Arzl im Pitztal |
| Toni Sailer | The Blitz from Kitz (der Blitz aus Kitz) | Blitz is the German word for bolt/flash of lightning, and the legendary Austrian is from Kitzbuhel. |
| Vladimir Sabich | Spider | Born prematurely, his father immediately called him 'Spider' because of his thin legs and arms. |
| Lindsey Vonn | Don Don | |
| Lindsey Vonn | Kildon | |
| Lindsey Vonn | The Don | |
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| Shaun White | The Flying Tomato | Apparently it started because of his mass of red hair, and the impression it gave as he hurtled through the air. |
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| Amy Williams | The Bath Bullet | Err... she's from Bath and she hurtles down the ice like a bullet ! |
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