| 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 emotionless 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 | |
| Henrik Kristoffersen | The Prince of the Vikings | Nickname given to the young Norwegian star by Eurosport commentator Nick Fellows. |
| 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. |
| Mario Matt | The Arlberg Eagle (Der Arlberg Adler) | Olympic champion Matt is from the Arlberg region of Austria. In fact, he has owned the legendary Krazy Kanguruh bar in St.Anton since 2009. |
| Steve Missillier | Le Missile (the Missile) | The French skier is also known as "le Missile Savoyard" and "le Missile du Grand-Bornand". Missiles tend to go rather fast, and so does Steve and his er.. name sounds like Missile. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Dave Ryding | The Rocket | The British slalom-specialist from Lancashire acquired his nickname after hurtling passed everyone on the UK scene, rather like a rocket would. And, of course, there's the old alliteration with his name. |
| 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. |
| Alberto Tomba | la Bomba (the Bomb) | Not only one of the sport's most gifted skiers, but one of its most flamboyant character's. The powerfully built Italian was given the tag for his dynamic, never-say-die surges that brought him so much success and adulation on the slopes. |
| Lindsey Vonn | Don Don | |
| Lindsey Vonn | Kildon | |
| Lindsey Vonn | The Don | |
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