Draft:List of winning streaks in winter sports
This is a list of longest winning streaks in winter sports.
Biathlon[edit]
8 consecutive women's relay World Championships – USSR
- Streak started 1984 Chamonix, France
- Streak ended 1993 Borovets, Bulgaria
Curling[edit]
Men's team[edit]
6 consecutive gold medals at World Curling Championships – Canada
- Streak started 1959 Falkirk, Perth & Edinburgh, Scotland
- Streak ended 1965 Perth, Scotland
Women's team[edit]
4 consecutive gold medals at World Curling Championships – Canada
- Streak started 1984 Perth, Scotland
- Streak ended 1988 Glasgow, Scotland
Figure skating[edit]
Ladies[edit]
10 consecutive titles at World Figure Skating Championships – Sonja Henie
- Streak started 1927 Oslo, Norway
- Streak ended 1937 London, England
Pairs[edit]
10 consecutive titles at World Figure Skating Championships – Irina Rodnina
- Streak started 1969 Colorado Springs, USA
- Streak ended 1979 Vienna, Austria – won by Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner
Note: winner of three consecutive Olympic titles from 1972 to 1980
10 consecutive titles at European Figure Skating Championships – Irina Rodnina
- Streak started 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- Streak ended 1979 Zagreb, Yugoslavia – won by Marina Cherkasova and Sergei Shakhrai
14 consecutive titles at World Figure Skating Championships – USSR
- Streak started 1965 Colorado Springs, USA
- Streak ended 1979 Vienna, Austria
17 consecutive titles at European Figure Skating Championships – USSR
- Streak started 1965 Moscow, USSR
- Streak ended 1982 Lyon, France
Luge[edit]
Men's single[edit]
3 consecutive men's singles World Championships – Germany
- Streak started 2007 Igls, Austria
- Streak ended 2011 Cesana, Italy
Women's team[edit]
105 consecutive women's World Cup races – Germany[1]
- Streak started December 6, 1997, Igls, Austria
- Streak ended February 12, 2011, Paramonovo, Russia
Women's single[edit]
11 consecutive women's singles World Championships – Germany
- Streak started 1995 Lillehammer, Norway
- Streak ended 2009 Lake Placid, United States
Doubles[edit]
5 consecutive double's World Championships – East Germany
- Streak started 1981 Hammarstrand, Sweden
- Streak ended 1990 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mixed team relay[edit]
10 consecutive mixed team relay World Championships – Germany
- Streak started 2000 St. Moritz, Switzerland
Skiing[edit]
Downhill[edit]
Women's[edit]
11 consecutive wins in FIS World Cup – Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austria
- Streak started December 1972
- Streak ended January 1974
Giant slalom[edit]
Men's[edit]
14 consecutive wins in FIS World Cup – Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
- Streak started March 18, 1978
- Streak ended January 21, 1980
Freestyle skiing[edit]
16 consecutive wins in FIS World Cup moguls skiing (individual and dual moguls) – Hannah Kearney, United States
- Streak started January 22, 2011, Lake Placid, United States
- Streak ended February 19, 2012, by Audrey Robichaud
Speed skating[edit]
Long track[edit]
53 consecutive 5000 m races – Hjallis Andersen
- Streak started March 19, 1949 Tromsø, Norway
- Streak ended January 2, 1954 Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway (fall)
15 consecutive 10000m World Championships – Netherlands[2]
- Streak started 1996 by Gianni Romme in Hamar, Norway (first time contested)
- Last win 2013 by Jorrit Bergsma in Sochi, Russia
9 consecutive men's all-round World Championships – Netherlands
- Streak started 1995 by Rintje Ritsma in Baselga di Pinè, Italy
- Streak ended 2004 by Chad Hedrick in Hamar, Norway
4 consecutive men's all-round World Championships – Sven Kramer (twice)
- Streak started 2007 Heerenveen, Netherlands
- Streak ended 2011 Calgary, Canada (Kramer did not participate due to injury)
- Kramer also won the 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 championships.
15 consecutive women's all-round World Championships – Soviet Union
- Streak started 1952 by Khalida Shchegoleyeva in Kokkola, Finland
- Streak ended 1967 by Stien Kaiser in Deventer, Netherlands
5 consecutive women's all-round World Championships – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
- Streak started 1995 Savalen, Norway
- Streak ended 2000 by Claudia Pechstein in Milwaukee, United States
- Niemann-Stirnemann also won the championships from 1991 to 1993.
Short track[edit]
5 consecutive titles at World Championships – Viktor Ahn
- Streak started 2003 Warsaw, Poland Columbus, USA
- Streak ended 2008 Gangneung, South Korea
83 consecutive world cup, world championship, and Olympic 500 m races – Wang Meng[3]
- Streak started September 30, 2005 Hangzhou, China
- Streak ended February 8, 2009 Sofia, Bulgaria (fall in semifinals)
Note: Wang Meng also has the longest Short Track Speed Skating World Cup winning streak with six wins on the 500 m between 2005 and 2010
References[edit]
- ^ "International Luge Federation - Int. Rennrodelverband" (PDF). Fil-luge.org. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ^ The Netherlands also won 12 of the 15 silver medals over this period
- ^ "Swiss Timing - Swiss Timing". Sportresult.com. Retrieved September 16, 2018.