Johannes Høsflot Klæbo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 gold medals at a Winter Games

25-Feb-2026

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Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klæbo completed his historic gold medal sweep of the men's cross-country skiing events on February 21 by winning his sixth race and set the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.

Klæbo's victory in the 50-kilometre mass start race shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

All of Heiden's wins were in individual races and two of Klæbo's have come in team events, so Heiden's record for individual wins still stands.