Figure Skaters who successfully defended their Olympic title in the same event in back-to-back Games (14)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Lyudmila Belousova RUS
URS
FSK Olympics 1960—1968 Pairs, Mixed: Innsbruck 1964/Grenoble 1968
Andrée Brunet-Joly FRA FSK Olympics 1924—1932 Pairs, Mixed: Sankt Moritz 1928/Lake Placid 1932
Pierre Brunet FRA FSK Olympics 1924—1932 Pairs, Mixed: Sankt Moritz 1928/Lake Placid 1932
Dick Button USA FSK Olympics / Torch Bearer / Olympic Flagbearer 1948—2002 Singles, Men: Sankt Moritz 1948/Oslo 1952
Gillis Grafström SWE FSK Olympics 1920—1932 Singles, Men: Antwerpen 1920/Chamonix 1924/Sankt Moritz 1928
Pasha Grishchuk RUS
EUN
FSK Olympics 1992—1998 Ice Dancing, Mixed: Lillehammer 1994/Nagano 1998
Yuzuru Hanyu JPN FSK Olympics 2014—2022 Singles, Men: Sochi 2014/PyeongChang 2018
Sonja Henie NOR FSK Olympics 1924—1936 Singles, Women: Sankt Moritz 1928/Lake Placid 1932/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
Yevgeny Platov RUS
EUN
FSK Olympics 1992—1998 Ice Dancing, Mixed: Lillehammer 1994/Nagano 1998
Oleg Protopopov RUS
URS
FSK Olympics 1960—1968 Pairs, Mixed: Innsbruck 1964/Grenoble 1968
Irina Rodnina RUS
URS
FSK Olympics / Torch Bearer 1972—2014 Pairs, Mixed: Sapporo 1972/Innsbruck 1976/Lake Placid 1980
Karl Schäfer AUT FSK/SWM Olympics / Non-starter / Opening Flagbearer 1928—1936 Singles, Men: Lake Placid 1932/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
Katarina Witt GDR
GER
FSK Olympics 1984—1994 Singles, Women: Sarajevo 1984/Calgary 1988
Aleksandr Zaytsev RUS
URS
FSK Olympics 1976—1980 Pairs, Mixed: Innsbruck 1976/Lake Placid 1980