Vic Wild

Vic Wild, born Victor Ivan Wild on 23 August 1986, is an American-born Russian snowboarder who competes in the alpine parallel disciplines. He won a bronze medal in the parallel giant slalom at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships, then took gold in both the parallel slalom and the parallel giant slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which made him the first snowboarder to win two medals at the same Winter Games. He added a bronze in the parallel giant slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Wild first competed for the United States, but after the 2010 Winter Olympics the national association closed its alpine snowboarding programme. He married the Russian snowboarder Alena Zavarzina in 2011, applied for Russian citizenship and went on to win his Olympic titles for Russia, for which he received the Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class.