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This is a list of longest winning streaks in winter sports.

8 consecutive women's relay World Championships – USSR

  • Streak started 1984 Chamonix, France
  • Streak ended 1993 Borovets, Bulgaria

Men's team

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6 consecutive gold medals at World Curling Championships – Canada

  • Streak started 1959 Falkirk, Perth & Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Streak ended 1965 Perth, Scotland

Women's team

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4 consecutive gold medals at World Curling Championships – Canada

  • Streak started 1984 Perth, Scotland
  • Streak ended 1988 Glasgow, Scotland

Ladies

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10 consecutive titles at World Figure Skating ChampionshipsSonja Henie

  • Streak started 1927 Oslo, Norway
  • Streak ended 1937 London, England

Pairs

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10 consecutive titles at World Figure Skating ChampionshipsIrina Rodnina

Note: winner of three consecutive Olympic titles from 1972 to 1980

10 consecutive titles at European Figure Skating ChampionshipsIrina Rodnina

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

Men's single

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3 consecutive men's singles World Championships – Germany

  • Streak started 2007 Igls, Austria
  • Streak ended 2011 Cesana, Italy

Women's team

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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

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11 consecutive women's singles World Championships – Germany

  • Streak started 1995 Lillehammer, Norway
  • Streak ended 2009 Lake Placid, United States

Doubles

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5 consecutive double's World Championships – East Germany

  • Streak started 1981 Hammarstrand, Sweden
  • Streak ended 1990 Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mixed team relay

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10 consecutive mixed team relay World Championships – Germany

  • Streak started 2000 St. Moritz, Switzerland
Women's
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11 consecutive wins in FIS World Cup – Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austria

  • Streak started December 1972
  • Streak ended January 1974
Men's
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14 consecutive wins in FIS World Cup – Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden

  • Streak started March 18, 1978
  • Streak ended January 21, 1980

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

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]

9 consecutive men's all-round World Championships – Netherlands

4 consecutive men's all-round World ChampionshipsSven 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

5 consecutive women's all-round World ChampionshipsGunda 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.

5 consecutive titles at World ChampionshipsViktor 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

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  1. ^ "International Luge Federation - Int. Rennrodelverband" (PDF). Fil-luge.org. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  2. ^ The Netherlands also won 12 of the 15 silver medals over this period
  3. ^ "Swiss Timing - Swiss Timing". Sportresult.com. Retrieved September 16, 2018.