Wendy Wagner

Wendy Wagner
Personal information
Born	October 31, 1973; Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died	November 6, 2025 (aged 52); Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Skiing
Club	APU Ski Team
World Cup career
Seasons	7 – (1999, 2001–2006)
Indiv. starts	39
Indiv. podiums	0
Team starts	7
Team podiums	0
Overall titles	0 – (75th in 2002)
Discipline titles	0

Wendy Kay Wagner (October 31, 1973 – November 6, 2025) was an American cross-country skier.^[1] She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.^[2] After the Olympics, Wagner worked as an avalanche forecaster for the United States Forest Service.^[3] Wagner died on November 6, 2025, at the age of 52, following an 18-month battle with ovarian cancer.^[4]

Cross-country skiing results

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay	Team sprint
2002	28	36	—	48	23	—	13	N/a
2006	32	50	N/a	—	—	35	14	10

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay	Team sprint
1999	25	69	N/a	—	56	46	N/a	14	N/a
2001	27	N/a	26	29	47	CNX^[a]	44	12	N/a
2003	29	N/a	38	32	44	—	42	—	N/a
2005	31	N/a	—	N/a	50	47	23	DNF	—

a. ¹ Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

↑ "About Utah: Skier had a childhood on the go". Deseret News. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wendy Wagner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
↑ "Meet Wendy Wagner". Forest Service. March 7, 2017. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
↑ "Wendy Wagner, Two-Time Olympian Turned Avalanche Forecaster, Dies at 52". Nordic Insights. November 10, 2025. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
↑ "Wagner Wendy". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 13, 2019.