Gus
Schumacher

Cross-Country Skiing
Distance
All-around

Nationality: United States
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Born: 25 July 2000

Equipment

4 entries · 4 categories

Skis

Fischer

Model not published

Fischer's race-stock cross-country ski line

Cross-Country Skiing

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Boots

Fischer

Model not published

Fischer's race-stock cross-country boot line

Cross-Country Skiing

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Poles

Swix

Model not published

Swix cross-country race pole line.

Cross-Country Skiing

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Gloves

Toko

Model not published

Lists both the Thermo Plus and Profi models.

Toko cold-weather (Thermo Plus) and general race-service (Profi) glove models; both named specifically on Gus Schumacher

Cross-Country Skiing

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Setup verified 26 September 2026

Sources

About

American cross-country skier (Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center) born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2020 became the first American to win an individual gold at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships, and in Feb. 2024 became the first American man to win a World Cup individual distance race since Bill Koch (1983), taking the 10km freestyle at the Stifel Loppet Cup in Minneapolis. Competed in the men's 30km skiathlon at the 2022 Beijing Olympics; at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics won a silver medal in the men's team sprint with Ben Ogden. Also a Protect Our Winters athlete who has testified before the U.S. Senate on climate policy.

No USA medal appears in any men's cross-country event that year (4x7.5km relay bronze went to Sweden; team sprint classical bronze also went to Sweden). Schumacher's best major-championship result to date is the 2026 Olympic team sprint silver with Ben Ogden; his individual World Cup best is 1st place, 10km freestyle, Feb. 2024 Minneapolis.