Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics
Team USA is the largest and most diversely talented team of athletes on the planet, coming together to compete at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Feb 5, 2026 - Feb 21, 2026 | Milano Cortina, Italy
Anterselva/Antholz
Bormio
Cortina D'Ampezzo
Livingo
Milano
- Opening Ceremony
- Figure Skating
- Ice Hockey
- Speedskating
Predazzo
Tesero
Verona
- Closing Ceremony
Chloe Kim
Sport:Snowboarding
Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
- gold medals:
- 2
- silver medals:
- 0
- bronze medals:
- 0
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Torrance, CA
- Height
- 5'3"
- Age
- 25
Fun fact
First athlete to win titles at all four major snowboarding events – the Olympics, Youth Winter Olympics, X Games and FIS World Championships
Jaelin Kauf
Sport:Freestyle Skiing
Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
- gold medals:
- 0
- silver medals:
- 1
- bronze medals:
- 0
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Alta, WY
- Height
- 5'4"
- Age
- 29
Fun fact
She is the fastest woman on the moguls World Cup circuit
Alex Hall
Sport:Freestyle Skiing
Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
- gold medals:
- 1
- silver medals:
- 0
- bronze medals:
- 0
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Park City, UT
- Height
- 6'4"
- Age
- 27
Fun fact
First athlete to land a 2160 in competition
Red Gerard
Sport:Snowboarding
Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
- gold medals:
- 1
- silver medals:
- 0
- bronze medals:
- 0
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Silverthorne, CO
- Height
- 5'5"
- Age
- 25
Fun fact
Started his own a non-profit organization, Red’s Backyard, that enables kids to take part in outdoor sports at no cost
Alex Ferreira
Sport:Freestyle Skiing
Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
- gold medals:
- 0
- silver medals:
- 1
- bronze medals:
- 1
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Aspen, CO
- Height
- 5'9"
- Age
- 31
Fun fact
First skied moguls before switching to halfpipe
Quinn Dehlinger
Sport:Freestyle Skiing
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Cincinnati, OH
- Age
- 23
Fun fact
He started doing jumps and rails when he was just 10
Charlie McAvoy
Sport:Ice Hockey
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Long Beach, NY
- Height
- 6'1"
- Age
- 27
Fun fact
Father to his son named Rhys
Jack Eichel
Sport:Ice Hockey
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- North Chelmsford, MA
- Height
- 6'2"
- Age
- 28
Fun fact
Started his NHL career with the Buffalo Sabres in 2015
Quinn Hughes
Sport:Ice Hockey
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Orlando, FL
- Height
- 5'10"
- Age
- 25
Fun fact
Has two brothers, Jack and Luke, who also play in the NHL
Brady Tkachuk
Sport:Ice Hockey
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Height
- 6'4"
- Age
- 26
Fun fact
His older brother, Matthew Tkachuk, plays for the Florida Panthers
Matthew Tkachuk
Sport:Ice Hockey
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Height
- 6'2"
- Age
- 27
Fun fact
His younger brother, Brady Tkachuk, is the captain of the Ottawa Senators
Auston Matthews
Sport:Ice Hockey
Athlete Stats
- Hometown
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Height
- 6'3"
- Age
- 28
Fun fact
Selected first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2016 NHL Draft and immediately made history by scoring four goals in his NHL debut
| name | sport | Education | hometown | age | Medals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quinn Dehlinger Sport: Freestyle Skiing Education: Salt Lake Community College Hometown: Cincinnati, OH Age: 23 Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | Salt Lake Community College | Cincinnati, OH | 23 | |||||
 Korey Dropkin Sport: Curling Education: University of Minnesota Duluth Hometown: Duluth, MN Age: 30 Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026 | Curling | University of Minnesota Duluth | Duluth, MN | 30 | |||||
 Jack Eichel Sport: Ice Hockey Education: Boston University Hometown: North Chelmsford, MA Age: 28 Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026 | Ice Hockey | Boston University | North Chelmsford, MA | 28 | |||||
 Alex Ferreira Olympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Freestyle Skiing Education: Colorado Mountain College ‘21 Hometown: Aspen, CO Age: 31 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | Colorado Mountain College ‘21 | Aspen, CO | 31 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| ||||
 Red Gerard Olympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Snowboarding Education: Penn Foster High School Hometown: Silverthorne, CO Age: 25 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Snowboarding | Penn Foster High School | Silverthorne, CO | 25 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| ||||
 Alex Hall Olympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Freestyle Skiing Education: University of Utah Hometown: Park City, UT Age: 27 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | University of Utah | Park City, UT | 27 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| ||||
 Quinn Hughes Sport: Ice Hockey Education: University of Michigan Hometown: Orlando, FL Age: 25 Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026 | Ice Hockey | University of Michigan | Orlando, FL | 25 | |||||
 Jaelin Kauf Olympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Freestyle Skiing Education: DeVry University (Online) Hometown: Alta, WY Age: 29 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | DeVry University (Online) | Alta, WY | 29 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| ||||
 Chloe Kim Olympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Snowboarding Hometown: Torrance, CA Age: 25 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Snowboarding | Torrance, CA | 25 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| |||||
 | Ice Hockey | Scottsdale, AZ | 28 | ||||||
The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics start Feb. 6, 2026 and end Feb. 22, 2026.
The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics will last 17 days.
The Olympics occur every two years and alternate between summer and winter. This means that the summer and winter Olympics each occur every four years.
Tickets are available starting February 2025. To be alerted when tickets go on sale, fill out the form at https://www.teamusa.com/tickets.
Tickets to the Milano Cortina Olympic Games will be available beginning in February 2025, one year before the Games.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milano and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy.
In the Milano area, events will be held at San Siro Stadium, Mediolanum Forum in Assago, Palasharp in Lampugnano and the Santa Giulia arena.
The 2026 Olympics features two mascots, Tina and Milo, whose names are representative of the host cities Cortina and Milano. Tina and Milo are stoats, or small mammals that are part of the mustelid family along with weasels and otters. The mascots were designed in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Education by students of the Istituto Comprensivo of Taverna in Calabria.
The most decorated Team USA winter Olympian is Apolo Ohno, who won eight medals for short track between 2002 and 2010. Bonnie Blair and Eric Heiden are tied for the most gold Winter Olympic medals, with five medals in speed skating each.
Alpine skiing mixed team parallel event is being removed from the 2026 Olympics with men and women competing separately.
There are eight new winter Olympic events in 2026 including:
Ski mountaineering: men’s sprint, women’s sprint and mixed-gender relay
Freestyle skiing: men’s and women’s dual moguls
Open luge: women’s doubles
Skeleton: mixed-gender team event
Ski jumping: women’s large hill event
The winter Olympics occur every four years. The Olympic games are held every two years, alternating between the summer and winter Olympics.
The United States will be hosting the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, California, with events occurring at several pre-existing stadiums and arenas across the area.
The next three winter Olympics will be the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games in Italy, the French Alps 2030 Olympic Games in France and the Salt Lake City 2034 Olympic Games in Utah in the U.S.
Team USA Olympians have won 330 Winter Olympic medals through Beijing 2022. Click here for every medalist at every Games.
| name | sport | Education | hometown | age | Medals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hakeem Abdul-Saboor Olympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Bobsled Education: University of Virginia at Wise Hometown: Powhatan, VA Age: 37 | Bobsled | University of Virginia at Wise | Powhatan, VA | 37 | |||||
 Nick Abruzzese Olympian 2022 Sport: Ice Hockey Education: Harvard University ‘23, Psychology Hometown: Slate Hill, NY Age: 26 | Ice Hockey | Harvard University ‘23, Psychology | Slate Hill, NY | 26 | |||||
 Jake Adicoff Paralympian 2014, 2018, 2022 Sport: Para Nordic Skiing Education: Bowdoin College Hometown: Sun Valley, ID Age: 30 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Para Nordic Skiing | Bowdoin College | Sun Valley, ID | 30 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| ||||
 Kenny Agostino Olympian 2022 Sport: Ice Hockey Education: Delbarton High School (Morristown, N.J.) ‘10 Yale University ‘14, Political Science Hometown: Morristown, NJ Age: 33 | Ice Hockey | Delbarton High School (Morristown, N.J.) ‘10 Yale University ‘14, Political Science | Morristown, NJ | 33 | |||||
JA Jamie Anderson Olympian 2014, 2018, 2022 Sport: Snowboarding Hometown: South Lake Tahoe, CA Age: 35 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Snowboarding | South Lake Tahoe, CA | 35 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| |||||
 Dani Aravich Paralympian 2020, 2022 Sport: Para Nordic Skiing, Para Track and Field Education: Butler University Hometown: Boise, ID Age: 29 | Para Nordic Skiing, Para Track and Field | Butler University | Boise, ID | 29 | |||||
 Jean-Luc Baker Olympian 2022 Sport: Figure Skating Education: Kamiak High School (Mukilteo, Wash.) Hometown: Edmonds, WA Age: 32 | Figure Skating | Kamiak High School (Mukilteo, Wash.) | Edmonds, WA | 32 | |||||
 Jasmin Bambur Paralympian 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 Sport: Para Alpine Skiing Education: University of North Carolina at Charlotte Hometown: Granby, CO Age: 46 | Para Alpine Skiing | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Granby, CO | 46 | |||||
 Cayla Barnes Olympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Ice Hockey Education: Boston College Hometown: Eastvale, CA Age: 26 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Ice Hockey | Boston College | Eastvale, CA | 26 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Evan Bates Olympian 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 Sport: Figure Skating Education: University of Michigan ‘13 Hometown: Northville, MI Age: 36 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Figure Skating | University of Michigan ‘13 | Northville, MI | 36 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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