Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Sports#
Locations#
Anterselva/Antholz
Bormio
Cortina D'Ampezzo
- Alpine Skiing
- Para Alpine Skiing
- Bobsled
- Curling
- Wheelchair Curling
- Luge
- Skeleton
- Para Snowboard
- Paralympic Closing Ceremony
Livingo
Milano
- Olympic Opening Ceremony
- Figure Skating
- Ice Hockey
- Sled Hockey
- Speedskating
Predazzo
Tesero
Verona
- Olympic Closing Ceremony
- Paralympic Opening Ceremony
Featured Milano Cortina 2026 Qualified Athletes#
Qualified Athletes#
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 Quinn Dehlinger Freestyle Skiing Salt Lake Community College Cincinnati, OH Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | Salt Lake Community College | Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
 | Curling | University of Minnesota Duluth | Duluth, MN | ||||||
 Alex Ferreira Freestyle Skiing Olympian 2018, 2022 Colorado Mountain College ‘21 Aspen, CO Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | Colorado Mountain College ‘21 | Aspen, CO | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Red Gerard Snowboarding Olympian 2018, 2022 Penn Foster High School Silverthorne, CO Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Snowboarding | Penn Foster High School | Silverthorne, CO | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Alex Hall Freestyle Skiing Olympian 2018, 2022 University of Utah Park City, UT Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | University of Utah | Park City, UT | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Jaelin Kauf Freestyle Skiing Olympian 2018, 2022 DeVry University (Online) Alta, WY Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Freestyle Skiing | DeVry University (Online) | Alta, WY | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Chloe Kim Snowboarding Olympian 2018, 2022 Torrance, CA Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milan Cortina 2026 | Snowboarding | Torrance, CA | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Cory Thiesse (Christensen) Curling Olympian 2018 University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026 | Curling | University of Minnesota Duluth | Duluth, MN | ||||||
Milano Cortina 2026 FAQ#
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Tickets to the Milano Cortina Olympic Games will be available beginning in February 2025, and tickets to the Milano Cortina Paralympic Games will be available beginning in March 2025, one year before the Games.
The 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held in northern Italy. See the locations section for more details.
The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics feature 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.
Leading up to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games, Oksana Masters is the most decorated Team USA Winter Paralympian with 14 Winter Paralympic medals and five Summer Paralympic medals, including the impressive feat of achieving seven medals in seven events at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.
The winter Olympics an Paralympics occur every four years. The Olympic and Paralympic Games are held every two years, alternating between the summer and winter Games.
The United States will be hosting the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics in Los Angeles, California, with events occurring at several pre-existing stadiums and arenas across the area.
The next three winter Olympics and Paralympics 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.
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| name | sport | education | hometown | medals | |||||
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 | Bobsled | University of Virginia at Wise | Powhatan, VA | ||||||
 | Ice Hockey | Harvard University ‘23, Psychology | Slate Hill, NY | ||||||
 Jake Adicoff Para Biathlon, Para Nordic Skiing Paralympian 2014, 2018, 2022 Bowdoin College Sun Valley, ID Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Para Biathlon, Para Nordic Skiing | Bowdoin College | Sun Valley, ID | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Kenny Agostino Ice Hockey Olympian 2022 Delbarton High School (Morristown, N.J.) ‘10 Yale University ‘14, Political Science Morristown, NJ | Ice Hockey | Delbarton High School (Morristown, N.J.) ‘10 Yale University ‘14, Political Science | Morristown, NJ | ||||||
JA Jamie Anderson Snowboarding Olympian 2014, 2018, 2022 South Lake Tahoe, CA Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Snowboarding | South Lake Tahoe, CA | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Dani Aravich Para Nordic Skiing, Para Track and Field Paralympian 2020, 2022 Butler University Boise, ID | Para Nordic Skiing, Para Track and Field | Butler University | Boise, ID | ||||||
 | Figure Skating | Kamiak High School (Mukilteo, Wash.) | Edmonds, WA | ||||||
 Jasmin Bambur Para Alpine Skiing Paralympian 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Granby, CO | Para Alpine Skiing | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Granby, CO | ||||||
 Cayla Barnes Ice Hockey Olympian 2018, 2022 Boston College Eastvale, CA Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Ice Hockey | Boston College | Eastvale, CA | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Evan Bates Figure Skating Olympian 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 University of Michigan ‘13 Northville, MI Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Figure Skating | University of Michigan ‘13 | Northville, MI | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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Team USA News#
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Here's How Team USA Can Qualify For Skimo’s 2026 Olympic Debut
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The 52-year-old won two races on the world cup circuit during her skimo career in the early 2010s.
Olympic & Paralympic Day: Celebrating Unity And The Ways The Two Movements Are Colliding
Each year on June 23, Olympic & Paralympic Day unites the world in a global celebration of sport and the powerful joy it brings to millions around the globe. But in the United States, this day has come to mean more than just honoring elite performances...
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By the time freeskier Nick Goepper stood atop the X Games superpipe in January 2025, he wasn’t just making a comeback — he was redefining what it means to return.At 31, the Fort Wayne, Ind. native had already stepped away from the sport once, feeling b...
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