Cortina D'Ampezzo
- Para Alpine Skiing
- Para Snowboard
- Wheelchair Curling
- Closing Ceremony
Milano
Tesero
Verona
- Opening Ceremony
The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics start March 6, 2026 and end March 15, 2026.
The Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics will last 10 days.
The Paralympics occur every two years and alternate between summer and winter. This means that the summer and winter Paralympics each occur every four years.
Tickets are available starting March 2025. To be alerted when tickets go on sale, fill out the form at https://www.teamusa.com/tickets.
Tickets to the Milano Cortina Paralympic Games will be available beginning in March 2025, one year before the Games.
The 2026 Winter Paralympics will be held in Milano and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy.
In the Milan area, events will be held at San Siro Stadium, Mediolanum Forum in Assago, Palasharp in Lampugnano and the Santa Giulia arena.
The 2026 Paralympics 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.
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.
There are six sports being featured in the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games including sled hockey, Para alpine skiing, Para nordic skiing, Para snowboarding, Para biathlon and wheelchair curling.
The Winter Paralympics occur every four years. The Paralympic games are held every two years, alternating between the summer and winter Paralympics.
The United States will be hosting the 2028 Paralympics in Los Angeles, California, with events occurring at several pre-existing stadiums and arenas across the area.
The next three winter Paralympics will be the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games in Italy, the French Alps 2030 Paralympic Games in France and the Salt Lake City 2034 Paralympic Games in Utah in the U.S.
Team USA Paralympians have won 335 Winter Paralympic medals through Beijing 2022. Click here for every medalist at every Games.
| name | sport | Education | hometown | age | Medals | ||||
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 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
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 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 | |||||
 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 | |||||
 Matthew Brewer Paralympian 2022 Sport: Para Alpine Skiing Education: Saddleback College Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA Age: 50 | Para Alpine Skiing | Saddleback College | Huntington Beach, CA | 50 | |||||
 Tyler Burdick Paralympian 2014, 2022 Sport: Para Snowboarding Education: Cyprus High School (Magna, Utah) ‘99 Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT Age: 44 | Para Snowboarding | Cyprus High School (Magna, Utah) ‘99 | Salt Lake City, UT | 44 | |||||
 Tyler Carter Paralympian 2014, 2018, 2022 Sport: Para Alpine Skiing Education: Brandywine Heights High School ‘12 and DeVry University Hometown: Topton, PA Age: 32 | Para Alpine Skiing | Brandywine Heights High School ‘12 and DeVry University | Topton, PA | 32 | |||||
 Dan Cnossen Paralympian 2014, 2018, 2022 Sport: Para Nordic Skiing Education: Harvard University Hometown: Topeka, KS Age: 45 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Para Nordic Skiing | Harvard University | Topeka, KS | 45 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Brittani Coury Paralympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Para Snowboarding Education: Farmington High School (Farmington, N.M.) Pueblo Community College '16, Registered Nurse Hometown: Durango, CO Age: 39 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Para Snowboarding | Farmington High School (Farmington, N.M.) Pueblo Community College '16, Registered Nurse | Durango, CO | 39 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Ralph DeQuebec Paralympian 2018, 2022 Sport: Sled Hockey Education: San Pedro High School (San Pedro, Calif.) '01 Hometown: Denver, CO Age: 42 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Sled Hockey | San Pedro High School (San Pedro, Calif.) '01 | Denver, CO | 42 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Travis Dodson Paralympian 2014, 2018, 2022 Sport: Sled Hockey, Para Nordic Skiing Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Hometown: Deming, NM Age: 40 Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026 | Sled Hockey, Para Nordic Skiing | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Deming, NM | 40 | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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