Snow Australia athletes headline Australian Team for Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games

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03/February/2026

Snow Australia athletes headline Australian Team for Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games

41 Snow Australia athletes headline a 53-strong team named by the Australian Olympic Committee to compete at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

All five of Snow Australia's medalists from the past two games have been successfully selected - defending Olympic Champion Jakara Anthony (Moguls), Scotty James (Snowboard Halfpipe), Matt Graham (Moguls), Tess Coady (Snowboard Big Air/ Slopestyle) and Jarryd Hughes (Snowboard Cross).

Five teenagers are on the Team including Indra Brown, the soon-to-be 16-year-old world number one in Freeski Halfpipe, Ally Hickman (Snowboard Slopestyle/Big Air), Amelie Haskell (Snowboard Halfpipe), Daisy Thomas (Slopestyle/Big Air) and Abbey Wilson (Snowboard Cross).

With 62.3% women, this is by far the most women Australia has had on a Summer or Winter Games Team.

Australians will compete in Aerial Skiing, Alpine Skiing*, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross Country Skiing, Figure Skating, Freeski (Cross, Halfpipe, Slopestyle, Big Air), Luge, Mogul Skiing, Short Track Speed Skating, Skeleton, Ski Mountaineering and Snowboard (Cross, Halfpipe, Slopestyle, Big Air).

This once-in-a-generation cross-section of talent is a credit to Snow Australia, Biathlon Australia, Bobsleigh & Skeleton Australia, Ice Skating Australia, Luge Australia, Australian Ice Racing and the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. The hard work of all their officials and volunteers has made these Olympic dreams come true.

“It’s pretty special to be the youngest athlete for Australia at Milano Cortina,” first-time Olympian and Melbourne schoolgirl Indra Brown said.

“I started dreaming about being Olympian in 2022 after seeing Jakara Anthony win gold in Moguls. It was super inspirational and just gave me a lot of passion and desire to do it as well. I'm really excited just to get this experience that not many people are able to experience in their lifetime.”

With exactly two weeks to go, the Australian Team enters the Games in white hot form with 26 World Cup medals so far across the 2025/26 World Cup season including 13 gold medals.

“I'm sure it'll be our best Team yet, and we're aiming to get the most medals that we have so far,” world number two Snowboarder Valentino Guseli said.

Australia’s Beijing 2022 Team secured the nation’s greatest ever Winter Olympic medal haul with four medals - one gold, two silver and one bronze.

“Whether you're talking about Aerials, Moguls, Halfpipe, Snowboard Cross, or Bobsleigh, we now have many regular World Cup podium performers. This is a well-rounded Team of fierce competitors on snow and ice,” Australian Winter Olympic Team Chef de Mission Alisa Camplin AM OLY said.

The 2026 Team features hometown heroes from the Australian coastline to the Snowy Mountains, with four athletes from Jindabyne- including sisters Abbey and Charlotte Wilson competing in Snowboard Cross and Moguls respectively.

“Our athletes call Barwon Heads, Townsville, Warrandyte, Ararat and Leonora home. No matter where you grow up, you can successfully pursue a Winter Olympic dream in Australia," Camplin said.

“There is such a unique blend of youth and experience in Australia's 2026 Winter Olympic Team. It’s iconic to have Scotty James at his fifth Games; balanced by an exciting pipeline of young talent including five teenagers.

“What I love and admire most about our Winter Team is the camaraderie and support they lend each other every day. They’ve created an optimistic, focused, fun and very humble Team culture; like a family. I am so proud of them, and I hope all their dreams come true in Milano Cortina.”

Aerial skier Laura Peel, winner of the Olympic Test Event, is the veteran of the team at 36; along with Australia’s most experienced Milan Olympian, Scotty James at his fifth Games. James and Matt Graham enter the Games as new dads.

“It is the best feeling in the world,” Aerial skier Danielle Scott said upon her fourth Olympic Team selection.

“Coming from a sunburnt country like Australia we really are defying the odds. To be doing so well in a Winter sport is something special. To think this is my fourth Olympics is another childhood dream come true.

“Australia’s got such a rich history in Winter sports and to see these young guns coming through and following in our footsteps is everything we could be hoping for.”

Alpine skiers Phoebe Heaydon, Madison Hoffman and Harry Laidlaw have been named as the final members of the Australian Winter Olympic Team.

Sydneysiders Madison Hoffman and Phoebe Heaydon will make their Olympic debut in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events. It is sweet reward for Hoffman who was selected onto the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Team but was injured just days out from the Games and forced to withdraw.

“To be able to add my name to the proud heritage of Australian Alpine skiers at the Olympics is a real privilege,” Hoffman said.

“I can’t wait to get to Italy and experience my first Games.”

SNOW AUSTRALIA ATHLETES