Olympics, all Italians at Milan-Cortina 2026

The Milan-Cortina 2026 Games, the XXV Winter Olympics, are scheduled from 6 to 22 February. Given the complexity of some Olympic tournaments, curling, ice hockey and snowboarding events will begin as early as February 4th and 5th. Italy, as host nation, is present in all 16 scheduled disciplines. Here are all the Italian athletes, divided by their respective sports.

We have high hopes of a medal in the ski & shoot specialty, in light of the results of recent years. Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea Wierer and Tommaso Giacomel are our tips.

• The blue men and women of the Biathlon in Milan-Cortina: Hannah Auchentaller, Michela Carrara, Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea Wierer, Patrick Braunhofer, Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer, Nicola Romanin and Elia Zeni.

The squadrons to beat are the German crews, even if Italy boasts a certain tradition in the discipline.

• The blue and blue bobsleigh players in Milan-Cortina: Patrick Baumgartner, Lorenzo Bilotti, Robert Giro Mircea, Alex Verginer (reserve), Simona De Silvestro, Alessia Gatti, Anna Costella and Noemi Cavalleri (reserve).

There are three athletes who will represent Italy in the Milan Cortina Olympics.

• The Azzurri of the Nordic combined in Milan-Cortina: Samuel Costa, Aaron Kostner and Alessandro Pittin.

We come from gold in the mixed at Beijing 2022 with Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, and we have a men’s team dreaming of a medal.

• The Italian men and women of curling in Milan-Cortina: Sebastian Arman, Stefania Costantini, Mattia Giovanella, Marta Lo Deserto, Rebecca Mariani, Elana Antonia Mathis, Amos Mosaner, Alberto Pimpini, Joel Thierry Retornaz and Giulia Zardini Lacedelli

Do we have great tradition? Not exactly. Can we aspire to medals? Definitely yes, especially in skicross and big air. Miro and Flora Tabanelli, brother and sister, have achieved historic results between X Games and world cups with big air and slopestyle. Simone Deromedis is considered one of the best in the world in skicross, while Jole Galli, in the same discipline, is constantly rising.

• The Italians of freestyle in Milan-Cortina: Andrea Chesi, Simone Deromedis, Jole Galli, Maria Gasslitter, Manuela Passaretta, Flora Tabanelli, Miro Tabanelli, Federico Tomasoni, Edoardo Zorzi and Dominik Zuech.

We challenge the absolute giants, including Canada, USA, Finland and other superpowers of the discipline. We will be in play both in the men’s tournament (our top player is Thomas Larkin) and in the women’s tournament, but realistically with little chance of reaching the medal zone.

• The blue of ice hockey in Milano-Cortina: Gabriella Frances Durante (Real Torino), Martina Fedel (University of Guelph/Canada), Margherita Ostoni (Pinerolo Ghiaccio), Laura-Michele Fortino (Real Torino), Kristen Guerriero (EV Bozen 84 Eagles), Laura Lobis (SV Kaltern-HC Caldaro), Nadia Mattivi (Lulea HF/Svezia), Jacqueline Malca Pierri (EV Bozen 84 Eagles), Franziska Stocker (Sodertalje/Sweden), Amie Fielding Varano (Malmo Redhawks/Sweden), Aurora Enrica Abatangelo (Davos/Switzerland), Eleonora Bonafini (EV Bozen 84 Eagles), Anna Caumo (HC Pustertal Junior), Kristin Della Rovere, Matilde Fantin (Penn State University/United States of America), Manuela Heidenberger (HPK/Finland), Sara Kaneppele (EV Bozen 84 Eagles), Marta Mazzocchi (ASD Aosta Gladiators), Greta Niccolai (Ambrì Piotta/Switzerland), Justine Reyes (MoDo Hockey/Sweden), Rebecca Roccella (Davos/Switzerland), Carola Saletta (Fribourg/Switzerland), Kayla Tutino (Real Torino).
• The blue of ice hockey in Milan-Cortina: Damian Clara (Brynäs IF/Sweden), Davide Fadani (Kloten/Switzerland), Gianluca Vallini (HC Bolzano), Dylan Damian Di Perna (HC Bolzano), Gregory Di Tomaso (HC Val Pusteria), Daniel Glira (HC Val Pusteria), Thomas William Larkin (Schwenninger Wild Wings/Germany), Phil Pietroniro (Rytiri Kladno/Czech Republic), Jason Thomas Alexander Seed (HC Bolzano), Alex Trivellato (Schwenninger Wild Wings/Germany), Luca Elia Zanatta (HC Val Pusteria), Matthew James Bradley (HC Bolzano), Tommaso De Luca (Ambrì Piotta/Switzerland), Cristiano DiGiacinto (HC Bolzano), Luca Frigo (HC Bolzano), Mats Mikael Frycklund (HC Val Pusteria), Dustin James Gazley (HC Bolzano), Diego Kostner (Ambrì Piotta/Switzerland), Daniel Thomas Mantenuto (HC Bolzano), Giovanni Morini (Lugano/Switzerland), Alexander Franc Petan (Olimpija Ljubljana/Slovenia), Tommy Purdeller (HC Val Pusteria), Nicholas Samuel Saracino (HC Val Pusteria), Alessandro Segafredo (ZSC Lions Zurich/Switzerland), Marco Zanetti (HC Lugano/Switzerland).

We have Daniel Grassl, European silver in 2022, who has hopes, even if for the podium we have to challenge absolute giants like Malinin. Chance in dance with Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri, among the best couples in the world in the specialty.

• The Italian men and women of figure skating in Milan-Cortina: Filippo Ambrosino, Sara Conti, Marco Fabbri, Rebecca Ghilardi, Daniel Grassl, Charlene Guignard, Lara Naki Gutmann, Niccolò Macii and Matteo Rizzo.

For speed skating we have some of the favourites, such as Davide Ghiotto (long distance specialist, world gold), Francesca Lollobrigida (already Olympic silver and bronze) and other emerging talents.

• The Italian speed skating men and women in Milan-Cortina: Francesco Betti, Daniel Di Stefano, Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini, Francesca Lollobrigida, Riccardo Lorello, Michele Malfatti, Serena Pergher, Joffrey Rosanelli and Maybritt Vigl.

We don’t have great traditions in the discipline, but the national champions Annika Sieff and Giovanni Bresadola will be able to have their say.

• Here the Italians of the ski jumping in Milan-Cortina: Martina Ambrosi, Giovanni Bresadola, Francesco Cecon, Alex Insam, Jessica Malsiner, Annika Sieff and Martina Zanitzer.

There are three Italian athletes, one man and two women, who will try to have their say in the home Olympics.

• Here are the Italians of ski mountaineering in Milan-Cortina: Michele Boscacci, Alba De Silvestro and Giulia Murada.

Highly competitive Italy in the queen specialty of the Games. From Sofia Goggia to Giovanni Franzoni, we have a team full of talent and experience. For Federica Brignone it is already a feat to be there after the terrible injury in spring 2025, but the Valle d’Aosta tiger will have the mental strength she always has. Watch out for Alex Vinatzer in the technical disciplines.

• Here the Italians of alpine skiing in Milan-Cortina: Federica Brignone, Mattia Casse, Elena Curtoni, Giada D’Antonio, Luca De Aliprandini, Nadia Delago, Nicol Delago, Lara Della Mea, Giovanni Franzoni, Sofia Goggia, Christof Innerhofer, Tobias Kastlunger, Dominik Paris, Martina Peterlini, Laura Pirovano, Tommaso Saccardi, Tommaso Sala, Florian Schieder, Anna Trocker, Alex Vinatzer and Asja Zenere.

Federico Pellegrino is the blue tip of the cross-country skiing team, with a chance of a medal in the sprint specialty despite the cannibal Klaebo.

• The Italians of cross-country skiing in Milan-Cortina: Elia Barp, Martino Carollo, Federica Cassol, Anna Comarella, Simone Daprà, Iris De Martin Pinter, Martina Di Centa, Caterina Ganz, Maria Gismondi, Davide Graz, Simone Mocellini, Nicole Monsorno and Federico Pellegrino.

There are ten Italians in the short track team in Milan-Cortina. Arianna Fontana, 11 Olympic medals including 2 gold, is in her sixth Olympics. The blue team is extremely competitive.

• The blue men and women of the short track in Milan-Cortina: Chiara Betti, Andrea Cassinelli, Elisa Confortola, Arianna Fontana, Gloria Ioriatti, Thomas Nadalini, Lorenzo Previtali, Pietro Sighel, Arianna Sighel and Luca Spechenhauser.

Valentina Margaglio is leading the Italian skeleton team for the Games: in the specialty we are not the favorites but we can play some cards.

• The Italian men and women of the skeleton in Milan-Cortina: Amedeo Bagnis, Alessandra Fumagalli, Mattia Gaspari and Valentina Margaglio.

The great Italian card for medals in luge, following the Italian tradition in the specialty, is called Dominik Fischnaller: the boy from Bressanone is among the favorites for the podium. In the women’s doubles, the spotlight is on Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer, athletes with great potential.

• The Italian men and women of luge in Milan-Cortina: Leon Felderer, Dominik Fischnaller, Alex Gufler, Verena Hofer, Simon Kainzwaldner, Fabian Malleier, Ivan Nagler, Marion Oberhofer, Emanuel Rieder, Sandra Robatscher and Andrea Voetter.

We have two of the strongest athletes in their respective specialties: Michela Moioli from Bergamo is an absolute star of snowboard cross, Maurizio Bormolini from Valtellina – who will compete on the slopes of his Livigno – is holder of the parallel slalom World Cup. But the whole Italian team is very competitive and can bring home several medals in the “board” sport.

• The Italians of snowboarding in Milan-Cortina: Lisa Francesia Boirai, Maurizio Bormolini, Elisa Caffont, Jasmin Coratti, Lucia Dalmasso, Mirko Felicetti, Filippo Ferrari, Roland Fischnaller, Sofia Groblechner, Aaron March, Ian Matteoli, Michela Moioli, Marilù Poluzzi, Lorenzo Sommariva, Sofia Valle, Omar Visintin and Louis Philip Vito III.