U.S. Ski & Snowboard Selects 97 Athletes to Represent Team USA at 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics

Julia Schneemann | | Post Tag for OlympicsOlympics
Team USA selections for the 2026 Winter Games were announced today. | Image: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

U.S. Ski & Snowboard today announced the 97 athletes that will represent Team USA at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics from February 6-22. The athletes were selected based on qualification criteria by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and pre-determined selection criteria by U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Of the 97 Team USA athletes, 48 are first-time Olympians, while other seasoned athletes head to Milan-Cortina, Italy, as multiple-time medalists and Olympians.

Here are the selected athletes by Olympic discipline, listed in alphabetical order:

Team USA selections for the 2026 Winter Games were announced today. | Image: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

ALPINE

Women

  • Mary Bocock
  • Keely Cashman
  • Katie Hensien
  • AJ Hurt
  • Breezy Johnson
  • Paula Moltzan
  • Nina O’Brien
  • Mikaela Shiffrin
  • Lindsey Vonn
  • Jacqueline Wiles
  • Isabella Wright
Team USA selections for the 2026 Winter Games were announced today. | Image: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

Men

  • Bryce Bennett
  • Ryan Cochran-Siegle
  • Sam Morse
  • Kyle Negomir
  • River Radamus
  • Ryder Sarchett
Team USA selections for the 2026 Winter Games were announced today. | Image: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

CROSS COUNTRY

Women

  • Rosie Brennan
  • Jessie Diggins
  • Lauren Jortberg
  • Julia Kern
  • Kendall Kramer
  • Novie McCabe
  • Samantha “Sammy” Smith
  • Hailey Swirbul

Men

  • John Steel Hagenbuch
  • Zak Ketterson
  • Zanden McMullen
  • Ben Ogden
  • James “JC” Schoonmaker
  • Gus Schumacher
  • Hunter Wonders
  • Jack Young
Team USA selections for the 2026 Winter Games were announced today. | Image: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

FREESKI

Halfpipe
Women

  • Kate Gray
  • Svea Irving
  • Riley Jacobs
  • Abby Winterberger

Men

  • Alex Ferreira
  • Nick Goepper
  • Hunter Hess
  • Birk Irving

Slopestyle & Big Air
Women

  • Marin Hamill
  • Rell Harwood
  • Grace Henderson
  • Avery Krumme

Men

  • Mac Forehand
  • Alex Hall
  • Troy Podmilsak
  • Konnor Ralph
Team USA selections for the 2026 Winter Games were announced today. | Image: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

FREESTYLE

Aerials
Women

  • Kyra Dossa
  • Kaila Kuhn
  • Tasia Tanner
  • Winter Vinecki

Men

  • Connor Curran
  • Quinn Dehlinger
  • Derek Krueger
  • Chris Lillis

Moguls
Women

  • Olivia Giaccio
  • Tess Johnson
  • Jaelin Kauf
  • *Elizabeth “Liz” Lemley

Men

  • Charlie Mickel
  • Nick Page
  • Dylan Walczyk
  • Landon Wendler

NORDIC COMBINED

Men

  • Ben Loomis
  • Niklas Malacinski

SKI JUMPING

Women

  • Annika Belshaw
  • Josie Johnson
  • Paige Jones

Men

  • Kevin Bickner
  • Jason Colby
  • Tate Frantz

SNOWBOARD

Halfpipe
Women

  • Bea Kim
  • Chloe Kim
  • Maddie Mastro
  • Maddy Schaffrick

Men

  • Alessandro Barbieri
  • Chase Blackwell
  • Chase Josey
  • Jake Pates

Parallel Giant Slalom
Women

  • Iris Pflum

Men

  • Cody Winters

Slopestyle
Women

  • Lily Dhawornvej
  • Hahna Norman
  • Jess Perlmutter

Men

  • Jake Canter
  • Sean FitzSimons
  • Red Gerard
  • Ollie Martin

Snowboard Cross
Women

  • Stacy Gaskill
  • Hanna Percy
  • *Brianna Schnorrbusch
  • Faye Thelen

Men

  • Nick Baumgartner
  • Nathan Pare
  • Jake Vedder
  • Cody Winters
Team USA Olympic qualification criteria. | Image: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

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