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Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Team Sizes


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:LTU Lithuania - 17 athletes

 

Alpine Skiing - 2

Biathlon - 8

Cross-Country Skiing - 4

Figure Skating - 3

 

Paaiškėjo 17 olimpiečių komanda, kuri atstovaus Lietuvai Milano ir Kortinos žiemos olimpinėse žaidynėse - LTOK

 

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Alpine Skiing (2)

Andrejus Drukarovas, Neringa Stepanauskaitė

 

Biathlon (8)

Men: Vytautas Strolia, Maksimas Fominas, Nikita Čigak, Karolis Dombrovskis

Women: Natalija Kočergina, Judita Traubaitė, Sara Urumova, Lidija Žurauskaite

 

Cross-Country Skiing (4)

Men: Modestas Vaičiulis, Tautvydas Strolia

Women: Eglė Savickaitė, Ieva Dainytė

 

Figure Skating (3)

Women's Singles: Meda Variakojytė

Ice Dance: Saulius Ambrulevičius/Allison Reed

 

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:NED Netherlands - 38 athletes

 

Bobsleigh - 4

Figure Skating - 2

Short Track - 10

Skeleton - 1

Snowboarding - 4

Speed Skating - 18

 

Suzanne Schulting is competing in both short track and long track speed skating.

 

TeamNL voor Winterspelen Milaan Cortina compleet | TeamNL

 

Spoiler

Bobsleigh (4)

Dave Wesselink (pilot), Jelen Franjic (two-man and four-man), Janko Franjic, Timme Koster (both four-man)

 

Figure Skating (2)

Pairs: Michel Tsiba, Daria Danilova

 

Short Track (10)

Men: Jens van 't Wout, Melle van 't Wout, Teun Boer, Friso Emons, Ithzak de Laat

Women: Xandra Velzeboer, Michelle Velzeboer, Selma Poutsma, Zoe Deltrap, Suzanne Schulting

 

Skeleton (1)

Kimberley Bos

 

Snowboarding (4)

Men's Snowboard Cross: Glenn de Blois

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom: Michelle Dekker

Women's Slopestyle/Big Air: Romy van Vreden, Melissa Peperkamp

 

Speed Skating (18)

 

Men

  • Jenning de Boo (500m, 1000m)
  • Sebas Diniz (500m)
  • Joep Wennemars (500m, 1000m, 1500m)
  • Kjeld Nuis (1000m, 1500m)
  • Tijmen Snel (1500m)
  • Chris Huizinga (5000m, Team Pursuit)
  • Stijn van de Bunt (5000m, 10,000m, Team Pursuit, Mass Start)
  • Marcel Bosker (5000m, Team Pursuit)
  • Jorrit Bergsma (10,000m, Mass Start)

 

Women

  • Femke Kok (500m, 1000m, 1500m)
  • Jutta Leerdam (500m, 1000m)
  • Anna Boersma (500m)
  • Suzanne Schulting (1000m)
  • Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (1500m)
  • Marijke Groenewoud (1500m, 3000m, Team Pursuit, Mass Start)
  • Joy Beune (3000m, Team Pursuit)
  • Merel Conijn (3000m, 5000m)
  • Bente Kerkhoff (5000m, Mass Start)

 

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:EST Estonia - 32 athletes

 

Alpine Skiing - 2

Biathlon - 8

Cross-Country Skiing - 8

Curling - 2

Figure Skating - 2

Freestyle Skiing - 3

Nordic Combined - 2

Skeleton - 1

Ski Jumping - 2

Snowboarding - 1

Speed Skating - 1

 

Largest Estonian team ever

 

Eestit esindab Milano Cortina olümpial rekordarv sportlasi — Eesti Olümpiakomitee

 

Spoiler

Alpine Skiing (2)

Hanna Gret Teder, Tormis Laine

 

Biathlon (8)

Men: Jakob Kulbin, Kristo Siimer, Mark-Markos Kehva, Rene Zahkna

Women: Johanna Talihärm, Regina Ermits, Susan Kulm, Tuuli Tomingas

 

Cross-Country Skiing (8)

Men: Alvar Johannes Alev, Karl Sebastian Dremljuga, Martin Himma

Women: Kaidy Kaasiku, Keidy Kaasiku, Mariel Merlii Pulles, Teesi Tuul, Teiloora Ojaste

 

Curling (2)

Mixed Doubles: Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill

 

Figure Skating (2)

Men's: Aleksandr Selevko

Women's: Niina Petrõkina

 

Freestyle Skiing (3)

Men's Halfpipe/Slopestyle/Big Air: Henry Sildaru

Women's Halfpipe: Grete-Mia Meentalo, Kelly Sildaru

 

Nordic Combined (2)

Kristjan Ilves, Ruubert Teder

 

Skeleton (1)

Darta Estere Zunte

 

Ski Jumping (2)

Artti Aigro, Kaimar Vagul

 

Snowboarding (1)

Women's Snowboard Cross: Mai Brit Teder

 

Speed Skating (1)

Marten Liiv

 

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:JPN Japan - 120 athletes

 

Alpine Skiing - 2

Cross-Country Skiing - 4

Curling - 5

Figure Skating - 12

Freestyle Skiing - 20

Ice Hockey - 23

Luge - 1

Nordic Combined - 3

Short Track - 9

Skeleton - 1

Ski Jumping - 7

Snowboarding - 19

Speed Skating - 14

 

No official team announcement yet but they announced each of their teams separately in different articles.

 

Curling

Figure Skating

Ice Hockey

Luge

Short Track

Skeleton

Skiing

Speed Skating

Freestyle Skiing reallocations

 

Spoiler

Alpine Skiing (2)

Shiro Aihara, Asa Ando

 

Cross-Country Skiing (4)

Naoto Baba, Ryo Hirose, Daito Yamazaki, Masae Tsuchiya

 

Curling (5)

Women: Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Yuna Kotani, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi

 

Figure Skating (12)

Men's: Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato, Kao Miura

Women's: Kaori Sakamoto, Ami Nakai, Mone Chiba

Pairs: Ryuichii Kihara/Riku Miura, Sumitada Moriguchi/Yuna Nagaoka

Ice Dance: Masaya Morita/Utana Yoshida

 

Freestyle Skiing (20)

Men's Moguls: Ikuma Horishima, Takuya Shimakawa, Taketo Nishizawa, Goshin Fujiki

Men's Aerials: Haruto Igarashi

Men's Ski Cross: Ryo Sugai, Satoshi Furuno, Ryuto Kobayashi

Men's Halfpipe: Toma Matsuura

Women's Moguls: Hinako Tomitaka, Rino Yanagimoto, Haruka Nakao, Hina Fujiki

Women's Aerials: Runa Igarashi

Women's Ski Cross: Lin Nakanishi, Sakurako Mukogawa, Makiko Arai

Women's Halfpipe: Nanaho Kiriyama

Women's Slopestyle/Big Air: Kokone Kondo, Yuna Koga

 

Ice Hockey (23)

Women: Rei Halloran, Miyuu Masuhara, Riko Kawaguchi, Akane Hosoyamada, Shiori Koike, Ayaka Hitosato, Aoi Shiga, Kanami Seki, Shiori Yamashita, Kohane Sato, Nana Akimoto, Rui Ukita, Suzuka Maeda, Haruka Toko, Mei Miura, Remi Koyama, Akane Shiga, Yumeka Wajima, Makoto Ito, Rio Noro, Riri Noro, Ai Tada, Umeka Odaira

 

Luge (1)

Seiya Kobayashi

 

Nordic Combined (3)

Ryota Yamamoto, Akito Watabe, Sora Yachi

 

Short Track (9)

Men: Shogo Miyata, Kazuki Yoshinaga, Keita Watanabe, Dan Iwasa

Women: Mirei Nakashima, Rika Kanai, Ami Hirai, Aoi Watanabe, Haruna Nagamori

 

Skeleton (1)

Hiroatsu Takahashi

 

Ski Jumping (7)

Men: Ryoyu Kobayashi, Ren Nikaido, Naoki Nakamura
Women: Sara Takanashi, Yuki Ito, Nozomi Maruyama, Yuka Seto

 

Snowboading (19)

Men's Parallel Giant Slalom: Masaki Shiba

Men's Halfpipe: Ruka Hirano, Yuto Totsuka, Ayumu Hirano, Ryusei Yamada

Men's Slopestyle/Big Air: Ryoma Kimata, Taiga Hasegawa, Hiroto Ogiwara, Kira Kimura

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom: Tsubaki Miki, Tomoka Takeuchi

Women's Halfpipe: Sara Shimizu, Mitsuki Ono, Sena Tomita, Rise Kudo

Women's Slopestyle/Big Air: Kokomo Murase, Reira Iwabuchi, Mari Fukada, Momo Suzuki

 

Speed Skating (14)

Men: Wataru Morishige, Tatsuya Shinhama, Katsuhiro Kuratsubo, Kazuya Yamada, Taiyo Nonomura, Shomu Sasaki, Motonaga Arito

Women: Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato, Hana Noake, Momoka Horikawa, Yukino Yoshida, Rio Yamada, Kurumi Inagawa

 

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:USA United States - 232 athletes

 

Largest winter Olympic team ever by any nation I believe. No official team announcement but all the individual sports teams have been named separately.

 

Alpine Skiing - 17

Biathlon - 8

Bobsleigh - 14

Cross-Country Skiing - 16

Curling - 11

Figure Skating - 16

Freestyle Skiing - 32

Ice Hockey - 48

Luge - 11

Nordic Combined - 2

Short Track - 8

Skeleton - 4

Ski Jumping - 6

Ski Mountaineering - 2

Snowboarding - 24

Speed Skating - 13

 

Biathlon

Bobsleigh/Skeleton

Curling Men

Curling Women

Curling Mixed Doubles

Figure Skating

Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey Replacement

Luge

Short Track

Skiing

Ski Mountaineering

Speed Skating

 

 

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Alpine Skiing (17)

Men: Bryce Bennett, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Sam Morse, Kyle Negomir, River Radamus, Ryder Sarchett

Women: Mary Bocock, Keely Cashman, Katie Hensien, AJ Hurt, Breezy Johnson, Paula Moltzan, Nina O'Brien, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn, Jacqueline Wiles, Isabella Wright

 

Biathlon (8)

Men: Sean Doherty, Maxime Germain, Paul Schommer, Campbell Wright

Women: Luci Anderson, Margie Freed, Deedra Irwin, Joann Reid

 

Bobsleigh (14)

Men: Frank del Duca/Josh Williamson/Boone Niederhofer/Bryan Sosoo, Kris Horn/Carsten Vissering/Hunter Powell/Caleb Furnell

Women: Kaillie Armbruster Humphries/Jasmine Jones, Kaysha Love/Azaria Hill, Elana Meyers Taylor/Jadin O'Brien

 

Cross-Country Skiing (16)

Men: John Steel Hagenbuch, Zak Ketterson, Zanden McMullen, Ben Ogden, James Schoonmaker, Gus Schumacher, Hunter Wonders, Jack Young

Women: Rosie Brennan, Jessie Diggins, Lauren Jortberg, Julie Kern, Kendall Kramer, Novie McCabe, Samantha Smith, Hailey Swirbul

 

Curling (11)

Men: Daniel Casper, Aidan Oldenburg, Ben Richardson, Rich Ruohonen, Luc Violette

Women: Taylor Anderson-Heide, Aileen Geving, Tabitha Peterson, Tara Peterson, Cory Thiesse

Mixed Doubles: Korey Dropkin/Cory Thiesse

 

Figure Skating (16)

Men: Ilia Malinin, Maxim Naumov, Andrew Torgashev

Women: Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito, Alysa Liu

Pairs: Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe, Ellie Kam/Danny O'Shea

Ice Dance: Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik

 

Freestyle Skiing (32)

Men's Moguls: Charlie Mickel, Nick Page, Dylan Walczyk, Landon Wendler

Men's Aerials: Connor Curran, Quinn Dehlinger, Derek Krueger, Chris Lillis

Men's Halfpipe: Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Hunter Hess, Birk Irving

Men's Slopestyle/Big Air: Mac Forehand, Alex Hall, Troy Podmilsak, Konnor Ralph

Women's Moguls: Olivia Giaccio, Tess Johnson, Jaelin Kauf, Elizabeth Lemley

Women's Aerials: Kyra Dossa, Kaila Kuhn, Tasia Tanner, Winter Vinecki

Women's Halfpipe: Kate Gray, Svea Irving, Riley Jacobs, Abby Winterberger

Women's Slopestyle/Big Air: Marin Hamill, Rell Harwood, Grace Henderson, Avery Krumme

 

Ice Hockey (48)

Men: Matt Boldy, Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, Brock Faber, Jake Guentzel, Noah Hanifin, Connor Hellebuyck, Jack Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Clayton Keller, Jackson Lacombe, Dylan Larkin, Auston Matthews, Charlie McAvoy, J.T. Miller, Jake Oettinger, Brock Nelson, Jake Sanderson, Jaccob Slavin, Jeremy Swayman, Tage Thompson, Brady Tkachuk, Matthew Tkachuk, Vincent Trocheck, Zach Werenski

Women: Cayla Barnes, Hannah Bilka, Alex Carpenter, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Britta Curl-Salemme, Joy Dunne, Laila Edwards, Aerin Frankel, Rory Guilday, Caroline Harvey, Taylor Heise, Tessa Janecke, Megan Keller, Hilary Knight, Ava McNaughton, Abbey Murphy, Kelly Pannek, Gwyneth Philips, Hayley Scamurra, Kirsten Simms, Lee Stecklein, Haley Winn, Grace Zumwinkle

 

Luge (11)

Men's Singles: Matt Greiner, Jonny Gustafson

Men's Doubles: Zach diGregorio/Sean Hollander, Marcus Mueller/Ansel Haugsjaa

Women's Singles: Summer Britcher, Ashley Farquharson, Emily Fischnaller

Women's Doubles: Chevonne Forgan/Sophia Kirkby

 

Nordic Combined (2)

Ben Loomis, Niklas Malacinski

 

Short Track (8)

Men: Clayton DeClemente, Andrew Heo, Brandon Kim

Women: Eunice Lee, Julie Letai, Kamryn Lute, Kristen Santos-Griswold, Corinne Stoddard

 

Skeleton (4)

Men: Dan Barefoot, Austin Florian, Kelly Curtis, Mystique Ro

 

Ski Jumping (6)

Men: Kevin Bickner, Jason Colby, Tate Frantz

Women: Annika Belshaw, Josie Johnson, Paige Jones

 

Ski Mountaineering (2)

Anna Gibson, Cameron Smith

 

Snowboarding (24)

Men's Parallel Giant Slalom: Cody Winters

Men's Snowboard Cross: Nick Baumgartner, Nathan Pare, Jake Vedder, Cody Winters

Men's Halfpipe: Alessandro Barbieri, Chase Blackwell, Chase Josey, Jake Pates

Men's Slopestyle: Jake Canter, Sean Fitzsimons, Red Gerard, Oliver Martin

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom: Iris Pflum

Women's Snowboard Cross: Stacy Gaskill, Hanna Percy, Brianna Schnorrbusch, Faye Thelen

Women's Halfpipe: Bea Kim, Chloe Kim, Maddie Mastro, Maddy Schaffrick

Women's Slopestyle: Lily Dhawornvej, Hahna Norman, Jess Perlmutter

 

Speed Skating (13)

 

Men:

  • Ethan Cepuran (Mass Start, Team Pursuit)
  • Casey Dawson (1500m, 5000m, 10000m, Team Pursuit)
  • Emery Lehman (1500m, Team Pursuit)
  • Conor McDermott-Mostowy (1000m)
  • Cooper McLeod (500m, 1000m)
  • Jordan Stolz (500m, 1000m, 1500m, Mass Start)
  • Zach Stoppelmoor (500m)

 

Women:

  • Giorgia Birkeland (Team Pursuit)
  • Brittany Bowe (1000m, 1500m, Team Pursuit)
  • Erin Jackson (500m, 1000m)
  • Mia Manganello (Mass Start, Team Pursuit)
  • Greta Myers (1500m, Mass Start, Team Pursuit)
  • Sarah Warren (500m)

 

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On 1/22/2026 at 9:01 PM, rybak said:

For 99,9% :POL team will count those 57 athletes, all federations announced qualified athletes, but NOC is yet to officialy confirm it.

 

Alpine skiing (3)

 

Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel

Nikola Komorowska

 

Piotr Habdas

 

Biathlon (8)

 

Konrad Badacz

Jan Guńka

Grzegorz Galica

Marcin Zawół

 

Natalia Sidorowicz

Joanna Jakieła

Kamila Żuk

Anna Mąka

 

Bobsleigh (2)

 

Linda Weiszewski

Klaudia Adamek

 

Cross country skiing (7)

 

Dominik Bury

Sebastian Bryja

Maciej Staręga

 

Izabela Marcisz

Monika Skinder

Eliza Rucka-Michałek

Aleksandra Kołodziej

 

Figure skating (4)

 

Jekaterina Kurakowa

 

Władimir Samojłow

Julia Szczecinina/Michał Woźniak

 

Luge (6)

 

Mateusz Sochowicz

 

Klaudia Domaradzka

 

Wojciech Chmielewski/Michał Gancarczyk

 

Nikola Domowicz/Dominika Piwkowska

 

Nordic combined (2)

 

Miłosz Krzempek

Kacper Jarząbek

 

Short track (5)

 

Michał Niewiński

Felix Pigeon

 

Natalia Maliszewska

Gabriela Topolska

Kamila Sellier

 

Ski jumping (5)

 

Kacper Tomasiak

Kamil Stoch

Paweł Wąsek

 

Anna Twardosz

Pola Bełtowska

 

Ski mountaineering (2)

 

Iwona Januszyk

Jan Elantkowski

 

Snowboarding (4)

 

Aleksandra Król-Walas

Maria Bukowska-Chyc

 

Oskar Kwiatkowski

Michał Nowaczyk

 

Speed skating (9)

 

Damian Żurek

Marek Kania

Piotr Michalski

Władimir Siemirunnij

 

Andżelika Wójcik

Martyna Baran

Kaja Ziomek-Nogal

Natalia Czerwonka

Karolina Bosiek

 

There is still chance that ice dance pair will be added to delegation for a team event, we are waiting for confirmation from ISU.

Nikola Komorowska in alpine skiing decided to withdraw from Olympics due to massive amount of hate which she got in social media after being selected to Olympics. Higly probably she will be replaced by Aniela Sawicka.

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1 hour ago, rybak said:

Nikola Komorowska in alpine skiing decided to withdraw from Olympics due to massive amount of hate which she got in social media after being selected to Olympics. Higly probably she will be replaced by Aniela Sawicka.

That's so sad. Can you explain further?

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2 minutes ago, Bailer said:

That's so sad. Can you explain further?

She was selected because she had enough good results that could compete in all events but had a little less FIS points than Sawicka, additionaly Sawicka's father was mad of that and he make intervention in our skiing national federation, due to this Komorowska gets very negative comments and she decided to withdraw because she couldnt handle it and said that her mental health is more important than Olympics participation.

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