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SECOND LARGEST WINTER TEAM EVER NAMED

Australian Olympic Team

53 Australians to compete at the Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina
The most women Australia has had on any Olympic Team (62.3% women)
Scotty James selected for a fifth Games in Snowboard Halfpipe
5 teenagers selected including 15-year-old Indra Brown in Freeski Halfpipe
Jindabyne sisters Abbey and Charlotte Wilson selected

Fifty three (53) athletes will represent Australia at the Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina this February. This is the second largest Australian Team ever and largest for 12 years.

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

Five of the six medallists 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, (main picture) 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).

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.

A total of 27 athletes will make their Olympic debut.

“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.

Eleven different Australian athletes have won medals across seven different disciplines, with Bobsleigh world number two Bree Walker stockpiling five 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. Just like her dad, 2006 Olympian Cameron Morton, biathlete Darcie Morton makes her debut in Italy- they are the first father-daughter duo to represent Australia at the Winter Olympics.

“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.”

The Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games run from February 6 – 22. Australians are expected to compete on every day of the Games.

* NOTE: The AOC has obtained three quota places in the Alpine Skiing discipline (two Women’s, one Men’s). The Australian Winter Olympic Team selections for both the Women’s and Men’s Alpine Skiing disciplines are subject to appeals by non-nominated athletes. The AOC will provide an update on final selections.

SPORT SNAPSHOTS & ADDITIONAL ATHLETE QUOTES

Aerials [Member sports: Snow Australia, OWIA/ Location: Livigno]

2025/26 World Cup gold medallists Danielle Scott and Laura Peel headline Australia’s largest ever Aerial Skiing contingent. By virtue of male aerialist Reilly Flanagan’s selection, Australia will be represented in the Mixed Team Aerials event for the first time.

“I never imagined that I would be training for my fourth Olympics. I hoped for one, maybe two and here we are at four and time flies. I’m still loving what I’m doing and I think I’m still getting better,” Canberran Peel said.

The Australian Aerial and Mogul skiers train at the Geoff Henke Olympic Winter Training Centre in Brisbane- a game-changing collaboration between the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA), the Federal Government, the Queensland Government, and the Australian Olympic Committee.

Bobsleigh, Skeleton & Luge [Member sports: Luge Australia, Bobsleigh & Skeleton Australia, OWIA/ Location: Cortina]

Australia is well represented across the sliding sports led by world number two Bree Walker in red hot form in the Women’s Monobob. In the 2-woman Australia is represented by Walker and Kiara Reddingius and the powerful combination of Sarah Blizzard and four-time Stawell Gift finalist, Desi Johnson.

“It means the absolute world to be officially selected for another Australian Team. I feel like the last Games in 2022 were a bit of a whirlwind with COVID and everything, so this time I feel like I’m really able to take it in and enjoy this experience, and I’m really excited to represent Australia and put on the green and gold again,” Walker said.

“It feels great to be going into these Games with the season I’ve had so far. I really feel like I’ve built good momentum heading into these Games, so I’m just going to take a little bit of time to rest and just prepare for Cortina.

“I really liked the track in Cortina when we were there at the beginning of the season, so I’m definitely excited to go back there and race, fix up a few corners that I know I need to fix, and just get down to business.”

Skeleton’s Nick Timmings will be coached by his twin brother, Dean. Townsville’s Alex Ferlazzo delivered a historic fifth place at the 2023 World Championships and has been selected for a fourth Olympic appearance in Luge – double the most by an Australian.

“It’s a huge honour to represent my country in this sport and not too many people have done it before. It is special to think back and know how far I’ve come in the sport. Starting out from a complete novice and working my way to being a top 10 slider is pretty special, especially amongst these big nations with huge programs behind them,” Ferlazzo said.

Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing & Ski Mountaineering [Member sports: Snow Australia, Biathlon Australia, OWIA/ Locations: Predazzo & Bormio]

Cross Country skier Lars Young Vik follows in the tracks of his uncle Bjarte Engen Vik who won four Olympic medals for Norway. He is part of Australia’s largest ever Cross Country cohort with seven athletes. Teammate Rosie Fordham, who studies and trains at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, won a historic silver at the 2025 U23 World Championships. She then recorded the best result of any Australian in the history of Cross Country Skiing with 13^th in the 10km Interval Start Free in December 2025.

“I am honoured to be setting new standards for Australian Cross Country Skiing. It feels like all the decisions I’ve made are paying off and it shows me and everyone else in the Aussie Cross Country community that it’s possible for us to compete with the best in the world.

“Becoming an Olympian means so much. It’s been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. When I was nine, I remember telling a friend at school that I was going to go to the Olympics one day, and I’ve been chasing this dream ever since.”

After missing qualification for the last two Winter Olympics, Darcie Morton clawed into the Games by securing the final available quota place in women’s Biathlon.

See previous Ski Mountaineering Team Selection Announcement >

Short Track Speed Skating & Figure Skating [Member sports: Australian Ice Racing, OWIA/ Location: Milan]

1500m specialist Brendan Corey is Australia’s lone ranger at these Games in Short Track. The Beijing Olympian was born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada, before switching his allegiance to his mother’s native Australia in 2019.

See previous Figure Skating Team Selection Announcement >

Freeski Halfpipe/ Slopestyle/ Big Air [Member sports: Snow Australia, OWIA/ Location: Livigno]

Indra Brown is the fourth youngest athlete selected to compete for Australia at the Winter Olympics. A rookie for the 2025/26 season, Brown won three Halfpipe World Cup medals from her first senior World Cup events, making her a true generational talent. She is joined by 18-year-old Daisy Thomas who will contest the Freeski Slopestyle/ Big Air events.

Moguls [Member sports: Snow Australia, OWIA/ Location: Livigno]

Current world number one Jakara Anthony aims to be the first Australian to defend an Olympic title, with current world number two Matt Graham out to add to his PyeongChang 2018 silver medal. Athletes get two shots at gold with Dual Moguls on debut at Milano Cortina. Jindabyne’s Charlotte Wilson has also been selected, having won the Dual Moguls Olympic Test event in March 2025.

“To go to one Olympics is hard. To go to two is special. And then to go to four has been such a big journey and I have enjoyed each and every one,” 31-year-old Graham said.

“Going into my fourth Games, I’m still chasing. As a kid, I always wanted to be an Olympic gold medallist. So that’s still on the cards. I still believe I can do that – and that’s what I am striving for.

“But regardless of the result, being able to give my daughter a cuddle after the event, that’s going to be extra special. It’s pretty cool that we have three dads on tour and we’re all at the top end of the sport- last year we got a few dad podiums,” Graham said of his friends and rivals Mikael Kingsbury (Canada) and Ikuma Horishima (Japan). Hopefully we can get some time amongst the chaos to sit down together and watch our kids sort of bond and hopefully play with each other and not fight!”

“I’ll probably be classified as a veteran now,” Jakara Anthony said.

“Each Winter Games has been a different experience for me. My first one was going in with no real expectations and then second one was going in as a gold medal favourite. These ones will be going in as the defending champion. There’s a lot to learn on the way and things keep coming up that surprise me. I’m sure in these last few weeks there’s still a lot more to learn.”

Snowboard Halfpipe/ Slopestyle/ Big Air [Member sports: Snow Australia, OWIA/ Location: Livigno]

Scotty James, selected for his fifth Games, is the equal second most by any athlete behind six-time Olympian Colin Coates (Speed Skating; 1968 – 1988). He is joined in the Halfpipe by Valentino Guseli – the Snowboarder with Italian heritage and current World No.2.

“It feels good to have a couple of results under my belt going into this next Games. I’m really looking forward to snowboarding in Italy again. I haven’t ridden there in quite a while, so I’m keen to go back,” Guseli said.

“Things I’ve learnt since the last Games? There’s too many to count. I think one thing that I keep coming back to is there’s a time to really send it and go hard and and put it all on the line, and there’s also a time you have to be a little bit conservative and play the strategy game as well.”

Beijing 2022 Slopestyle bronze medallist Tess Coady is joined by Snowboard Big Air World Cup bronze medallist, Ally Hickman. At 16 Hickman is the fifth youngest (fourth female) Australian ever to be selected on a Winter Olympic Team.

Ski & Snowboard Cross [Member sports: Snow Australia, OWIA/ Location: Livigno]

The 2018 Olympic silver medallist Jarryd Hughes and Cam Bolton have been selected for a record fourth Olympic appearance in Snowboard Cross, with World No.1 Adam Lambert spearheading this incredibly well-credentialled team.

World Cup medallists Josie Baff and Mia Clift have already proven themselves on the world stage and will be vying for Mixed Team success – with Australia previously reaching the World Championships podium.

Kyra Wheatley is Australia’s sole representative in Ski Cross.