Australia at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Australia at the
2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of Australia
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors51 (20 men and 31 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Matt Graham & Jakara Anthony
Flag bearers (closing)Cooper Woods & Danielle Scott
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Australia competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which was held from 6 to 22 February 2026. Australia surpassed their previous best performance at Vancouver 2010, with 3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze. Additionally, with 6 total medals, Australia broke their prior record of total medals won at a Winter Olympics games.

Freestyle skiers Matt Graham and Jakara Anthony were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[1][2] Meanwhile, fellow freestyle skiers Cooper Woods and Danielle Scott were the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[3][4]

Administration

Alisa Camplin was appointed Chef de Mission.[5]

Medallists

Further information: 2026 Winter Olympics medal table and List of 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners

The following Australian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medallists' names are bolded.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. This includes quotas from host country allocations.[6]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 2 3
Biathlon 0 1 1
Bobsleigh 0 4 4
Cross-country skiing 3 4 7
Figure skating 2 2 4
Freestyle skiing 5 9 14
Luge 1 0 1
Short-track speed skating 1 0 1
Skeleton 1 0 1
Ski mountaineering 1 1 2
Snowboarding 5 8 13
Total 20 31 51

The following athletes were selected but withdrew due to injuries prior to their event - Cam Bolton (snowboarding: snowboard cross), Laura Peel (freestyle skiing: aerials), Daisy Thomas (freestyle skiing: slopestyle, big air) and Misaki Vaughan (snowboarding: halfpipe). Sidney Stephens replaced Laura Peel from the selected team.[7]

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified two female and one male alpine skier via the basic quota.[8][9]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Harry Laidlaw Giant slalom 1:18.52 28 1:13.38 29 2:31.90 29
Phoebe Heaydon Giant slalom 1:07.33 39 1:13.85 33 2:21.18 34
Slalom DNF
Madison Hoffman Slalom 49.88 26 53.15 21 1:43.03 23

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified one female biathlete, Darcie Morton, via the IBU Qualifying Points List. As the country did not rank in the top 20 of the Nations Cup standings, it secured one of the 12 individual quota spots available to nations attempting to qualify through individual athlete rankings.[10]

Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Darcie Morton Sprint 25:09.8 3 (1+2) 87
Individual 55:28.3 9 (3+3+2+1) 90

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified a team of four female bobsledders, securing two quota spots in the two-woman event and one in the women's monobob based on the IBSF Combined Ranking List for the 2025–26 season.[11]

Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bree Walker Monobob 1:00.19 11 1:00.01 7 59.60 7 59.69 8 3:59.49 8
Kiara Reddingius
Bree Walker 		Two-woman 57.45 11 57.60 7 57.96 9 57.81 10 3:50.82 10
Sarah Blizzard
Desi Johnson 		58.07 22 57.91 16 58.42 18 Did not advance 2:54.40 21

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota.[12] Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Australia qualified a further three female and two male athletes.[12]

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Seve de Campo Men's 10 km freestyle N/a 23:30.3 61 N/a
Men's skiathlon 27:11.6 59 26:12.5 56 53:24.1 57
Men's 50 km classical 2:29:22.8 41 N/a
Hugo Hinckfuss Men's 10 km freestyle N/a 23:43.4 66 N/a
Men's skiathlon 27:20.0 57 26:01.6 56 53:21.6 56
Lars Young Vik Men's 10 km freestyle N/a 24:19.3 70 N/a
Women
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Phoebe Cridland Women's 10 km freestyle N/a 26:05.5 49 N/a
Women's skiathlon 33:39.0 58 LAP
Rosie Fordham Women's 10 km freestyle N/a 25:17.8 33 N/a
Women's skiathlon 33:00.8 56 28:46.2 30 1:02:17.8 49
Women's 50 km classical 2:38:30.6 29 N/a
Maddie Hooker Women's 10 km freestyle N/a 28:07.0 77 N/a
Women's skiathlon 33:58.1 60 LAP
Ellen Søhol Lie Women's 10 km freestyle N/a 26:21.7 57 N/a
Women's skiathlon 26:21.7 57 LAP
Ellen Søhol Lie
Phoebe Cridland
Rosie Fordham
Maddie Hooker 		4 × 7.5 km relay N/a 1:25:06.1 14
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hugo Hinckfuss Men's sprint 3:23.41 42 Did not advance
Lars Young Vik 3:26.13 51 Did not advance
Lars Young Vik
Hugo Hinckfuss 		Men's team sprint 5:53.68 9 Q N/a 18:39.37 14
Ellen Søhol Lie Women's sprint 4:01.65 50 Did not advance
Maddie Hooker 4:13.09 67 Did not advance
Phoebe Cridland
Rosie Fordham 		Women's team sprint 7:18.56 18 N/a Did not advance

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia secured one quota in pair skating at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston.[13] One quota for ice dance was then secured at the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 competition in Beijing.[14]

Athlete Event SP/SD FP/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Anastasia Golubeva
Hektor Giotopoulos Moore 		Pairs 60.69 18 Did not advance 18
Holly Harris
Jason Chan 		Ice dance 67.75 18 Q 108.64 17 176.39 18

Freestyle skiing

Australia qualified a team of 15 freestyle skiers, securing quota spots in aerials, moguls, ski cross, and freeskiing based on the FIS Olympic Qualification List.[15]

Aerials

Athlete Event Qualification Finals
Jump 1 Jump 2 Final 1 Final 2
Points Rank Points Rank Jump 1 Jump 2 Best Rank Points Rank
Reilly Flanagan Men's aerials 74.02 21 87.57 11 Did not advance
Airleigh Frigo Women's aerials 55.75 20 60.27 14 Did not advance
Danielle Scott 99.59 2 Q N/a 117.19 DNS 117.19 1 Q 102.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sidney Stephens 75.11 14 73.84 8 Did not advance
Abbey Willcox 88.12 8 66.78 3 Q 88.12 74.97 88.83 10 Did not advance
Abbey Willcox
Reilly Flanagan
Danielle Scott 		Mixed team N/a 289.04 3 Q 256.04 4

Freeskiing

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Indra Brown Women's halfpipe 80.75 87.50 N/a 87.50 4 Q 55.50 65.00 87.00 87.00 5

Moguls

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total
Jackson Harvey Men's moguls 23.55 52.96 69.26 23 23.17 60.53 77.35 15 Q 22.90 62.74 79.92 8 Q 23.38 58.40 74.93 8
Matt Graham 22.89 58.58 75.77 10 Q Bye 22.59 63.96 81.56 3 Q 21.84 62.27 80.88 5
George Murphy 24.22 51.79 67.19 26 26.32 39.05 51.63 29 Did not advance
Cooper Woods-Topalovic 23.48 57.27 73.67 15 23.28 63.79 80.46 1 Q 22.70 66.15 83.60 1 Q 22.61 66.14 83.71 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jakara Anthony Women's moguls 25.59 63.74 81.65 1 Q Bye 24.71 65.01 83.96 1 Q 26.69 44.19 60.81 8
Emma Bosco 28.02 51.53 66.58 17 27.82 47.19 62.48 11 Did not advance
Charlotte Wilson 28.78 35.79 49.95 28 26.60 61.07 77.79 1 Q 25.93 60.87 78.38 5 Q 26.26 58.05 75.17 6

Dual moguls

Men

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Jackson Harvey Dual moguls  Fujiki (JPN)
W 19-16 		 Wallberg (SWE)
L 8-27 		Did not advance
Matt Graham  Nishizawa (JPN)
W 22-13 		 Stegfeldt (SWE)
W 27-9 		 Mickle (USA)
W 20-15 		 Horishima (JPN)
L FB 14-21 		 Shimakawa (JPN)
W 20-15 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
George Murphy  Cavet (FRA)
W 23-12 		 Walczyk (USA)
L 35-DNF 		Did not advance
Cooper Woods-Topalovic Bye  Mickle (USA)
L 3-32 		Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Jakara Anthony Dual moguls  Malherbe (RSA)
W 35-DNF 		 Linton (CAN)
W 27-8 		 Giaccio (USA)
W 20-15 		 Lemley (USA)
W FA 35-DNF 		 Kauf (USA)
W 20-15 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Emma Bosco  Wilson (AUS)
W 29-6 		 Kauf (USA)
L 6-29 		Did not advance
Charlotte Wilson  Bosco (AUS)
L 6-29 		Did not advance

Ski cross

Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Kyra Wheatley Women's ski cross 1:16.25 23 4 Did not advance

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified one sled in the men's singles event, with three-time Olympian Alex Ferlazzo securing the quota spot based on the 2025–26 FIL World Cup standings.[11]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alexander Ferlazzo Men's singles 54.013 20 53.999 18 53.800 17 53.734 16 3:35.546 18

Short-track speed skating

Main articles: Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified two short-track speed skaters (one per gender) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour.[16] They declined their female quota.[17]

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Brendan Corey Men's 500 m 41.845 4 Did not advance
Men's 1000 m 1:26.052 4 Did not advance
Men's 1500 m N/a 2:12.741 3 Q 2:16.575 5 Did not advance

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified a single male skeleton racer, securing one quota spot based on the IBSF Ranking List for the 2025–26 season.[11]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nick Timmings Men's 58.26 24 57.57 20 57.18 19 57.21 20 3:50.22 21

Ski mountaineering

Main articles: Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified one female and one male ski mountaineer through the 2025 ISMF World Championships.[18][19]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Phillip Bellingham Men's sprint 2:48.39 5LL 3:13.53 6 Did not advance
Lara Hamilton Women's sprint 3:39.25 6 Did not advance
Phillip Bellingham
Lara Hamilton 		Mixed relay N/a 32:33.45 12

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Australia qualified a team of 14 snowboarders (5 men and 9 women), securing quota spots in halfpipe, slopestyle/big air, and snowboard cross based on the FIS Olympic Quota Allocation List.[11]

Freestyle

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Valentino Guseli Big Air 73.25 71.50 91.50 163.00 12 Q 23.00 86.75 16.50 109.75 10
Halfpipe 86.75 DNI N/a 86.75 6 Q 35.00 DNI 88.00 88.00 5
Scotty James 94.00 DNI 94.00 1 Q 48.75 93.50 DNI 93.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Emily Arthur Halfpipe 5.75 7.25 N/a 7.25 24 Did not advance
Tess Coady Big air 78.50 55.00 75.00 153.50 12 Q 70.00 61.00 DNI 131.00 7
Slopestyle 38.95 30.18 N/a 38.95 27 Did not advance
Amelie Haskell Halfpipe 41.75 DNI N/a 41.75 20 Did not advance
Ally Hickman Big air 85.25 61.75 64.25 149.50 15 Did not advance
Slopestyle 71.41 31.96 N/a 71.41 6 Q 67.70 4.26 48.68 67.70 7
Meila Stalker Big air 19.25 82.25 82.75 165.00 6 Q 72.50 35.00 DNI 107.50 10
Slopestyle 47.36 47.11 N/a 47.36 22 Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete Event Seeding 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Jarryd Hughes Men's 1:09.36 25 3 Did not advance
Adam Lambert 1:08.64 21 4 Did not advance
James Johnstone 1:11.07 30 3 Did not advance
Josie Baff Women's 1:15.62 17 1 Q 2 Q 1 FA 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mia Clift 1:14.43 11 2 Q 3 Did not advance
Abbey Wilson 1:15.03 24 3 Did not advance
Jarryd Hughes
Mia Clift 		Mixed team N/a 2 Q 3 4 8
Adam Lambert
Josie Baff 		N/a 1 Q 2 Q 4 4

See also

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