Australia at the 2026 Winter Olympics
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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.
| Australia at the 2026 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUS |
| NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 – 22 February 2026 | |
| Competitors | 51 (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 |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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
The following Australian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medallists' names are bolded.
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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
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
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
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
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
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 |  | ||
| 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 |  | |
| 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 |
 | |
| 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 |
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| 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
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
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
Ski mountaineering
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
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 | | ||
- 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 | |
| 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 | |||