AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES came away from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing with four total medals, the nation’s best ever winter campaign. Now, the team is set to better that mark once again at Milano Cortina 2026.
Australia’s 53-strong team is the second largest we’ve ever sent to a Winter Olympics. Five of Australia’s six medallists from the past two Games are also returning for 2026. All up, we think the the number of Aussie athletes who can win a medal is in the double digits. After all, 11 Australians have won a medal at some point in the current world cup season.
So, to give you a head start on the athletes you’ll need know during the Games, we’re breaking down Australia’s best chances at medals. Here they are, in no particular order.
Jakara Anthony
Sports: Moguls and Dual Moguls
Australia has only won a single gold medal since the 2010 Winter Olympics, and that medal was won by Jakara Anthony in 2022. Following her Olympic victory, Anthony went on to dominate the world cup circuit, winning 15 events in an 18-event period. Then, disaster struck when she broke her collarbone in training.
After a long rehabilitation period, Anthony has returned stronger than ever. She won the last three world cup events before the Olympics and arrives in red-hot form. The introduction of dual moguls also means she has multiple chances at a medal.
Charlotte Wilson
Sports: Moguls and Dual Moguls
Anthony’s running mate in the moguls is Charlotte Wilson, the 2024-25 FIS Moguls Skiing rookie of the year. Wilson is still only 20 years old, but she’s already won a dual moguls event on the world cup circuit. What’s more, that win just happened to be at Livigno, during a test event for the 2026 Olympics. The very same course will be used during the Games.
“I prefer a bit of a steeper course,” Wilson told Women’s Health. “It just suits my turn shape more.” Courses like Livigno, she says, allow her to control her speed on the front side of the mogul. “I feel like I can flow down them more and they show off my skills.”
That victory remains Wilson’s only podium finish at a world cup event in either single or dual moguls, but she’ll be looking to prove lightning can strike the same place twice when she returns to the Livigno course.
Scotty James
Sport: Snowboarding Halfpipe
Scotty James is heading to his fifth Olympics as the most experienced member of the Australian team. In 2018 he won bronze, in 2022 he won silver. Could a pattern be forming? And if so, does that mean a gold medal is on the way?
James certainly has enough form to win gold in Milano Cortina. He is the reigning world champion in halfpipe snowboarding and won the last world cup event before the Olympics. James has come agonisingly close to Olympic gold before, can he finally finish atop the podium?
Valentino Guselli
Sport: Snowboarding Halfpipe
If Scotty James is the seasoned veteran, Valentino Guselli is the up and coming prodigy. Except, Guselli is ready to step out of his illustrious compatriot’s shadow. Still only 20, Guselli made his Olympic debut in 2022 and has gone on to win silver at the 2023 World Championships.
Guselli has finished on the podium at three out of five world cup events this year, winning one of them. His confidence is also sky-high. He told Men’s Health “If you’re not saying that you’re confident you can win a medal, then you’re probably not going to win one. So I’m going to say I’m very confident.”
Matt Graham
Sport: Moguls and Dual Moguls
Matt Graham won silver in moguls at the 2018 Olympics. He’s medalled in single or dual moguls at every world championship since then, and he’s podiumed in two out of four world cup events this season, winning one. Graham is now a veteran of the Australian team and is a certainty to figure into the contenders in moguls.
Bree Walker
Sports: Monobob and Two-Woman Bobsleigh
While she missed a medal at the 2022 Olympics, Bree Walker has been in the best form of her career heading into Milano Cortina. Walker finished the 2025-26 season ranked second in the world, with three gold medals and five podiums. She only missed the podium at two events, meaning her chances for a medal in Milano Cortina are high, and gold is a possibility.
Danielle Scott
Sport: Aerials
Danielle Scott has twice been a world cup champion in aerials and has medalled at four world championships. Prior to this year, however, Scott hadn’t won a world cup event since 2022. That streak ended when she won the penultimate meet of the 2025-26 season in Lake Placid, meaning she’s hitting her stride at the right time.
Laura Peel
Sport: Aerials
Laura Peel is a two-time world champion in aerials, but an Olympic medal has thus far proved elusive. Peel finished fifth in both 2022 and 2018 and will be looking to finally get on the podium in Milano Cortina. She has won a world cup event this season and dominated the circuit on her way to becoming the world cup champion in 2025, but at 36, this could be Peel’s last shot at Olympic glory.
Indra Brown
Sport: Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe
The youngest member of the Australian team is already a medal contender at just 16 years of age. Indra Brown broke onto the halfpipe skiing scene late last year when she finished third at her first ever world cup event. She then took the silver medal at her second event and gold at her third. As a result of that streak, Brown is the current world cup leader in her discipline. If she were to finish on the podium in Milano Cortina, Brown would become Australia’s youngest Winter Olympic medallist.
Tess Coady
Snowboarding Big Air & Slopestyle
Tess Coady will have two chances at a medal in Milano Cortina as she’ll be competing in both snowboarding big air and slopestyle. She took bronze in the latter at the last Olympics and also won bronze in the former at the 2023 world championships. She’ll be in contention for a medal in both events.
Ally Hickman
Sports: Snowboarding Big Air and Slopestyle
Ally Hickman is the second youngest Australian heading to Milano Cortina. She surged into the team after scoring her first world cup podium at the end of 2025, finishing third in the Big Air event in Steamboat. She’s likely to be an outside chance at a medal in Milano-Cortina, but at just 16 years of age, her potential is sky-high.
Josie Baff
Sport: Snowboard Cross
Snowboard cross is a discipline where anything can happen. You can mistime one landing or get tangled up with an opponent and have your dreams of a medal crushed. Josie Baff, however, has been one of the sport’s most consistent performers. She took silver at the 2023 world championships and has podiumed two out of three times during the current world cup season. Anything can happen, but Baff should figure into medal contention.
Adam Lambert
Sport: Snowboard Cross
Adam Lambert has hit form at the right time. He’s podiumed in all three world cup events so far this season and won the most recent meet, making him the discipline leader heading into the Olympics. Like with Baff, Lambert will be susceptible to the unpredictability of his sport, but he has a great chance of coming away with a medal.
Cam Bolton
Sport: Snowboard Cross
This will likely be the last Olympics for Cam Bolton, who is 35, but he’s shown he’s still capable of competing with the very best. His last world cup podium finish came in 2024, and he had four podiums during the 2023-24 season. If Bolton can recapture some of his old form, he has a chance at a medal in Milano Cortina.
