Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
Website	www.teamgb.com
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	27 (14 men and 13 women) in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Great Britain will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Administration

On 17 May 2024, Team GB announced that former curler Eve Muirhead would act as Great Britain's Chef de Mission for the 2026 Olympics. ^[1] Muirhead had skipped the British women's curling team to gold at the previous Olympics in 2022.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	3	1	4
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	4	4	8
Short-track speed skating	1	0	1
Speed skating	0	1	1
Total	14	12	26

Alpine skiing

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

Great Britain qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota. ^[2]

Cross-country skiing

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

Great Britain qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota. ^[3] Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Great Britain qualified a further two male athletes. ^[3]

Curling

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

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Kyle Waddell	Men's tournament	USA	SWE	ITA	CZE	GER	SUI	NOR	CAN	CHN
Rebecca Morrison Jennifer Dodds Sophie Sinclair Sophie Jackson Fay Henderson	Women's tournament	CHN	KOR	CAN	SWE	DEN	SUI	JPN	USA	ITA
Jennifer Dodds Bruce Mouat	Mixed doubles tournament	NOR	EST	CZE	SWE	KOR	CAN	USA	SUI	ITA

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Great Britain qualified a men's team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. ^[4] Team Bruce Mouat was selected as the British representatives in June 2025. ^[5]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Xu Xiaoming	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Joël Retornaz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Niklas Edin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Daniel Casper	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Great Britain had a bye in draws 4, 9 and 12. ^[6]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 11 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Casper)											0
Great Britain (Mouat)											0

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 14:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Mouat)											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Mouat)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Great Britain (Mouat)											0

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Great Britain (Mouat)											0

Draw 7
Sunday, 15 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Mouat)											0
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Mouat)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Draw 10
Tuesday, 17 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jacobs)											0
Great Britain (Mouat)											0

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Great Britain (Mouat)											0

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Great Britain qualified a women's team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. ^[7] Team Sophie Jackson was selected as the British representatives in June 2025. ^[5]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Rachel Homan	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Wang Rui	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Sophie Jackson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Japan	Sayaka Yoshimura	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Gim Eun-ji	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Tabitha Peterson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Great Britain had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9. ^[6]

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)											0
Great Britain (Jackson)											0

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 4
Saturday, 14 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
Canada (Homan)											0

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
Sweden (Hasselborg)											0

Draw 7
Monday, 16 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)											0
Great Britain (Jackson)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)											0
Great Britain (Jackson)											0

Draw 10
Wednesday, 18 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yoshimura)											0
Great Britain (Jackson)											0

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
United States (Peterson)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Mixed doubles tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

Great Britain qualified a mixed doubles team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. ^[8] Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat were selected as the British representatives in June 2025. ^[5]

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
Czech Republic	Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Estonia	Marie Kaldvee / Harri Lill	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Great Britain had a bye in draws 3, 9, 10, and 13. ^[6]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 4 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)									0

Draw 2
Thursday, 5 February, 10:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0
Estonia (Kaldvee / Lill)									0

Draw 4
Thursday, 5 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Draw 5
Friday, 6 February, 10:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå / Wranå)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Draw 6
Friday, 6 February, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Draw 7
Saturday, 7 February, 10:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0
Canada (Peterman / Gallant)									0

Draw 8
Saturday, 7 February, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Draw 11
Sunday, 8 February, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0
Switzerland (Schwaller-Hürlimann / Schwaller)									0

Draw 12
Sunday, 8 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Figure skating

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

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Great Britain secured one quota in each of the women's singles and pairs skating, and two quotas in the ice dancing. ^[9] The team was officially announced on 10 December 2025 with Edward Appleby being named as the representative in the Men's event in the Team event. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kristen Spours	Women's singles
Anastasia Vaipan-Law Luke Digby	Pairs
Lilah Fear Lewis Gibson	Ice dance
Phebe Bekker James Hernandez

Team event

Athlete	Event	Short program / Rhythm dance						Free skate / Free dance				Total
		Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Edward Appleby (M) Kristen Spours (W) Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby (P) Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson (ID)	Team event

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

Great Britain qualified three short-track speed skater quota places (two men and one woman) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. ^[11] However, only Niall Treacy was selected when the team announcement was made on 18 December 2025. ^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Niall Treacy	500 m
	1000 m
	1500 m	—N/a

Speed skating

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

Great Britain qualified one spot in the women's 1000m and 1500m through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. ^[13] On 8 January 2026, Ellia Smeding was confirmed for both spots, marking her second Olympic appearance after she made her Olympic debut in 2022. ^[14]

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Ellia Smeding	Women's 1000 m
	Women's 1500 m

See also

• Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

References

1. Cortina 2026, Milano. "Eve Muirhead named Team GB's Chef de Mission for Milano Cortina 2026 | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
2. "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Olympic Winter Games 2026". International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). Retrieved 28 December 2025.
3. "Cross-Country quotas list for Olympic Winter Games 2026". International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). Retrieved 28 December 2025.
4. "Scotland win BKT World Men's Curling Championship 2025 title". World Curling. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
5. "Team GB's Curling Teams for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games". Team GB. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
6. World Curling Media (22 July 2025). "Playing schedules confirmed for curling at Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games". World Curling. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
7. "Canada's Homan defends LGT World Women's title". World Curling. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
8. "Italy crowned World Mixed Doubles Champions". World Curling. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
9. Jae-youl Kim; Colin Smith (4 April 2025). "Communication No. 2696 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2026 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE" (pdf). International Skating Union . Retrieved 4 April 2025.
10. "Winter Olympics 2026: Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson in GB figure skating squad". BBC Sport. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
11. "Communication No. 2755 XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026 Milano Cortina Qualified quota places Short Track" (PDF). www.isu.org. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
12. Lobley, Josh (18 December 2025). "GB pick one short track skater for Winter Olympics". BBC News . London, England. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
13. "Communication No. 2758 XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026 Milano Cortina Entries Speed Skating" (PDF). www.isu.org. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union (ISU). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
14. Cortina 2026, Milano. "Team GB's Speed Skating Team for Milano Cortina 2026". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 10 January 2026.