Team GB has selected 53 athletes and two reserves for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, making it their largest ever Winter Olympic squad. The team will compete in 11 disciplines, from alpine skiing to snowboarding, aiming to build on their most successful Games in 2022 where they won five medals, including three golds.
Among the alpine skiers, Dave Ryding, the greatest British skier, competed in his fifth Olympics at age 39, finishing 17th in the men's slalom. He retires as a legend, having won Britain's first World Cup race in 2022. Billy Major, 29, improved on his 2022 debut, finishing 16th in the slalom after a strong first run. Laurie Taylor, 30, failed to finish his first run in snowy conditions, a fate shared by over half the field.
In biathlon, debutants Shawna Pendry, 23, and Jack Jefferies, 23, competed in two events each. Pendry, from Matlock, made her World Cup debut in 2024, while Jefferies, born in France to British parents, switched to represent GB in 2025. Britain has never won an Olympic biathlon medal, with Keith Oliver's 11th in 1972 the best result.
Bobsleigh pilot Brad Hall, 35, targeted his first Olympic medal after world silver and European gold in 2023, but his two-man crew finished 12th and four-man crew seventh. Brakeman Taylor Lawrence, 29, a Royal Marine, was part of both crews but sat out some runs. Britain's bobsleigh history includes a gold in 1964 and four bronzes.
