The Italia Team is starting to take shape. With just 17 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, today the CONI National Board officially approved the list of 87 Italian athletes (47 men and 40 women) who will compete in the Olympic events across the five ice sports.

Also confirmed was the Mission Team supporting the athletes, led by CONI Secretary General and Chef de Mission Carlo Mornati, together with Deputy Chef de Mission Alessio Palombi and Deputy Chefs de Mission Elisa Santoni, Alessio Boggiatto, Enzo Bartolomeo, Giampiero Pastore and Danilo Di Tommaso.

Curling competitions will take place at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. The men’s team will feature Joel Thierry Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella and Alberto Pimpini, while the women’s line-up includes Stefania Constantini, Elena Antonia Mathis, Giulia Zardini Lacedelli, Marta Lo Deserto and Rebecca Mariani. Italy will also be entitled to enter a pair in the third event on the programme, the mixed doubles.

In figure skating, Italy will be represented at the Milano Ice Skating Arena by Daniel Grassl and Matteo Rizzo in the men’s singles, Lara Naki Gutmann in the women’s singles, Sara Conti/Niccolò Macii and Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini in pairs skating, and Charlène Guignard/Marco Fabbri in ice dance. An Italian team will also compete in the team event.

Ice hockey matches will be split between two Milan venues: the Santa Giulia Ice Hockey Arena and the Ice Park. Italy will compete in both the men’s and women’s tournaments, marking a historic return to the Olympic stage 20 years after the home Games of Torino 2006.

The women’s roster comprises: Aurora Enrica Abatangelo, Eleonora Bonafini, Anna Caumo, Kristin Della Rovere, Gabriella Frances Durante, Matilde Fantin, Martina Fedel, Laura-Michele Fortino, Kristen Guerriero, Manuela Heidenberger, Sara Kaneppele, Laura Lobis, Nadia Mattivi, Marta Mazzocchi, Greta Niccolai, Margherita Ostoni, Jacqueline Malca Pierri, Justine Reyes, Rebecca Roccella, Carola Saletta, Franziska Stocker, Kayla Tutino and Amie Fielding Varano.

On the men’s side, the six players pre-selected in May last year — Thomas William Larkin, Damian Clara, Tommy Purdeller, Diego Kostner, Daniel Thomas Mantenuto and Luca Elia Zanatta — are joined by Matthew James Bradley, Tommaso De Luca, Dylan Damian Di Perna, Gregory Di Tomaso, Cristiano DiGiacinto, Davide Fadani, Luca Frigo, Mats Mikael Frycklund, Dustin James Gazley, Daniel Glira, Giovanni Morini, Alexander Franc Petan, Phil Pietroniro, Nicholas Samuel Saracino, Jason Thomas Alexander Seed, Alessandro Segafredo, Alex Trivellato, Gianluca Vallini and Marco Zanetti.

In speed skating, at the Milano Ice Park, Italy will line up Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini, Michele Malfatti, Daniele Di Stefano, Francesco Betti, Riccardo Lorello and Jeffrey Rosanelli in the men’s events, while Francesca Lollobrigida, Serena Pergher and Maybritt Vigl will represent the women.

Unfortunately, there has been a significant change within the women’s short track squad, originally confirmed in mid-December. Martina Valcepina, who sustained fractures to her tibia and fibula during the 500m quarter-final heats at the European Championships held last weekend in Tilburg (Netherlands), will be replaced by Gloria Ioriatti. She joins Arianna Fontana, Chiara Betti, Elisa Confortola and Arianna Sighel, all of whom remain confirmed.

There are no changes to the men’s short track team, which will take to the ice at the Ice Skating Arena with Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser, Thomas Nadalini, Lorenzo Previtali and Andrea Cassinelli. (agc)

Full list of selected Italian athletes (photo Simone Ferraro/CONI)

Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG) – 87 athletes (47 men, 40 women)

CURLING (10)

Men (5): Joel Thierry Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella, Alberto Pimpini

Women (5): Stefania Constantini, Elena Antonia Mathis, Giulia Zardini Lacedelli, Marta Lo Deserto, Rebecca Mariani

FIGURE SKATING (9)

Men (5): Daniel Grassl, Matteo Rizzo, Niccolò Macii, Filippo Ambrosini, Marco Fabbri

Women (4): Lara Naki Gutmann, Sara Conti, Rebecca Ghilardi, Charlène Guignard

ICE HOCKEY (48)

Women (23): Aurora Enrica Abatangelo, Eleonora Bonafini, Anna Caumo, Kristin Della Rovere, Gabriella Frances Durante, Matilde Fantin, Martina Fedel, Laura-Michele Fortino, Kristen Guerriero, Manuela Heidenberger, Sara Kaneppele, Laura Lobis, Nadia Mattivi, Marta Mazzocchi, Greta Niccolai, Margherita Ostoni, Jacqueline Malca Pierri, Justine Reyes, Rebecca Roccella, Carola Saletta, Franziska Stocker, Kayla Tutino, Amie Fielding Varano

Men (25): Matthew James Bradley, Damian Clara, Tommaso De Luca, Dylan Damian Di Perna, Gregory Di Tomaso, Cristiano DiGiacinto, Davide Fadani, Luca Frigo, Mats Mikael Frycklund, Dustin James Gazley, Daniel Glira, Diego Kostner, Thomas William Larkin, Daniel Thomas Mantenuto, Giovanni Morini, Alexander Franc Petan, Phil Pietroniro, Tommy Purdeller, Nicholas Samuel Saracino, Jason Thomas Alexander Seed, Alessandro Segafredo, Alex Trivellato, Gianluca Vallini, Luca Elia Zanatta, Marco Zanetti

SPEED SKATING (10)

Men (7): Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini, Michele Malfatti, Daniele Di Stefano, Francesco Betti, Riccardo Lorello, Jeffrey Rosanelli

Women (3): Francesca Lollobrigida, Serena Pergher, Maybritt Vigl

SHORT TRACK (10)

Men (5): Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser, Thomas Nadalini, Lorenzo Previtali, Andrea Cassinelli

Wonen (5): Arianna Fontana, Chiara Betti, Elisa Confortola, Arianna Sighel, Gloria Ioriatti