New Zealand at the 2026 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6–22 February 2026
Competitors	17 (11 men and 6 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Ben Barclay & Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Flag bearer (closing)	Luca Harrington
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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New Zealand is competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026. The team consisting of 17 athletes (11 men and 6 women) is the largest to be sent by New Zealand to a Winter Olympic Games. ^[1]

Contents

• Medallists
• Competitors
• Alpine skiing
• Freestyle skiing
• Snowboarding
• See also
• References

Meanwhile, Luca Harrington was the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony. ^{[2] [3]}

Medallists

The following New Zealand competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medallists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Snowboarding Women's big air 9 February  Silver Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Snowboarding Women's slopestyle 18 February  Bronze Luca Harrington Freestyle skiing Men's slopestyle 10 February

Medals by date Day Date Total 3 9 February 0 1 0 1 4 10 February 0 0 1 1 12 18 February 0 1 0 1 Total 0 2 1 3 Medals by sport Sport Total Snowboarding 0 2 0 2 Freestyle skiing 0 0 1 1 Total 0 2 1 3 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 0 1 1 Female 0 2 0 2 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 0 2 1 3 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Snowboarding 0 2 0 2

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors in each sport/discipline.

Alpine skiing

New Zealand qualified one male and one female alpine skier through the basic quota. ^[4] The NZOC filled the female slot on 3 October 2025. ^[5]

Freestyle skiing

On 3 October 2025, the NZOC conditionally selected five freestyle skiers, ^[5] adding five more on 23 January 2026. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Ruby Star Andrews	Women's big air	44.50	48.25	DNI	92.75	24	Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	38.93	45.83	—N/a	45.83	17	Did not advance
Lucas Ball	Men's big air	24.75	44.25	90.00	114.75	24	Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	44.91	24.86	—N/a	44.91	20	Did not advance
Ben Barclay	Men's big air	70.50	69.00	DNI	139.50	19	Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	73.36	65.70	—N/a	73.36	7 Q	69.40	17.73	17.56	69.40	8
Ben Harrington	Men's halfpipe	73.50	75.25	—N/a	75.25	12 Q	61.25	DNI	73.75	73.75	9
Luca Harrington	Men's big air	84.25	92.00	87.75	179.75	5 Q	94.00	25.75	66.50	160.50	6
	Men's slopestyle	69.70	22.95	—N/a	69.70	9 Q	27.55	35.51	85.15	85.15
Luke Harrold	Men's halfpipe	65.50	DNI	—N/a	65.50	15	Did not advance
Gustav Legnavsky	Men's halfpipe	13.50	71.00	—N/a	71.00	14	Did not advance
Finley Melville Ives	Men's halfpipe	16.25	DNI	—N/a	16.25	24	Did not advance
Mischa Thomas	Women's halfpipe	77.00	77.50	—N/a	77.50	10 Q	77.75	DNI	DNI	77.75	8
Sylvia Trotter	Women's big air	83.00	20.75	38.00	121.00	21	Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	24.30	35.58	—N/a	35.58	20	Did not advance

Snowboarding

On 3 October 2025, the NZOC conditionally selected two snowboarders, ^[5] adding four more on 23 January 2026. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Lyon Farrell	Men's big air	25.50	88.50	81.50	170.00	7 Q	83.50	16.50	40.75	124.25	8
	Men's slopestyle	68.61	65.80	—N/a	68.61	15	Did not advance
Lucia Georgalli	Women's big air	78.25	38.75	DNI	117.00	25	Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	42.20	50.60	—N/a	50.60	20	Did not advance
Rocco Jamieson	Men's big air	82.00	83.50	84.75	168.25	8 Q	43.00	83.00	29.25	112.25	9
	Men's slopestyle	56.56	42.28	—N/a	56.56	18	Did not advance
Campbell Melville Ives	Men's halfpipe	84.75	DNI	—N/a	84.75	8 Q	43.00	DNI	DNI	43.00	12
Dane Menzies	Men's big air	77.75	86.25	DNI	164.00	11 Q	81.25	79.50	DNI	160.75	6
	Men's slopestyle	86.06	23.33	—N/a	86.06	1 Q	76.10	21.03	34.61	76.10	7
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott	Women's big air	90.00	82.25	82.25	172.25	1 Q	27.75	88.75	83.50	172.25
	Women's slopestyle	81.73	88.08	—N/a	88.08	1 Q	73.01	77.61	87.48	87.48

See also

• New Zealand at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

References