European student athletes success at Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
The 2026 Winter Olympics came to an end on 22 February, when the eyes of the world turned to the iconic Verona Arena for an outstanding closing act.
Now, after the XXV Olympic Winter Games are concluded, it is time to sum up the results and especially congratulate all the European student-athletes who successfully competed at multiple sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy.
Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross-Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Nordic Combined, Short Track, Snowboard and Speed Skating, European student-athletes excelled in almost every sport included in this edition of the Winter Olympics.
At the 2026 Milano‑Cortina Winter Olympics, athletes from 29 countries won medals, 20 of them European. Norway led the medal table with 41 medals, followed by Italy and Germany. European nations dominated overall, with strong performances from France, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands, highlighting Europe’s continued strength in winter sports.
In addition to the top European medal-winning nations, several other European countries also earned medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Finland secured 6 medals, Czechia 5, Slovenia 4, Poland 4, and Spain 3. Smaller medal hauls came from Latvia with 2, Bulgaria with 2, and single medals for Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, and Belgium. These results further highlight the widespread success of European athletes across the Games.
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) reports that several athletes who previously competed at the Universiades / FISU Winter University Games performed magnificently at the Olympic Winter Games 2026.
Among all the successes, Czech university student Julie Zelingerova was nominated for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games Fair Play Award. Julie Zelingrova demonstrated true fair play by self-reporting a nearly invisible rule violation (touching a running stone), choosing honesty over an easy advantage and embodying the core values of the Olympic movement.
EUSA would like to thank all the members for providing information and data regarding current university students and recent university graduates who greatly excelled in their sport in Milano Cortina 2026.
Below you can find a list of student-athletes from Europe who have especially excelled in Italy.
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Name |
Country |
Discipline |
Place |
University |
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Alessandro Haemmerle |
Austria |
Snowboard Men's Snowboard Cross |
1 |
University of Innsbruck |
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Sabine Payer |
Austria |
Snowboard Women's Parallel Giant Slalom |
2 |
University of Innsbruck |
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Tieneke Den Dulk |
Belgium |
Short Track Speed Skating Mixed Team Relay |
3 |
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Tervel Zamfirov |
Bulgaria |
Snowboard Men's Parallel Giant Slalom |
3 |
University of Forestry, Sofia & National Sports Academy “Vasil Levski” |
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Lora Hristova |
Bulgaria |
Biathlon Women's 15km Individual |
3 |
National Sports Academy “Vasil Levski” |
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Milena Todorova |
Bulgaria |
Biathlon Women's 7.5km Sprint |
4 |
National Sports Academy “Vasil Levski” |
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Metodej Jilek |
Czechia |
Speed Skating Men's 10000m Men's 5000m |
1 2 |
Charles University of Prague, Faculty of Physical Education |
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Eva Adamczyková |
Czechia |
Snowboard Women's Snowboard Cross |
2 |
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Suvi Minkkinen |
Finland |
Biathlon Women's 10km Pursuit |
3 |
University of Eastern Finland |
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Ilkka Herola |
Finland |
Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km Team Sprint Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km |
3 2 5 |
University of Eastern Finland |
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Talea Prepens |
Germany |
Bobsleigh 2-woman |
4 |
Jade University of Applied Sciences |
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Minerva Fabienne Hase |
Germany |
Figure Skating Pair Skating |
3 |
Humboldt University of Berlin |
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Bruce Mouat |
Great Britain |
Curling Men Mixed Doubles |
2 4 |
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Grant Hardie |
Great Britain |
Curling Men |
2 |
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Bobby Lammy |
Great Britain |
Curling Men |
2 |
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Kyle Waddell |
Great Britain |
Curling Men |
2 |
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Tommaso Sala |
Italy |
Alpine Skiing Men's Team Combined |
5 |
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Stefania Costantini |
Italy |
Curling Mixed Doubles |
3 |
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Daniele Di Stefano |
Italy |
Speed Skating Men's 1500m |
5 |
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Marco Fabbri |
Italy |
Figure Skating Team Event Ice Dance |
3 4 |
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Davide Ghiotto |
Italy |
Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit Men's 5000m |
1 4 |
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Andrea Giovannini |
Italy |
Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit Men's Mass Start |
1 3 |
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Daniel Grassl |
Italy |
Figure Skating Team Event |
3 |
University of Novedrate - Ecampus |
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Charlene Guignard |
Italy |
Figure Skating Team Event Ice Dance |
3 4 |
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Lara Naki Gutmann |
Italy |
Figure Skating Team Event |
3 |
University of Camerino |
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Francesca Lollobrigida |
Italy |
Speed Skating Women's 3000m Women's 5000m Women's Mass Start |
1 1 4 |
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Riccardo Lorello |
Italy |
Speed Skating Men's 5000m |
3 |
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Michele Malfatti |
Italy |
Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit |
1 |
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Matteo Rizzo |
Italy |
Figure Skating Team Event |
3 |
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Roberts Kruzgergs |
Latvia |
Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1000m Men's 1500m |
5 3 |
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Teun Boer |
Netherlands |
Short Track Speed Skating Men's 5000m Relay Men's 500m |
1 4 |
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Xandra Velzeboer |
Netherlands |
Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1000m Women's 500m Women's 3000m Relay Mixed Team Relay |
1 1 4 5 |
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Astrid Øyre Slind |
Norway |
Cross-Country Skiing Women's 4 x 7.5km Relay Women's 10km Interval Start Free Women's Team Sprint Free |
1 4 4 |
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Nika Prevc |
Slovenia |
Women's Normal Hill Individual Women's Large Hill Individual Mixed team Ski Jumping |
2 3 1 |
Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana |
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Isabella Wranaa |
Sweden |
Curling Mixed Doubles |
1 |
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Rasmus Wranaa |
Sweden |
Curling Mixed Doubles |
1 |
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Anna Hasselborg |
Sweden |
Curling Women |
1 |
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Agnes Knochenhauer |
Sweden |
Curling Women |
1 |
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Sara McManus |
Sweden |
Curling Women |
1 |
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Sofia Scharback |
Sweden |
Curling Women |
1 |
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Yannick Schwaller |
Switzerland |
Curling Men |
3 |