Samsung Electronics, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, as we speak unveiled a brand new roster of Team Samsung Galaxy athletes for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The new workforce brings collectively 68 athletes throughout 17 nations, representing each Olympic and Paralympic sports activities. Each member of Team Samsung Galaxy was chosen for his or her private journey — one which embodies openness each on and off the sphere of play.
Bringing “Open always wins” to the Road to Milano Cortina 2026
The athletes will share their journeys on the street to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and assist ship Samsung’s central message for Milano Cortina 2026, “Open always wins.” First launched at Paris 2024, the theme returns to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as a mirrored image of Samsung’s perception that, with an open thoughts, something is feasible. Team Samsung Galaxy will ship this message to followers around the globe by sharing private tales that replicate how openness guides their lives and careers.
“Athletes and fans are at the heart of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Samsung is proud to help bring them closer together and make moments more connected — from how athletes share their journeys to how fans experience the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” stated Sophia Kim, VP and Head of Experience Marketing Group, Mobile eXperience (MX) Business at Samsung Electronics. “Together with Team Samsung Galaxy, we will open up new perspectives and infinite possibilities throughout the Games, that is our message ‘Open always wins’ to the fans and communities.”
Athletes Who Bring Openness to Life
With a robust presence throughout 9 key disciplines — together with snowboarding, velocity skating, snowboarding, bobsleigh and cross-country snowboarding — sports activities that embody creativity, expression and efficiency below strain, the Team Samsung Galaxy roster represents the range of winter sports activities.
For Milano Cortina 2026, Team Samsung Galaxy contains Olympic freestyle snowboarding champion Alex Hall (USA), freestyle skier siblings Miro and Flora Tabanelli (ITA), an revolutionary performer of world-first snowboarding methods Ian Matteoli (ITA), multiple-time brief observe velocity skating World Champion and Olympic medalist Minjeong Choi (KOR), Freestyle snowboarding World Champion Zoe Atkin (GB) and two-time snowboarding Olympic gold medalist Anna Gasser (AUT). In alpine snowboarding, Arthur Bauchet (FRA) holds a number of Paralympic and World Championship titles, whereas Adam Žampa (SVK) brings depth of expertise on the worldwide stage. Team Samsung Galaxy for Milano Cortina 2026 additionally boasts determine skating elites together with World Champion Alysa Liu (USA) and two-time World Champion Ilia Malinin (USA).
Across sports activities and borders, every Team Samsung Galaxy athlete brings the spirit of openness to life in their very own private method. Shaped by their creativity, resilience and a willingness to discover what’s attainable, their journeys prolong past competitors to encourage followers around the globe — demonstrating how an open mindset can affect not solely efficiency however on a regular basis life, on and off the street to Milano Cortina 2026.
For Ian Matteoli, openness is expressed by means of daring creativity. One of Italy’s brightest younger snowboarders, he made historical past as the primary rider to land a frontside 2160 in competitors — a second that showcased each technical mastery and an open, fearless method to development. Raised in a snowboarding household, his journey has been formed by a decided comeback from critical harm combating his method again to prime type. As a part of a technology that views the game as each efficiency and way of life, Ian bridges snowboarding and skateboarding, carrying an open mindset as he represents his nation at Milano Cortina 2026.
“Snowboarding has always been part of my life as more than just a sport. It’s a way of expressing who I am,” stated Ian. “After my harm, I modified…
