{"id":273449,"date":"2026-01-08T04:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/273449\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T04:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:12:13","slug":"samsung-counts-down-to-milano-cortina-2026-by-unveiling-a-new-team-samsung-galaxy-roster-samsung-global-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/273449\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Counts Down to Milano Cortina 2026 by Unveiling a New Team Samsung Galaxy Roster \u2013 Samsung Global Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Samsung Electronics, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, today unveiled a new roster of Team Samsung Galaxy athletes for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The new team brings together 68 athletes across 17 countries, representing both Olympic and Paralympic sports. Each member of Team Samsung Galaxy was selected for their personal journey \u2014 one that embodies openness both on and off the field of play.<\/p>\n

Bringing \u201cOpen always wins\u201d to the Road to Milano Cortina 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The athletes will share their journeys on the road to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and help deliver Samsung\u2019s central message for Milano Cortina 2026, \u201cOpen always wins.\u201d First introduced at Paris 2024, the theme returns to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as a reflection of Samsung\u2019s belief that, with an open mind, anything is possible. Team Samsung Galaxy will deliver this message to fans around the world by sharing personal stories that reflect how openness guides their lives and careers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAthletes 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 \u2014 from how athletes share their journeys to how fans experience the Olympic and Paralympic Games,\u201d said Sophia Kim, VP and Head of Experience Marketing Group, Mobile eXperience (MX) Business at Samsung Electronics. \u201cTogether with Team Samsung Galaxy, we will open up new perspectives and infinite possibilities throughout the Games, that is our message \u2018Open always wins\u2019 to the fans and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Athletes Who Bring Openness to Life<\/strong><\/p>\n

With a strong presence across nine key disciplines \u2014 including snowboarding, speed skating, skiing, bobsleigh and cross-country skiing \u2014 sports that embody creativity, expression and performance under pressure, the Team Samsung Galaxy roster represents the diversity of winter sports.<\/p>\n

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For Milano Cortina 2026, Team Samsung Galaxy includes Olympic freestyle skiing champion Alex Hall (USA), freestyle skier siblings Miro and Flora Tabanelli (ITA), an innovative performer of world-first snowboarding tricks Ian Matteoli (ITA), multiple-time short track speed skating World Champion and Olympic medalist Minjeong Choi (KOR), Freestyle skiing World Champion Zoe Atkin (GB) and two-time snowboarding Olympic gold medalist Anna Gasser (AUT). In alpine skiing, Arthur Bauchet (FRA) holds multiple Paralympic and World Championship titles, while Adam \u017dampa (SVK) brings depth of experience on the international stage. Team Samsung Galaxy for Milano Cortina 2026 also boasts figure skating elites including World Champion Alysa Liu (USA) and two-time World Champion Ilia Malinin (USA).<\/p>\n

Across sports and borders, each Team Samsung Galaxy athlete brings the spirit of openness to life in their own personal way. Shaped by their creativity, resilience and a willingness to explore what\u2019s possible, their journeys extend beyond competition to inspire fans around the world \u2014 demonstrating how an open mindset can influence not only performance but everyday life, on and off the road to Milano Cortina 2026.<\/p>\n

For Ian Matteoli, openness is expressed through bold creativity. One of Italy\u2019s brightest young snowboarders, he made history as the first rider to land a frontside 2160 in competition \u2014 a moment that showcased both technical mastery and an open, fearless approach to progression. Raised in a snowboarding family, his journey has been shaped by a determined comeback from serious injury fighting his way back to top form. As part of a generation that views the sport as both performance and lifestyle, Ian bridges snowboarding and skateboarding, carrying an open mindset as he represents his country at Milano Cortina 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cSnowboarding has always been part of my life as more than just a sport. It\u2019s a way of expressing who I am,\u201d said Ian. \u201cAfter my injury, I changed how I approached snowboarding and life, pushing myself to come back stronger, more creative and more connected to why I love this sport. Representing Italy on home soil is incredibly special, and having the support of Samsung motivates me to keep pushing creatively.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For Mike Schultz, openness is expressed through reinvention and resilience. After a life-changing accident, he rebuilt his athletic journey by staying open to new ways of thinking, training and creating \u2014 transforming challenges into opportunity by engineering his own prosthetic to return to elite competition. Through an open mindset grounded in creativity and adaptability, Mike continues to evolve his approach to performance and recovery, winning three Paralympic medals and multiple World Championship titles. His story shows how openness can turn adversity into purposeful progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for creativity, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today. After my accident, I had to completely reimagine how I trained and recovered. Staying open to new ideas and using technology to better understand my body helped me rebuild with confidence,\u201d said Mike. \u201cIt\u2019s surreal to be part of Team Samsung Galaxy, given how tools like digital health platform have supported my progress, allowing me to train smarter and keep moving forward as an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alex Hall diversified his career path by establishing a ski film brand that documents urban and backcountry skiing. Raised in Zurich before moving to Park City, he grew up across two continents and brings a global perspective to freestyle skiing that blends technical precision with artistic expression. Off the slopes, his pioneering mindset carries over into filmmaking, where he draws inspiration for his new tricks while avoiding mental fatigue. His ability to blend sports, art and storytelling makes him one of the most creative voices in freestyle skiing today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to be part of Team Samsung Galaxy and represent a brand that brings athletes and communities together on a global scale,\u201d said Alex. \u201cTo me, there are no limits in sports. Everyone can express themselves in their own way, and Samsung empowers us to do this on and off the snow with its technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Minjeong Choi expresses openness by inspiring young short track speed skaters through her own experiences. As a double Olympic champion in Women\u2019s 1,500m and multiple world record holder in speed skating, her story of sustained excellence under pressure \u2014 and a constant willingness to evolve \u2014 opens up new perspectives for future generations. Admired for her leadership, her passion to continuously adjust, learn and lead reflects how openness fuels longevity and performance as an elite athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy to rejoin Team Samsung Galaxy after the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022,\u201d said Minjeong. \u201cTeam Samsung Galaxy has always inspired people to open up more possibilities through sport. At the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, I will continue creating a positive impact with Team Samsung Galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing the Journey to Milano Cortina 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Team Samsung Galaxy, Samsung reaffirms its long-standing commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Movement. As the world looks ahead to Milano Cortina 2026, Samsung will spotlight authentic athlete stories that go beyond results alone \u2014 reinforcing openness as a value that connects athletes, fans and communities around the world through technology. Additional information on \u201cOpen always wins\u201d and Samsung\u2019s support for the Olympic Winter Games will be released as the Road to Milano Cortina 2026 continues.<\/p>\n

Team Samsung Galaxy for Milano Cortina 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Zoe Atkin (United Kingdom), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  2. Amedeo Bagnis (Italy), Skeleton<\/li>\n
  3. Corrado Barbera (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  4. Elia Barp (Italy), Cross-country Skiing<\/li>\n
  5. Marta Bassino (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  6. Arthur Bauchet (France), Para Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  7. Giacomo Bertagnolli (Italy), Para Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  8. Federica Brignone (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  9. Gaon Choi (South Korea), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  10. Minjeong Choi (South Korea), Short Track Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  11. Giorgia Collomb (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  12. Stefania Constantini (Italy), Curling<\/li>\n
  13. Elena Curtoni (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  14. Ren\u00e8 de Silvestro (Italy), Para Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  15. Lara Della Mea (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  16. Simone Deromedis (Italy), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  17. Leonardo Donaggio (Italy), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  18. Roland Fischnaller (Italy), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  19. Arianna Fontana (Italy), Short Track Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  20. Loris Framarin (Italy), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  21. Giovanni Franzoni (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  22. Ralfs Freibergs (Latvia), Ice Hockey<\/li>\n
  23. Jole Galli (Italy), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  24. Anna Gasser (Austria), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  25. David Ghiotto (Italy), Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  26. Tommaso Giacomel (Italy), Biathlon<\/li>\n
  27. Ren\u0101rs Granti\u0146\u0161 (Latvia), Bobsleigh<\/li>\n
  28. Daniel Grassl (Italy), Figure Skating<\/li>\n
  29. Alex Hall (United States), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  30. Jakub Hrone\u0161 (Czech Republic), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  31. Daeheon Hwang (South Korea), Short Track Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  32. Alex Insam (Italy), Ski Jumping<\/li>\n
  33. Gilli Kim (South Korea), Short Track Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  34. Marcus Kleveland (Norway), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  35. Tess Ledeux (France), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  36. Alysa Liu (United States), Figure Skating<\/li>\n
  37. Nicola Liviero (Italy), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  38. Zrinka Ljuti\u0107 (Croatia), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  39. Jacopo Luchini (Italy), Para Snowboard<\/li>\n
  40. Ilia Malinin (United States), Figure Skating<\/li>\n
  41. Valentina Margaglio (Italy), Skeleton<\/li>\n
  42. Ian Matteoli (Italy), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  43. Txema Mazet-Brown (United Kingdom), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  44. Annika Morgan (Germany), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  45. Dominik Paris (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  46. Anna Pezzetta (Italy), Figure Skating<\/li>\n
  47. Federico Pellegrino (Italy), Cross-country Skiing<\/li>\n
  48. Emanuel Perathoner (Italy), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  49. Manon Petit-Lenoir (France), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  50. Laura Pirovano (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  51. S\u00e1ra P\u00f3nya (Hungary), Cross-country Skiing<\/li>\n
  52. Jongun Rim (South Korea), Short Track Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  53. Matteo Rizzo (Italy), Figure Skating<\/li>\n
  54. Marta Rossetti (Italy), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n
  55. Suzanne Schulting (Netherlands), Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  56. Mike Schultz (United States), Para Snowboard<\/li>\n
  57. Arianna Sighel (Italy), Short Track Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  58. Petro Sighel (Italy), Short Track Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  59. Bart Swings (Belgium), Speed Skating<\/li>\n
  60. Flora Tabanelli (Italy), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  61. Miro Tabanelli (Italy), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  62. Deniss Vasi\u013cjevs (Latvia), Figure Skating<\/li>\n
  63. Lisa Vittozzi (Italy), Biathlon<\/li>\n
  64. Leon Vockensperger (Germany), Snowboard<\/li>\n
  65. Walter Wallberg (Sweden), Freestyle Skiing<\/li>\n
  66. Dorothea Wierer (Italy), Biathlon<\/li>\n
  67. Micha\u0142 Wo\u017aniak (Poland), Figure Skating<\/li>\n
  68. Adam \u017dampa (Slovakia), Alpine Skiing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    About Samsung\u2019s Involvement in the Olympic Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Samsung has been a Worldwide Olympic Partner since the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998. For nearly 30 years, athletes and fans have trusted Samsung\u2019s transformative mobile technology to share the Olympic spirit globally and continue to shape the digital future of the Olympic Games for Milano Cortina 2026 and beyond. The company\u2019s commitment to the Olympic Movement soon faces its fourth decade of partnership and extends through Los Angeles 2028. Samsung\u2019s purposeful innovations in the wireless communications and computing equipment category, including equipment that features artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality and 5G will change the way the world experiences the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

    About Samsung\u2019s Involvement in the Paralympic Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Samsung is a Worldwide Partner of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in the wireless communications and computing equipment category. Starting from Paralympic Winter Games Torino 2006, the company has proudly supported the Paralympic Movement and enabled athletes and fans around the world to share the excitement and inspiration of the Games through Samsung\u2019s transformative mobile technology. Samsung\u2019s commitment to the Paralympic Games will extend through to Los Angeles 2028 and be celebrated through innovative mobile and computing experiences powered by purposeful innovations in the wireless communications and computing equipment category, including equipment that features artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality and 5G.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung Electronics, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, today unveiled a new roster of Team Samsung Galaxy athletes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,7443,19,17,23655,138917,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-273449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-galaxy","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-milano-cortina-2026","13":"tag-team-samsung-galaxy","14":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115857532219399562","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}