Minnesota is Sending the Second-Most People to the Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan is coming up Friday, February 6th. It's always so cool to see how countries decide to showcase themselves during the opening ceremony. But, even cooler, is that Minnesota is going to be well represented at this year's Olympics.

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Minnesota is Sending a Ton of Athletes to the Winter Olympics

Minnesota is actually sending the second-most athletes to the Winter Olympics. The only state that beat us out? Colorado. Figures. They're sending 29 athletes.

Both Minnesota and Colorado make so much sense to have a ton of Winter Olympians. We literally do some of these Olympic sports for fun in the wintertime!

As you can imagine, Minnesota is most represented on the men's and women's hockey teams. But we've got Minnesotans competing all across the board. Let's see who we should be watching for.

Minnesotans on Team USA for the 2026 Winter Olympics

Jackson Lacombe
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Eden Prairie

Lucinda Anderson
Sport: Biathlon
Hometown: Golden Valley

Giorgia Birkeland
Sport: Speedskating
Hometown: White Bear Lake

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Jessie Diggins
Sport: Cross-Country Skiing
Hometown: Afton
Past Medals: gold, silver, and bronze

Brock Faber
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Maple Grove

Margie Freed
Sport: Biathlon
Hometown: Apple Valley

Aileen Geving
Sport: Surling
Hometown: Duluth

Jake Guentzel
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Woodbury

Rory Guilday
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Chanhassen

Taylor Heise
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Lake City

Zak Ketterson
Sport: Cross-Country Skiing
Hometown: Bloomington

Paula Moltzan
Sport: Alpine Skiing
Hometown: Lakeville

Greta Myers
Sport: Speedskating
Hometown: Lino Lakes

Brock Nelson
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Warroad

Jake Oettinger
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Lakeville

Aidan Oldenburg
Sport: Curling
Hometown: Mapleton

Kelly Pannek
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Plymouth
Past Medals: gold and silver

Tabitha Peterson Lovick
Sport: Curling
Hometown: Eagan

Iris Pflum
Sport: Snowboarding
Hometown: Minneapolis

Jonnor Ralph
Sport: Freestyle Skiing
Hometown: Helena

Rich Ruohonen
Sport: Curling
Hometown: Brooklyn Park

Lee Stecklein
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Roseville
Past Medals: gold and 2 silver

Cory Thiesse
Sport: Curling
Hometown: Duluth

Lindsey Vonn
Sport: Alpine Skiing
Hometown: St. Paul (however, on Team USA's website, she has her hometown listed at Vail, CO)

Grace Zumwinkle
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Excelsior
Past Medals: silver