Athletes from everywhere in the world are converging on Milan and Cortina this week for the 2026 Winter Olympics. A number of of these athletes name Massachusetts dwelling.
There’s not a state on the East Coast that has more representatives on Team USA than Massachusetts. So get to know these 15 opponents from the Commonwealth forward of Friday’s opening ceremony.
Matt Boldy, Millis
Ice Hockey
Boldy was one of many premier gamers from the U.S. throughout final 12 months’s 4 Nations Face-Off. The extremely expert ahead, who performed two seasons at BC and was the twelfth choose of the Minnesota Wild within the 2019 NHL Draft, is making his Olympic debut. He has 29 objectives and 29 assists for the Wild this season.
Alex Carpenter, North Studying
Ice Hockey
The 31-year-old is competing in her third Olympics, having additionally carried out so in 2014 and 2022. A gold medal has eluded Carpenter, although, as she took dwelling silvers these years. Carpenter, who’s the daughter of former NHL veteran Bobby Carpenter and holds the all-time file for many objectives, assists and factors at BC, performs for the Seattle Torrent of the PWHL.
Zachary DiGregorio, Medway
Luge
DiGregorio obtained into luge by attending a USA Luge Slider Search occasion in Carlisle, Mass., when he was 10 years previous. Now, the 24-year-old is showing in his second Olympics. DiGregorio competes in males’s double luge with Sean Hollander and in 2023 they turned the primary U.S. doubles workforce to win a FIL World Cup race in 18 years.
Korey Dropkin, Southboro
Curling
Curling is a household custom for Dropkin and he obtained concerned with the game on the age of 5. He cultivated his curling craft at Broomstones Curling Membership in Wayland. The 30-year-old Dropkin moved to Duluth, Minn., to proceed his curling profession and took dwelling the gold on the 2023 World Championships.
Jack Eichel, North Chelmsford
Ice Hockey
Eichel obtained his fingers on the Stanley Cup as a member of the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023 and can now attempt to safe a gold medal at his first Olympics. The 29-year-old starred at Boston College and was the No. 2 general choose within the 2015 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. He has recorded 19 objectives and 45 assists this season, which is his eleventh within the NHL.
David Eustace, Stoneham
Sled hockey
Eustace had his leg amputated at 5 years previous after being hit by a automotive when he was leaving college, however he didn’t let that set him again. He began taking part in sled hockey when he was eight and was a part of Crew USA that captured a fourth straight Paralympic gold medal in 2022. He additionally has received three gold medals and one silver medal at World Championships.
Chevonne Forgan, Chelmsford
Luge
Forgan calls Chelmsford her hometown regardless of shifting there from Adelaide, South Australia when she was 11. A 2018 Chelmsford Excessive graduate, she trains in Lake Placid full-time and received a silver medal on the 2019 USA Luge Junior Nationwide Championships. The 25-year-old now competes in doubles luge with Sophia Kirkby.
Noah Hanifin, Norwood
Ice Hockey
The 6-foot-3, 206-pound defenseman has an unlimited quantity of NHL expertise, having performed 12 seasons together with his time break up between the Carolina Hurricanes, Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights. Hanifin, who spent one season at BC and was the fifth general choose within the 2015 NHL draft, has represented the U.S. at three World Championships however is making his Olympic debut.
Ansel Haugsjaa, Framingham
Luge
The 21-year-old Haugsjaa didn’t even actually know what luge was till a good friend launched him to the game throughout an occasion at Wachusett Mountain when he was 12. Now, the 21-year-old is bursting with potential having received silver on the Cortina Olympic take a look at occasion in November and a FIL World Cup gold medal a month later. He types a doubles luge pairing with Marcus Mueller.
Kris Horn, Pembroke
Bobsled
Horn tried out for the U.S. bobsled workforce in 2018 and he’s now competing in his second Olympics. The 31-year-old was an completed athlete at UMass as he showcased his athleticism by being a three-time convention champion within the heptathlon and decathlon. Horn was a 2012 Herald All-Scholastic in monitor and subject.
Griffin LaMarre, Haverhill
Sled hockey
LaMarre was born with spastic paraplegia, a situation that impacts his legs and steadiness. He found sled hockey at age 11. LaMarre was a backup goalie on the 2022 Paralympic Winter Video games in Beijing and on the 2024 Worldwide Para Hockey Cup he was the beginning goalie and posted two shutouts.
Julie Letai, Medfield
Speedskating
A number of accidents virtually derailed Letai from making her second Olympics. Letai, who honed her expertise at Bay State Speedskating Membership in Walpole as a teenager, received silver on the ladies’s relay workforce on the 2024 World Championships. She competed within the 1500m and the ladies’s relay on the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Julia Kern, Waltham
Cross-country snowboarding
Kern’s dad and mom wasted no time getting her into cross-country snowboarding as she began the game at simply 15-months-old. Only one month after graduating from highschool, Kern made the U.S. ski workforce and is a two-time world medalist. The 28-year-old, who graduated from Dartmouth Faculty in 2021, is competing in her second Olympics.
Sean O’Neill, Forestdale
Wheelchair Curling
O’Neill isn’t your typical Paralympian. He works in Boston as a lawyer after graduating from Harvard Legislation College. O’Neill started curling on the Cape Cod Curling Membership and was named to the U.S. nationwide workforce in 2024.
Amie Varano, Duxbury
Ice hockey
Varano’s Olympic desires got here true as she is going to play for Crew Italy on the Winter Video games. A twin citizen, Varano starred at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham and had a storied profession at Sacred Coronary heart College. She has performed skilled hockey in Europe for a number of years.
