With 100 days to go till the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Staff GB’s freestyle ladies look set to make a significant affect on the snow. The most recent GB Park & Pipe squads characteristic 22 athletes, together with a number of the strongest names Britain has ever produced in freestyle snowboarding and snowboarding.
In current seasons, British riders and skiers have claimed World Cup wins, X Video games medals, World Championship titles and even Crystal Globes, marking a brand new period of worldwide success. GB Snowsport Efficiency Director Kearnan Myall says Britain’s observe file in Park & Pipe competitors has been “extraordinary”, and he expects the momentum to proceed into the Olympic season.
Freestyle snowboarding and snowboarding have grow to be two of Staff GB’s most fun disciplines, with younger stars pushing the bounds and established names persevering with to boost the usual on the world stage. Amongst this standout squad are 5 ladies who’ve constantly impressed on the highest stage and shall be key to Britain’s problem in Milan-Cortina.
Right here’s who to look out for (in no explicit order)
Zoe Atkin
Zoe Atkin
Britain’s reigning half-pipe world champion (22) and a prime contender for Milan-Cortina 2026. After ending ninth at her Olympic debut in Beijing, she adopted with X Video games gold in 2023, silver in 2024, and a World Championship title in 2025. Identified for technical precision and fearless amplitude, she’s now refining her run with new methods and a recent mindset. A Stanford scholar balancing sport and research, she’s targeted on psychological resilience and calculated development. With rising confidence and momentum, Atkin is poised to problem for Britain on the highest stage in freestyle snowboarding on the Olympics.
Zoe Atkin – Staff GB profile
Charlotte Bankes
Charlotte Bankes
Britain’s snowboard-cross powerhouse (30) with two Crystal Globes and three World Championship medals since switching allegiance from France. Her 2025 season ended abruptly with a damaged collarbone, dashing hopes of a 3rd World Cup title. “Gutted and annoyed…” she stated on Instagram, “however now the main target is on getting the physique mended… and coming again stronger subsequent yr for an enormous one [Winter Olympics].” With Milan-Cortina in sight, Bankes stays decided: “There’s an enormous development… we have to be affected person.”
Charlotte Bankes – GB Snowsport profile
Mia Brookes
Mia Brookes
At simply 16 Mia grew to become the youngest snowboard slopestyle world champion, touchdown the first-ever ladies’s cab 1440. Now 18, she’s eyeing Olympic glory at Milan-Cortina 2026. She loved a sensational season final winter, taking a number of World Cup podiums—victories in Beijing, Chur, Klagenfurt and Laax—and profitable the Crystal Globe in Huge Air. “The Olympic rings are on the finish of the tunnel,” she advised Staff GB. “However I take it day-to-day.” After topping a number of podiums final season and displaying fearless fashion, Brookes is targeted on development, not stress: “You’ve received to modify your mindset on… breathe and go.”
Mia Brookes – Staff GB overview
Kirsty Muir
Scottish freestyle skier (21) rising quick in large air and slopestyle. After putting fifth and eighth within the 2022 Winter Olympics, she bounced again from a severe ACL damage in 2023 to win her first World Cup slopestyle occasion in Tignes in 2025. With podiums on the X Video games and Youth Olympics already below her belt, Muir is broadly seen as a medal contender for Milan-Cortina. Her technical ability, fearless fashion and powerful comeback cement her standing as certainly one of Staff GB’s brightest hopes.
Kirsty Muir – Staff GB profile
Katie Ormerod
Katy Omerod CREDIT Crimson Bull
Considered one of Britain’s most achieved snowboarders (27), with World Cup wins in slopestyle and massive air—and the primary girl to land a double cork 1080. Regardless of lacking PyeongChang 2018 with a shattered heel and battling by way of a Covid-disrupted Beijing 2022, she gained the Crystal Globe in 2020 and returned from a severe bone an infection in 2024. Now in peak kind, Ormerod enters the Milan-Cortina Olympic cycle with renewed confidence and dedication. Her technical prowess and psychological grit make her a compelling medal prospect for Staff GB.
Katie Ormerod – Staff GB profile
For full squad particulars and profiles of all athletes go to GB Snowsport Athletes – Meet our World Cup Athletes. gbsnowsport.com
Predominant Picture – Katy Omerod CREDIT Crimson Bull
