Valentine’s Day is already a high-stakes holiday—but add the Winter Olympics, and suddenly love comes with a medal count. This year, a handful of Olympic couples from Team USA to Team GB will be celebrating the day of love while doing the most intense thing imaginable: competing on the world’s biggest stage. From shared training schedules and long-distance seasons to pre-race pep talks and post-event reunions, these athletes are proving that romance doesn’t pause for the podium. In fact, it might be the secret fuel behind it. —Vita Daily
Hailey Langland and Red Gerard (Team USA)
Hailey Langland and Red Gerard are Team USA’s snowboarding power couple who have been together since 2018 but met when they were just 12 years old. The two will be competing together at this year’s Winter Olympics.
Blayre Turnbull and Ryan Sommer (Team Canada)
Blayre Turnbull is an Olympic ice hockey player and Ryan Sommer is an Olympic bobsledder, the two Team Canada athletes officially tied the knot in summer 2023. Turnbull will be competing this year at the Winter Olympics, while Sommer will be supporting Team Canada’s bobsleigh team as a Team Manager.
Emily Fischnaller (Team USA) and Dominic Fischnaller (Team Italy)
Last May, Emily Sweeney and Dominik Fischnaller tied the knot in Italy. The two Olympic luge athletes have been together for over 15 years and are now preparing to go head to head again at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Mikaela Shiffrin (Team USA) and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Team Norway)
Team USA’s alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin and Team Norway’s alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde announced their engagement in April 2024. This real-life Heated Rivalry couple will be competing against each other for gold at this year’s Winter Olympics.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates (Team USA)
Madison Chock and Evan Bates are two American ice dancers who married in 2024 and have been competing together since 2011. The 2026 Milano Cortina Games will be their fourth Olympics Games competing together, as 3-time World Champions and Olympic gold medalists.
Kim Meylemans (Team Belgium) and Nicole Silveira (Team Brazil)
Kim Meylemans and Nicole Silveira are two skeleton athletes competing against each other for gold at this year’s Winter Olympics. The rival couple who tied the knot a year ago in Calgary, Alberta and are proud to be representing the LGBTQ+ community at this year’s Games.
Anna Kjellbin (Team Sweden) and Ronja Savolainen (Team Finland)
Anna Kjellbin and Ronja Savolainen are two ice hockey players living in their own ‘Heated Rivalry’ reality as rivals at this year’s Olympic Games. The couple first met playing together in the Swedish Women’s Hockey League, before getting signed to two different PWHL teams; Kjellbin plays for the Toronto Sceptres and Savolainen plays for the Ottawa Charge. The couple have been together for over 5 years and officially announced their engagement in 2024.
Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe (Team USA)
Team USA’s Hilary Knight, Olympic ice hockey player, and Brittany Bowe, Olympic speed skater, met and started dating during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The two will be heading to compete at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics for their second Games together as a couple.
Marie Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey (Team Canada)
Marie Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey are both multi-Olympic-gold hockey players representing defending gold medallists Team Canada as teammates at the Winter Olympics this year. The couple met in 2017 at a Team Canada event, have been teammates ever since (both now play for PWHL team Montreal Victoire) and officially tied the knot in 2024.
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri (Team Italy)
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri are two Italian ice dancers who have been competing together since the 2010-2011 season. The dynamic duo have been a couple for over 15 years finding the perfect balance on and off the ice. The upcoming Winter Olympics will mark their fourth Olympic Games competing together in their hometown Milan making it a special moment for them both.
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant (Team Canada)
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are two Canadian curlers originally from Eastern Canada, now married parents living together in Calgary. Milano Cortina 2026 will be their second Olympic Games competing together as a mixed doubles duo since the Beijing 2022 Olympics.
Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Moen Skaslien (Team Norway)
Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Moen Skaslien are two Norwegian curlers who have competed together as a mixed doubles duo since 2013. They originally met in 2008 where Skaslien was making her debut in her first European Curling Champions, while Nedregotten was working as part of the ice crew. The married couple will be competing together again for Norway’s Team Skaslien/Nedregotten (mixed doubles) at this year’s Milano Cortina Games.
Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann and Yannick Schwaller (Team Switzerland)
Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann and Yannick Schwaller are a Swiss mixed doubles duo representing Team Switzerland at the Milano Cortina Games. The couple tied the knot in 2022 and welcomed their son in 2024. This year’s Winter Olympics is the couples’ first time competing at the Olympics placing seventh on the rankings making it a milestone moment for them both.
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Ellia Smeding and Cornelius Kersten (Team GB)
Ellia Smeding and Cornelius Kersten are two speed skaters who competed together at the Beijing 2022 Olympics representing Team GB. Kersten will be cheering on his partner Smeding who will be competing at this year’s 2026 Winter Olympic Games after becoming the first female long track speed skater to represent Team GB since 1980. The couple are co-owners of a local coffee company based in the Netherlands that they started to help fund their Olympic trips together.
Maddie Mastro and Ryan Wachendorfer (Team USA)
Maddie Mastro and Ryan Wachendorfer are two Team USA Olympic snowboarders who have been together for several years. Wachendorfer will be cheering on his partner, Mastro, who will be competing at this year’s Winter Olympics in Italy.
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