The Management Board of the Polish Olympic Committee announced the composition of the representation at the XXV Winter Olympics. The arenas in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo will feature 59 White-Red, including 21 representatives of the Polish Army. Soldiers will compete in 7 disciplines: biathlons, ski runs, bobsleighs, fast skating, short track and mountaineering.
Maciej Starega during the FIS planet Cup in the Falun cross-country runs, February 14, 2025.
Games in Italy will last from 6 to 22 February. In Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo athletes will compete for 116 sets of medals in 16 sports disciplines. For the first time, they will fight for places on the podium in mountaineering – sports that combines elements of climbing, skiing and downhill.
Representatives of Poland will compete in 12 of these disciplines: biathlons, ski runs, fast skating, short track, mountaineering, figure skating, tobossing, bobsleighs, alpine skiing, ski jumping, Norwegian combination and snowboarding. Our squad at the XXV Winter Olympics included 32 players and 28 players. The function of the Ensigns during the beginning ceremony was entrusted to ski jumper Kamil Stoch and panchnyst Natalia Czerwonce.
Among our 21 Olympians, almost a third, are soldiers of the Polish Army. Most of them represent Central Military Sports Team, a bobsleist st. width. Claudia Adamek serves in the 12th Mechanized Brigade. For the 4th time in the games 2 athletes will compete: a snowboarder S.A. Aleksandra Król-Walas and a ski runner st. width. Maciej Staręga.
Four years ago in Beijing, Poland represented 57 players. 13 soldiers went to China and represented Poland in 4 sports: biathlons, ski runs, fast skating and snowboarding. 8 years ago, there were 3 soldiers in South Korean Pjongczang in the Polish Olympic team, in 2014 in Sochi – five, in 2010 in Vancouver – three, and in 2006 in Turin – only one.
Poland's representation as 1 of the fewer competed in all winter Olympics. In 24 starts, the White-Reds won 23 medals: 7 gold and silver and 9 bronze. With this acquis Poland in the medal classification of all time ranks 19th in the rate of existing countries. He leads Norway with 405 medals, including 148 zlotys.
At the last 5 winter games Polish representatives won 19 medals. The most successful was a start in Sochi in 2014. Kamil Stoch won 2 gold medals there, 1 by Zbigniew Brodka and Justyna Kowalczyk. In addition to 4 gold discs, Poles besides won silver and bronze. Unfortunately, from the last games in Beijing, Polish representatives returned with only 1 disc – the bronze was won by Dawid Kubacki in ski jumps in the competition at the average jump.
Athletes who received passes for the XXV Winter Olympics, before taking off in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo are inactive waiting to make an Olympic pledge. any of them will do it on 30 January at the PKOl headquarters, while they have remained in Italy.
Representatives of the Polish Army appointed to the Polish representation at XXV ZIO:
Biathlon:
– st. s. spec. Anna Mąka, born 22 May 1992 in Zakopane; represents Biathlon Sports Club Polish Army Koscielisko; for the second time she competes at games – she debuted in Beijing in 2022
– S. W. spec. Kamila Zuk, born November 18, 1997 in Wałbrzych; AZS AWF Katowice; 2018 and 2022 Olympics; two-time champion – 2018 – and runner-up – 2018 and 2019 – junior world
– st. width. Joanna Jakła, born March 2, 1999 in Zakopane; BKS WP Kościelisko; debuts at winter games
– Wide. Konrad Badacz, born 16 January 2003 in Jelenia Góra; MKS Krkonoše Jelenia Góra; debuts at winter games; planet champion juniors in the 2021 relay
– Wide. Jan Guńka, born April 14, 2002 in Zakopane; KS Turbacz; debuts at winter games; planet champion juniors in the 2021 relay
– Wide. Natalia Sidorovich, born September 9, 1998 in Zakopane; AZS AWF Katowice; debuts at winter games; bronze medalist of the 2018 European Junior Championship mixed relay
– Wide. Marcin Zawol, born on 29 May 2002 in Kowary; MKS Krkonoše Jelenia Góra; debuts at winter games; planet champion juniors in the relay and runner-up in the 2021 pursuit race
Ski runs:
– S. W. spec. Isabella Marcisz18 May 2000; Ski Sports Association; for the second time it will compete at the games – it debuted in Beijing; youth planet champions of 2021 and 2023, two-time university champion of 2025
– st. width. Dominic Bury, born 29 November 1996 in Cieszyn; AZS AWF Katowice; 2018 and 2022 Olympic
– st. width. Maciej Staręga, born January 31, 1990 in Siedlce; UKS Rawa Siedlce; Olympicist from 2014, 2018 and 2022
– Wide. Monika Skinner, born November 19, 2001 in Tomaszów Lubelski; MULTIKS Oscar group Tomaszów Lubelski; for the second time he will compete at the games – she made her debut in Beijing; planet champion juniors in the sprint of 2021, runner-up of the youth planet in the sprint of 2022
Bobsleigh:
– st. width. Claudia Adamek, born 22 March 1999 in Zlotów; Tokyo Olympics – at the 2021 summertime Games she represented Poland in athletics, in the 4 × 100 m relay
Speed skating:
– S. W. spec. Karolina Bosiek, born 20 February 2000 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki; Pilica Tomaszów Mazowiecki; 2018 and 2022 Olympics; bronze medalist of the 2024 and 2025 squad sprint planet Championships; European squad sprint champion of 2026
– Wide. Martyna Baran, born February 19, 2001; Warsaw Skating Society Stegny Warszawa; debuts at the winter games; European champion in squad sprint from 2026
– Wide. Marek Kania, born April 2, 1999 in Warsaw; Legion of Warsaw; for the second time he will compete at the games – he made his debut in Beijing; European champion in squad sprinkling from the 1920s and 2026s
- It's wide. Damian Żurek, born September 17, 1999 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki; Pilica Tomaszów Mazowiecki; for the second time he will compete at the games – he made his debut in Beijing; two-time bronze medalist of the planet Championships – at distances of 500 m from 2024 and in a sprinter multi-blade, in a 2022 squad sprinkling; runner-up of the planet Cup overall classification for the 2025/26 period at 500 m; European champion at 500 and 1000 m from 2026
Short track:
– st. width. Michał Niewiński, born July 12, 2003 in Białystok; Juvenia Białystok; for the second time it will compete at the games – debuted in Beijing in 2022; bronze medalist of the planet Championships in the men's relay of 2024
Ski alpinism:
– Lt. Iwona Januszyk, debuts at the winter games; postgraduate of the Air Force College of Officers in Dęblin
Snowboard:
– specials Alexander King-Walas, born November 20, 1990 in Zakopane; KS F2 Dawidek squad pl; 2014 and 2018 and 2022 Olympic; two-time bronze medalist of the planet Championships in the Slalom of parallel gigant from 2023 and 2025
– S. W. spec. Oskar Kwiatkowski, born April 25, 1996 in Zakopane; AZS Zakopane; 2018 and 2022 Olympic; planet champion in a 2023 parallel giant slalom
– st. width. Michał Nowaczyk, born July 26, 1996 in Łódź; AZS Zakopane; for the second time he competes at games – he debuted in Beijing in 2022
