The 2026 Winter Olympics were held from February 4th-22nd in various venues in northern Italy. It was known as the Milano Cortina 2026.
Source: Fondazione Milano-Cortina 2026
In the medal count, 29 national teams and one “individual neutral athlete” (a Russian) won at least one medal.
Norway was the winner in the medal count, with 18 gold medals and 41 total medals (gold, silver and bronze). The U.S. was in second place, with 12 gold medals and 33 total medals.
Mexico sent five competitors to the 2026 Winter Olympics. Here’s how they did:
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING (Esquí de Fondo) – Allan Corona and Regina Martinez.
Allan Corona placed #105 in the Men’s 10 kilometre freestyle.
Regina Martinez, an emergency room doctor in Miami, placed 108th in the Women’s 10 Kilometre Freestyle.
ALPINE SKIING (Esquí Alpino)- Mother and Son Sarah Schleper and Lasse Gaxiola.
Colorado-born Sarah Schleper is 47 years old and has participated in seven Winter Olympics, four for the U.S. and three for Mexico. Sarah is married to Federico Gaxiola and their 18-year old son is Lasse Gaxiola, the other competitor in Alpine Skiing for Mexico.
Lasse Gaxiola did not finish the Men’s Slalom. In the Men’s Giant Slalom, Lasse placed 53rd.
Sarah Schleper placed 26th in the Women’s Super-G. She was disqualified from the Women’s Giant Slalom because her skis were a fraction of an inch too long.
FIGURE SKATING (Patinaje Artístico) – Donovan Carrillo competed for Mexico in both the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
In the 2026 Winter Olympics, Donovan Carrillo placed 19th in the free skate and had an overall 23rd placing.
NO MEDALS FOR MEXICO
To summarize, Mexico won no medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics, and has never won a medal in any Winter Olympics.
Nor did any other Latin American country, with one first-time exception.
In fact, until these games, no Latin American country, and no tropical country had ever won a medal at the Winter Olympics.
BRAZIL GETS A MEDAL
But in these 2026 Olympics, a gold medal in alpine skiing was won by Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first Latin American and the first competitor from any tropical nation to win a Winter Olympics medal.
Well, sort of. Braathen’s father is Norwegian and his mother Brazilian, and he was partially brought up in Norway.