Team Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 women’s and men’s curling teams unveiled

HALIFAX (December 1, 2025) – Curling Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have officially announced the curlers selected to represent Team Canada in the women’s and men’s tournaments at the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Team Homan and Team Jacobs qualified by winning the 2025 Canadian Curling Trials, which took place November 22-30 in Halifax.

Canada secured its men’s and women’s Olympic team quota spots earlier this year through the Qualification Points ranking, determined by combined results at the 2024 and 2025 World Curling Championships. Alongside host nation Italy, seven other countries earned spots in the Olympic curling tournaments. The last two Olympic spots in each tournament will be awarded at the Olympic Qualification Event taking place December 5-18 in Kelowna, B.C. 

The women’s team curlers includes:
Rachel Homan (Beaumont, Alta.) – Skip
Tracy Fleury (Sudbury, Ont.) – Third/Vice-skip
Emma Miskew (Ottawa, Ont.) – Second
Sarah Wilkes (London, Ont.) – Lead
Rachelle Brown (Edmonton, Alta.) – Alternate
Heather Nedohin (Sherwood Park, Alta.) – Coach

The men’s team curlers includes:
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) – Skip
Marc Kennedy (St. Albert, Alta.) – Third/Vice-skip
Brett Gallant (Chestermere, Alta.) – Second
Ben Hebert (Chestermere, Alta.) – Lead
Tyler Tardi (Calgary, Alta.) – Alternate
Paul Webster (Calgary, Alta.) – Coach

Brett Gallant (Chestermere, Alta.) and Jocelyn Peterman (Chestermere, Alta.) will represent Team Canada in mixed doubles at Milano Cortina 2026. The pair was named to the team in May of this year. 

The four-person women’s team, led by two-time Olympian and three-time world champion skip Rachel Homan of the Ottawa Curling Club, secured its Olympic berth by defeating Team Black 12-3 in two games in the women’s final. Team Homan captured back-to-back World Women’s Curling Championship titles in 2024 and 2025. They were the first Canadian women’s team to win consecutive world championship gold medals in over 30 years. The team won gold at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in 2024 and finished as the runner-up in 2025. As of November 2025, Homan has won 20 Grand Slam of Curling titles, the most by any skip, male or female. Miskew will be competing in her second Olympic Winter Games. Fleury, Wilkes, and Brown will be making their Olympic debuts. 

“It’s just hard to believe that we’re going to Italy; we couldn’t be happier. There are no words to describe putting that Maple Leaf on your back at the Olympics,” said Homan. “With these three girls and our support team and Heather and Rachelle, we feel like we can take on the world with confidence. It’s going to be an uphill battle there, just like it was this week. And we’re going to be prepared for it. It’s still the hardest tournament you’ll ever play in, and we’re excited to be going together with this team. We know that we can put that Maple Leaf on our back with pride. We’re going to have the nation behind us, and all we can do is everything we’ve been doing.”

On the men’s side, Team Jacobs brings a wealth of Olympic experience, with its core four players all having previously reached Olympic podiums. Skip Brad Jacobs won gold in his Olympic debut at Sochi 2014 while vice-skip Marc Kennedy and lead Ben Hebert were part of Canada’s undefeated gold-medal run at Vancouver 2010. Kennedy, a three-time Olympian, also won bronze at the last Olympic Winter Games in Beijing alongside second Brett Gallant. Building on its Olympic success, Team Jacobs claimed gold at the 2025 Pan Continental Championships after earning bronze at the 2025 World Men’s Curling Championship.

“I’ve played in four Trials, made three finals, won it twice and I knew that going into that game, if we won that game, I’d have a 26-and-8 record on the teams that I played on in the Olympic trials and I just can’t believe that,” said Jacobs. “I can’t believe that I’ve been able to be on teams and be blessed with the teammates that I’ve been blessed with to win such a huge event, now twice, and go back to the Olympics. It’s mind-blowing to me. It’s not going to be an easy task for our team and for Team Rachel Homan. But you know what? We’re up for the challenge.”

“Watching Team Homan and Team Jacobs earn the right to represent Canada in Milano Cortina was thrilling, and we’re excited to see what they will do in February. There will be some hard work being put in between now and then, and we have a support team behind our four-player teams as well as our mixed doubles team of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant who will do everything in their power to give our athletes the best chance to succeed in Italy,” said David Murdoch, High Performance Director of Curling Canada.

Canada has a long and successful Olympic curling legacy, having won 12 medals, including six gold, since the sport returned to the Olympic Winter Games program at Nagano 1998. From Nagano 1998 through Beijing 2022, Canada has reached the podium at every Games. As of 2025, Canada has captured 36 men’s and 19 women’s world curling titles, holding the world record for the most championships won in both genders. These achievements demonstrate Canada’s status as one of the world’s premier curling nations, consistently ranking among the top competitors internationally.

Mixed doubles curling will be held from February 4 to 10 (Day –2 to 4), followed by the men’s and women’s competitions from February 11 to 22 (Day 5 to 16) at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The Olympic Stadium in Cortina was originally built in 1955 for the Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 Olympic Winter Games, where it hosted the Opening Ceremony and skating competitions. Seventy years later, Milano Cortina 2026 will be spread across eight clusters, with Cortina d’Ampezzo hosting curling, alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton.

“Congratulations to Team Homan and Team Jacobs for being named to Team Canada! Your focus has been incredible all week, and you’ve certainly made us feel the excitement for the upcoming Winter Games,” said Jennifer Heil, Team Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 Chef de Mission. “Curling is one of Canada’s most iconic sports, with generations of fans across the country, and we all can’t wait to cheer you on.”

Coaches
Viktor Kjell (Whitby, Ont.) – Women’s Team Coach
Laine Peters (Calgary, Alta.) – Mixed Doubles Curling Team Coach
Scott Pfeifer (St. Albert, Alta.) – National Mixed Doubles Coach
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, Man.) – Men’s Team Coach

Support Staff
David Murdoch (Okotoks, Alta.) – Team Lead
Kim Richardson (Calgary, Alta.) – Physiotherapist
Renée Sonnenberg (Grande Prairie, Alta.) – Analytics Lead

Prior to being named to Team Canada, all nominations are subject to approval by the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Team Selection Committee following receipt of nominations by all National Sport Organizations.

Team Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 roster can be found here and the qualification tracker can be found here.

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