2026 U.S. Winter Olympians Born Abroad

Kit Johnson

09 Feb 2026 — 1 min read

By Martin Rulsch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73437294

Here are the Team USA athletes who were born outside of the United States--with any immigration info I've been able to scrounge up!

Kaillie Humphries (bobsled – Calgary, Alberta) (naturalized December 2021)

Giorgia Birkeland (speed skating – Scandiano, Italy)

Christina Carreira (ice dancing – Montreal, Quebec, Canada) (naturalized November 2025)

Chevonne Forgan (luge – Adelaide, South Australia) (moved with family to US when 11 years old)

Ellie Kam (pairs skater – Yokota Air Base, Japan) (dad USC)

Vadym Kolesnik (ice dancing – Kharkiv, Ukraine) (naturalized August 2025)

Avery Krumme (freestyle skiing – Vancouver, Canada) (citizenship via USC dad)

Oliver ("Ollie") Martin (snowboarding – Wellington, New Zealand)

Bryan Sosoo (bobsled – Ghana)

Campbell Wright (biathlon – Rotorua, New Zealand) (both parents USCs)

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