Team GB Medal Hopes: Best Chances for 2026 Winter Olympics
The opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics is here, and while action has been taken place over the past couple of days, things really begin to get going now.
Team GB head to Italy looking for their best ever medal haul at these games, and it looks a real possibility.
The best ever so far? Five medals, achieved twice, in 2014 and 2018, but there is real optimism that we'll surpass that total this year.
Why? Well the simple answer is we've got a fantastic team, the best ever on paper. A mix of genuine world stars and some exciting up and coming talent. Eight medals is the target, which would be a huge return, and there's an outside chance we could hit double figures.
The Skeleton and Curling teams are our strongest, and it wouldn't be the biggest shock in the world if they could hit the previous record of five themselves, before we even think about anyone else.
Below, exclusively for Free Bets, I run through the best Team GB medal hopes across the different sports.
Team GB Best Medal Hopes for 2026
Who are the names to look out for over the next two weeks? Here's the top Team GB medal hopes.
Matt Weston
- Event - Skeleton
If you were to tell me that Team GB are going to win one gold medal this year, and I had to guess who that would be, then I'd be putting the ribbon around the neck of Matt Weston.
We've seen seven World Cup races during the 2025/26 Skeleton season, and Matt has won five of those races. Further back, it's just as good, gold at the 2025 World Championships and the most recent European Championships.
15th in 2022, this is a different man, a man in his prime, Team GB's best medal hope, and best gold medal hope. If you look at the Skeleteon odds with betting sites, Weston is odds on to win gold, nevermind medal, showing just how strong his chances are.
Marcus Wyatt
- Event - Skeleton
Who fancies a Skeleton 1-2 this year? It might not seem as far fetched as you'd imagine.
Third overall in the World Cup, the two races that Weston failed to win from the seven this season, Marcus Wyatt won them both. He recorded a second placed finish too, and was generally very strong.
Silver at the World Championships last year, to give GB a 1-2 there, more of the same please.
Tabitha Stoecker
- Event - Skeleton
Switching to the women's Skeleton now, where Tabitha Stoecker will try and follow in the footsteps of Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold, who won gold in this event in 2010, 2014 and 2018 between them.
In 2025 she won our first female Skeleton World Championship medal for 11 years by taking Bronze, after coming so close when fourth in 2024.
She's won mixed team silver with Matt Weston in both 2024 and 2025 too, so knows exactly what it takes to get a medal.
A note for Amelia Coltman, fourth in the 2024/25 World Cup season, if things click for her, she can also go really well in the women's event.
Men's Curling Team
Two strong medal chances and one outside squeak across the three Curling medals this time around, but the men's team appears to be our strongest chance of a medal.
There's a real expectation that Team GB and Canada will dominate the men's game, and after silver four years ago, the men, skippered by Bruce Mouat, will be looking to go one better.
Mouat is currently world number one, and has the tools to deliver at least a medal with his team, if not gold.
Mixed Doubles Curling - Bruce Mouat & Jennifer Dodds
The only curling event to not see a medal in 2022 for Team GB was mixed doubles, where a desperately close event saw our team finish 4th, the worst place to be.
But there's high hopes they'll go much better this time around. Dodds is back for more, and has experienced gold, while Mouat is on top of the world and has a genuine double medal chance.
Early games have shown them this pair to be in great form, and they will be hoping to land the first of three curling medals for Team GB.
The women's team, winners of gold in 2022, are much changed, and would be considered as our least likely chance of a medal this time around.
Lewis Gibson & Lilah Fear
- Event - Figure Skating
Since the days of Torvill and Dean, we've seen no success in the figure skating, but that could be about to change, thanks to the emergence of Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear.
The pair managed 11th in Beijing, but it's what they done since then that has been really impressive. 2025 saw them land a bronze medal at both the World Championships and the big Grand Prixe event.
Just a couple of weeks before heading to Italy, on home ice in Sheffield, the pair won a European Championship medal, the fourth year in a row they've won a medal at that event, setting them up perfectly for the games.
Mia Brookes
- Event - Snowboard Slopestyle & Big Air
A young up and coming star, Team GB's best medal hope from the Snowboarding team is Mia Brookes.
Gaining valuable experience at the 2022 games, since then, she's been picking up regular medals, including very recently.
World Cup gold at the end of 2025, her fourth World Cup success, and then X Games gold at the start of 2026, putting Mia in serious form, and cementing her as a serious medal hope.
Kirsty Muir
- Event - Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle & Big Air
A World Cup medalist and World Junior champion before the 2022 games, but just as she began building on that, a career threatening knee injury came in 20223.
Thankfully, Muir has recovered, and worked her way back up towards the top with some consistent performances.
A timely gold medal at the 2026 X Games puts Muir in great form, and in medal contention.
Zoe Atkin
- Event - Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe
Pain four years ago for Atkin, who finished in fourth position, she will come here desperately looking to go at least one better, and has reason to believe she can.
A consistent performer, she was another one of the team to win X Games gold in January, setting her up well coming into the Olympics.
Silver and Bronze medals from World Championships in recent years further highlight her quality, and chances on the big stage.
As the action unfolds over in Italy, here at Free Bets we will bring you the latest betting news and top stories across all the events, especially if they involve the chances of a medal for Team GB.
