Curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are the first athletes named to Canada’s team for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
The husband-and-wife team from Chestermere, Alta., will represent Canada in mixed doubles curling at the Games, Curling Canada and the Canadian Olympic Team announced Monday.
Peterman and Gallant provisionally earned their nomination to the Olympic team by winning the Canadian mixed doubles trials in January.
They secured Canada’s spot in the Olympic tournament with a sixth-place finish last week at the world mixed doubles curling championship in Fredericton.
“To be an Olympian once is amazing, but to have the opportunity to do it twice, and also to do it with my husband as a teammate, will be a true privilege, and we just can’t wait to be in Italy next year. We’re excited about the road in front of us, and we will be doing everything we can to prepare ourselves for the Olympics,” said Peterman.
Seven countries joined host Italy in the 10-team field based on qualification points from combined placements at the 2024 and 2025 mixed doubles championships.
The final two spots will be filled following a December qualification event in Kelowna, B.C.
Mixed doubles curling will take place Feb. 4-10 n Cortina d’Ampezzo.
“Since Jocelyn and I started playing mixed doubles, it’s been our dream to represent Canada at the Winter Olympics as teammates, and we’re going to embrace this opportunity. We appreciate that Curling Canada adjusted its qualifying process for mixed doubles in order to provide more time to get ourselves ready for the Games, and we’ll be using that time to the best of our ability to be in peak form in Italy,” said Gallant.
Canada has also secured spots in the women’s and men’s Olympic curling events based on its combined ranking at the 2024 and 2025 world championships for each gender.
The four-person teams will be determined at the 2025 Canadian curling trials that will take place in Halifax from Nov. 22-30.