100 days before the start of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, Samsung Electronics Italia, global Olympic and Paralympic partner, presents its ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team, a team made up of 40 Italian athletes who will become protagonists of an emotional bridge between technology and sport. Samsung enhances the spirit of ambition, innovation and excellence, values shared with the athletes of the ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team for Italy, who are preparing to write memorable pages in Italian sporting history. The ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team, in fact, embodies the value of the team, of collective commitment and determination: each athlete has achieved their goals thanks to personal talent, but also to the support of coaches, families and supporters who have made their successes possible.
Among the athletes stand out Federica Brignone, world champion, the most successful alpine skier in the history of Italian skiing; the speed specialist Dominik Paris, one of the most successful Italians ever, winner of the super-G World Cup in 2019 and numerous downhill races; Dorothea Wierer, three-time biathlon world champion; Marta Bassino, crystalline giant slalom talent; the young promise of artistic ice skating Anna Pezzetta and Giacomo Bertagnolli, multiple Paralympic medalist with 8 medals at the Paralympics, a true champion of Paralympic alpine skiing. They are also joined by the rising stars of Italian freestyle skiing, Miro and Flora Tabanelli, already protagonists in the World Cup and at the
With the ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team, Samsung goes beyond simple support: it proposes a vision in which innovation is a tool, alliance and inspiration for sport and for the general public. Galaxy technologies become a means to break down distances, to tell stories of passion, to build communities and to give athletes a voice, at every stage of their Olympic journey. “As a global Olympic and Paralympic partner, we are proud to support the talent and dedication of these extraordinary athletes – states Paolo Bagnoli, Mx marketing director of Samsung Electronics Italia -. The Samsung Galaxy team demonstrates how passion and commitment can be transformed into extraordinary results when there is a team behind them and supporters who believe in the athletes. Thanks to Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 we want to bring everyone closer to these stories, allowing them to be experienced and shared in real time, because innovation can bring people together and break down every distance through sport”.
After being the protagonist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Galaxy Z Flip7, with its foldable design and advanced recording and sharing features, will be the storytelling companion of the ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team. Thanks to the flexibility of the format and the quality of the images, every moment – from training to competitions – can be captured, shared and relived, transforming technology into a means of connection and participation. With this device, Samsung renews its mission to make innovation an experience within everyone’s reach, bringing people closer to the heart of Olympic stories and allowing them to experience them firsthand. A symbol of versatility, openness and innovation, Galaxy Z Flip7 reflects the Olympic spirit of athletes who face every challenge with courage and the ability to reinvent themselves.
The announcement of the ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team is part of the long tradition that links the company to the Olympic world. A journey that began in 1988 as a local sponsor of the Seoul Olympic Games and continued, since 1998, as a worldwide partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement. Since then, Samsung has helped transform the way we experience the Games, introducing technological solutions capable of bringing athletes and fans closer together and promoting universal values of inclusion and sharing. Today, with Milano Cortina 2026, Samsung renews its role as a partner of change, committing to making the Games more accessible and engaging than ever, confirming the belief that technology can be a driver of inspiration and collective participation, at the service of sport and people.
With the ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team, the company confirms its desire to support Italian athletes and enhance the role of supporters, who make every challenge and every victory possible. Samsung technology, capable of transforming every moment into an immersive experience, becomes a travel companion in the story of every Olympic dream, uniting people and passions in a great story of sport, innovation and sharing. To follow the countdown to Milano Cortina 2026 and discover the stories of the ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team, visit the official Samsung channels.
The Italian athletes who make up the ‘Samsung Galaxy’ team: Amedeo Bagnis – Skeleton, Corrado Barbera – Alpine skiing, Elia Barp – Cross-country skiing, Marta Bassino – Alpine skiing, Giacomo Bertagnolli – Paralympic Alpine skiing, Federica Brignone – Alpine skiing, Giorgia Collomb – Alpine skiing, Stefania Constantini – Curling, Elena Curtoni – Alpine skiing, Renè de Silvestro – Alpine skiing paralympic, Lara Della Mea – Alpine skiing, Simone Deromedis – Ski-cross, Leonardo Donaggio – Ski slopestyle, Roland Fischnaller – Snowboard cross, Arianna Fontana – Short track, Loris Framarin – Snowboard, Giovanni Franzoni – Alpine skiing, Jole Galli – Ski-cross, Davide Ghiotto – Speed skating, Tommaso Giacomel – Biathlon, Daniel Grassi – Artistic ice skating, Alex Insam – Ski jumping, Nicola Liviero – Snowboard, Francesca Lollobrigida – Speed skating, Valentina Margaglio – Skeleton, Ian Matteoli – Snowboard slopestyle, Michela Moioli – Snowboard cross, Dominik Paris – Skiing, Federico Pellegrino – Downhill sprint, Emanuel Perathoner – Paralympic snowboard cross, Anna Pezzetta – Artistic ice skating, Laura Pirovano – Alpine skiing, Matteo Rizzo – Figure ice skating, Marta Rossetti – Alpine skiing, Arianna Sighel – Short track, Pietro Sighel – Short track, Flora Tabanelli – Ski slopestyle, Miro Tabanelli – Ski slopestyle, Lisa Vittozzi – Biathlon and Dorothea Wierer – Biathlon.