Love is in the air at the 2026 Winter Olympics, where several real-life couples are chasing medals across Italy.
The Games are officially underway, with 116 events taking place over 19 days and culminating in the closing ceremony on February 22. Fan-favorite athletes compete in featured sports, including figure skating, ice hockey, snowboarding, curling and cross-country skiing.
However, it's not all love lost between the contestants; Many athletes traveled to Italy with their loved ones. Some will compete against each other, while couples from different nations will even compete against each other.
Here are all the couples who will compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Aaron Pike and Oksana Masters
Paralympians Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike represent Team USA at the Winter Olympics and compete in Para Nordic skiing. Pike is competing for his first gold medal, while Masters is competing for his fourth.
The couple began dating in 2014, after meeting at the National Para Nordic Championships in 2013. They got engaged in 2022 and said in The Kelly Clarkson Show in November that they are considering getting married in Italy during this year's Olympic Games.
Brittany Bowe and Hilary Knight
Brittany Bowe, who won two Olympic bronze medals in speed skating, will compete in her final Olympics this year. She will participate in the women's 1,000m, 1,500m, and team pursuit, representing Team USA.
Meanwhile, her partner, women's ice hockey star Hilary Knight, is competing for her second Olympic gold medal in her last Olympic Games. She also represents Team USA.
Bowe and Knight met in 2022, during the Beijing Winter Olympics, and began dating shortly after.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Madison Chock and Evan Bates have been figure skating partners since 2011. Representing Team USA, they won a gold medal in the figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2026 games mark the fourth time they have competed in the Winter Olympics.
Chock and Bates began dating in 2017, years after becoming skating partners. They got engaged in 2022 before marrying in 2024.
Nicole Silveira and Kim Meylemans
Nicole Silveira and Kim Meylemans compete in the women's skeleton event this year, but on different teams. Silveira represents Brazil at the Winter Olympics, while Meylemans represents Belgium.
They began dating shortly after meeting on the Skeleton World Cup circuit in 2019 and officially tied the knot in January 2025. When Meylemans won the women's Skeleton World Cup title for the 2025/2026 season last month, he gave his wife a sweet shout-out on Instagram.
“This team here is something truly special and a big part of this success; I wouldn't have achieved this goal without them, especially my wife,” he wrote. “I don't think anyone really understands how much I needed her with me (pushing me and supporting me) to achieve this.”
Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey
Hockey player Marie-Philip Poulin is competing at the Winter Olympics for the fifth time this year, representing Team Canada. He will play alongside his real-life partner, Laura Stacey, who is participating in her third Winter Olympics.
The teammates, who live in Montreal, began dating in 2017 and married in 2024. However, when they are on the track together, they both focus on their work.
“You won't see us fight or argue. We know it's a business and we know we're going to get the best out of each other,” Poulin said. CBC Sports in 2024. “When we train, we do our job. It's not about being affectionate. It's about getting better, making the people around us better.”
Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien
Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien are competing in their third Winter Olympics as a team in mixed doubles curling, representing Norway. They previously won two Olympic medals in this sport.
The couple began dating in 2011, their relationship developed into a national curling competition, and they began competing as a mixed doubles team in 2012.
Ashley Caldwell and Justin Schoenefeld
Ashley Caldwell and Justin Schoenefeld are part of the US national ski and snowboard team, which won a gold medal in the mixed team aerial event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2026 games mark the fourth time Caldwell and Schoenefeld have competed in the Winter Olympics.
Caldwell and Schoenefeld began dating in 2019, shortly after becoming teammates, but did not go public with the relationship until 2022. They married in February 2025 and welcomed their first child, Harvey, in July of that same year.
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are competing in mixed doubles curling at this year's Winter Olympics, representing Canada. Gallant, who won a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, will also compete in men's curling.
The couple began dating in 2016, the same year they won the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. They married in 2022 and now share a two-year-old son, Luke.
Ronja Savolainen and Anna Kjellbin
Ronja Savolainen competes with Team Finland in women's ice hockey at the Winter Olympics. He could face his fiancée, Sweden's Anna Kjellbin, if both teams reach the medal round.
Savolainen previously said that if he competes with his teammate on the ice, it won't change the way he plays. “I don't care who's in front of me… if it's going to be her, I'm going to hit her,” he told the Ottawa newspaper. Citizen in 2024. “We can pick it up after the game. When you play, you just play. You don't really think about who's there. Then you're friends. On the ice, she's my enemy. That's how things work.”
Savolainen and Kjellbin began dating in 2019 and got engaged in 2024.
Hunter Powell and Kaysha Love
Kaysha Love and Hunter Powell will represent Team USA in bobsled at the 2026 Olympics. Love, who used to be a track and field athlete, is competing in the games for the second time, while Powell is competing for the first time.
Powell was also a track and field athlete, but later switched to bobsledding, as did her partner in 2022. The couple announced their engagement in July.
Emily and Dominik Fischnaller
Emily Fischnaller and Dominik Fischnaller are bobsled athletes and are representing different countries at the 2026 games. Emily will participate in the women's individual bobsled and represent Team USA, while Dominik will compete in the men's individual bobsled for Team Italy. During the 2022 Winter Olympics, Dominik won the bronze medal.
Emily and Dominik began dating as teenagers after meeting at a youth bobsledding competition, and remained in a long-distance relationship for years. They got married in 2025.
Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri
Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri, who became figure skating partners in 2010, are representing Italy in the individual events at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The event marks the fourth time they have competed in the games.
The pair have been dating since 2009. Speaking to Olympics.com last year, Fabbri said that since he and Guignard are a couple in real life and on the ice, they “share literally everything.”
“Since we achieved what we achieved together, it is even better because you are sharing very strong feelings and very strong emotions with the person you love, with the person you have decided to spend your life with,” he said.
Mārtiņš Bots and Elīna Ieva Bota
Mārtiņš Bots and Elīna Ieva Bota compete in the bobsled events at the Winter Olympics as part of the Latvian team. Bots will compete in men's doubles and team relays, while Bota will compete in women's singles bobsled.
They have both been part of the Latvian national bobsled team since 2011 and married in 2024.
