Flying down an ice track at 90mph takes bravery, skill and determination and that is exactly what the sport of skeleton requires from its athletes.
No nation has won more than Great Britain’s nine medals, made up of three golds, a silver and five bronzes, in Olympic skeleton, while the British team has returned with at least one medal at every Games where the sport has featured, with the exception of Beijing 2022.
A glittering team of sliders are set to shine at Milano Cortina 2026, with a raft of world, European and World Cup medals between them this cycle.
DOB: 02/03/1997
Hometown: Tunbridge Wells
Olympic record: Beijing 2022
A former rugby player and taekwondo practitioner, Matt Weston has quickly cemented himself as a gold medal winning and history-making athlete on the sled.
A glimpse into Weston's talent came when he became the first British man to win skeleton World Cup gold in more than 13 years in November 2021.
It capped a remarkable rise for Weston, who only took up skeleton in the summer of 2017 and made his World Cup debut in January 2020. He finished 15th on his Olympic debut in Beijing.
Weston became Britain's first skeleton world champion in eight years in St. Moritz in 2023 and now goes into his second Olympics as the reigning world, European and overall World Cup champion.
DOB: 14/12/1991
Hometown: Honiton
Olympic record: Beijing 2022
Marcus Wyatt grew up idolising Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher and the German’s ambition, ability and drive had provided the blueprint for Wyatt’s skeleton career.
The 30-year-old qualified for his first Olympics in Beijing, finishing in 16th place, while his World Cup bronze medal in Sigulda in 2020 was the first by a British man in seven years.
He recorded his maiden World Cup win in Whistler in the 2022/23 season and was crowned European champion in 2024.
In 2025, Wyatt earned a hat-trick of overall World Cup, World and European championship silver medals.
Wyatt’s first sporting love was American Football and he has been inducted into the Swansea Titans’ Hall of Fame.
DOB: 24/11/2000
Hometown: Highgate, London
Olympic record: N/A
A former British Schools Gymnastics Champion and acrobat, Tabitha Stoecker swapped front flips for sleds and has soared to two world championship medals.
Stoecker, who also trained in circus arts as a child, first picked up skeleton through the Discover Your Gold campaign in 2019, and won World Cup gold in La Plagne in just her second start in December 2023. It marked Britain's first female race win since 2015.
A junior European champion and two-time junior world silver medallist, Stoecker quickly rose up the ranks of the British team.
Stoecker has won two World Championship mixed team silver medals alongside Matt Weston and in 2026, she won Britain's first female skeleton overall World Cup medal for 11 years, finishing third.
DOB: 24/08/2000
Hometown: Derby
Olympic record: N/A
A talented long-jumper who won multiple county titles in her native Derbyshire, Freya Tarbit’s path to skeleton success came on her second try.
She had taken an interest in the sport from the age of 14, and even signed up for a taster session, only for a hamstring pull to force her to pull out. A year later, she discovered the talent ID scheme and has not looked back since.
Tarbit enjoyed plenty of success at junior level, including a Junior World Championship bronze in Winterberg in 2023, and she has since excelled at senior level.
The 2024/25 campaign marked a breakthrough for Tarbit, who finished eighth overall, kicking off the season with a maiden World Cup win in PyeongChang, followed by a bronze medal in Yangqing.
Top 10 finishes in two of the first four events of the Olympic season have Tarbit in promising form ahead of her debut in Milano Cortina.
DOB: 06/04/1996
Hometown: Melton Mowbray
Olympic record: N/A
Amelia Coltman will head to Milano Cortina taking one step closer to her dream of following in the footsteps of Sir Andy Murray.
Growing up, Coltman was a talented racquet sport player, winning a national mixed doubles tennis title and a national schools team silver medal in badminton.
Add in county titles in high jump and long jump and a budding hockey career, as well as pair of high-level cyclists as parents, Coltman was spoiled for choice when it came to sporting ambitions.
She discovered skeleton through a talent ID campaign and her breakthrough came in 2024 when she won European bronze in Sigulda, upgrading that to silver the following year in Lillehammer.
On the World Cup stage, Coltman finished fourth overall in 2024/25, winning the opening event of the season in PyeongChang, while she won another World Cup event in the mixed team alongside Marcus Wyatt.
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