Crowning a magnificent career: Lara Gut-Behrami won gold in the super-G in 2022 and is now missing after tearing her cruciate ligament
Image: Keystone
Michelle Gisin is also missing after her two medals in China due to injury
Image: Keystone
Trying to repeat his gold from Beijing in Livigno: ski cross racer Ryan Regez
Image: Keystone
At 39, Alex Fiva is the oldest participant in Milan/Cortina and won silver four years ago behind Ryan Regez
Image: Keystone
Freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud won gold and bronze four years ago
Image: Keystone
Gold tastes so sweet: Marco Odermatt triumphed in the giant slalom in 2022, this time he is one of the top favorites in three disciplines
Image: Keystone
Snowboarder Jan Scherrer was the only Swiss athlete not to win a medal on skis at the last Games and is now returning
Image: Keystone
Olympic downhill champion Beat Feuz is the only medal winner from Beijing to have ended his career in the meantime
Image: Keystone
Switzerland's biggest medal collector: Wendy Holdener has already won five medals at the Olympics, two of them four years ago in China
Image: Keystone
Fanny Smith had to wait over a year for her bronze medal in Beijing
Image: Keystone
Big celebration in Schwyz: Corinne Suter won the downhill in China in 2022 - and got fit just in time to try again
Image: Keystone
Crowning a magnificent career: Lara Gut-Behrami won gold in the super-G in 2022 and is now missing after tearing her cruciate ligament
Image: Keystone
Michelle Gisin is also missing after her two medals in China due to injury
Image: Keystone
Trying to repeat his gold from Beijing in Livigno: ski cross racer Ryan Regez
Image: Keystone
At 39, Alex Fiva is the oldest participant in Milan/Cortina and won silver four years ago behind Ryan Regez
Image: Keystone
Freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud won gold and bronze four years ago
Image: Keystone
Gold tastes so sweet: Marco Odermatt triumphed in the giant slalom in 2022, this time he is one of the top favorites in three disciplines
Image: Keystone
Snowboarder Jan Scherrer was the only Swiss athlete not to win a medal on skis at the last Games and is now returning
Image: Keystone
Olympic downhill champion Beat Feuz is the only medal winner from Beijing to have ended his career in the meantime
Image: Keystone
Switzerland's biggest medal collector: Wendy Holdener has already won five medals at the Olympics, two of them four years ago in China
Image: Keystone
Fanny Smith had to wait over a year for her bronze medal in Beijing
Image: Keystone
Big celebration in Schwyz: Corinne Suter won the downhill in China in 2022 - and got fit just in time to try again
Image: Keystone
Eleven different Swiss athletes won a total of 15 medals in Beijing four years ago. Three will certainly not be there this time.
27.01.2026, 05:01
27.01.2026, 06:37
SDA
Seven gold, two silver and six bronze medals were the outstanding haul of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. That's how the medal winners from back then feel today.
Beat Feuz (gold in the downhill)
On the "Rock" slope in Yanqing, designed by Bernhard Russi, Beat Feuz wins the last major title still missing from his palmarès: Olympic gold in the downhill. It is the first Swiss medal at the Games in China. Just under a year later, Feuz retires from top-class sport shortly before his 36th birthday. It is therefore also clear that there will be a new Olympic downhill champion in Bormio. But the Bernese will still be there: as a TV pundit for SRF.
Lara Gut-Behrami (gold in the super-G, bronze in the giant slalom)
Lara Gut-Behrami, who won her second and third Olympic medals - and her first gold - in China, will also be missing in her second home country of Italy. The 34-year-old from Ticino suffered a torn cruciate ligament in training in November and will be sorely missed in the Swiss speed team.
Marco Odermatt (gold in the giant slalom)
The run on February 13, 2022 is unforgettable. In the driving snow of Yanqing, high-flyer Marco Odermatt withstood the huge pressure and won his first major title in the giant slalom at the age of 24. With three World Championship gold medals and four overall World Cup victories under his belt, the man from Nidwalden is the top favorite in three disciplines in Bormio.
Mathilde Gremaud (gold in slopestyle, bronze in big air)
Freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud completed her Olympic medal collection in China. After silver in 2018, she won gold in slopestyle - ahead of Chinese superstar Eileen Gu - and bronze in big air. The 25-year-old leads the World Cup rankings in slopestyle and is once again one of the medal contenders in Livigno.
Corinne Suter (gold in the downhill)
Corinne Suter is a specialist for major events. One year after winning the World Championship title in Cortina d'Ampezzo, she also won Olympic gold in the downhill. Now she is returning to the scene of her first major success - under difficult circumstances. In a training crash in St. Moritz in December, the 31-year-old from Schwyz suffered a torn muscle fiber in her lower left leg. The build-up to the Games in Italy is a race against time.
Michelle Gisin (gold in the combined, bronze in the super-G)
Michelle Gisin was also a victim of the Swiss team's bad luck with injuries. The 32-year-old from Obwalden had to end her season after injuries to her cervical vertebrae, knee and hand. After a difficult last season, qualifying for the Olympics would have been a challenge either way.
Ryan Regez (gold in ski cross)
Olympic champion, world champion, overall World Cup winner: Ryan Regez has won everything there is to win. The 32-year-old from the Bernese Oberland has struggled so far this season, with an 8th place just before Christmas in San Candido being his best result.
Wendy Holdener (silver in the slalom, bronze in the combined)
Wendy Holdener is an absolute medal guarantor at major events. The 32-year-old from Schwyz has already won five Olympic and nine World Championship medals. She is still one of the world's best in the slalom, but the combined is no longer part of the program. Instead, a team combination, and Holdener is often particularly strong in the team.
Alex Fiva (silver in ski cross)
Alex Fiva was the oldest Swiss medal winner four years ago - and the Grisons native, who celebrates his 40th birthday on January 29, is determined to do it again. The 2021 World Champion has recently been improving his form and finished second on the podium in San Candido for the first time this winter.
Jan Scherrer (bronze in the halfpipe)
Snowboarder Jan Scherrer was the only Swiss athlete not to win a medal on skis in Beijing. In the years that followed, he was repeatedly thwarted by his body, which had previously remained almost unscathed throughout his career. The worst came in the winter of 2023/24, when a bout of stomach flu put him out of action, followed by a fracture to his calcaneus and finally a complicated injury to his ribs. The 31-year-old from Toggenburg did not compete for almost exactly two years before he was able to make his comeback this season. It was not easy, but thanks to a 15th place in Lake Placid at the beginning of January, it is realistic that he will be able to take off again in Livigno. However, a medal would be a big surprise.
Fanny Smith (bronze in ski cross)
Fanny Smith had to wait the longest for her medal. After a controversial disqualification, her 3rd place was only confirmed ten months after the Beijing Games. The two-time Olympic bronze medal winner and two-time world champion is also one of Switzerland's hottest prospects this season. In the first six World Cup races, the 33-year-old from Vaud has finished on the podium four times.
