Tallulah Proulx and Francis Ceccarelli are representing the Philippines at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

Skier Tallulah Proulx, 17, was raised in the U.S., but she's making Olympic history as the Philippines' first female, and youngest athlete in any Winter Games.

BORMIO, Italy – After Francis Ceccarelli crashed out in the men’s slalom, Tallulah Proulx competes in the women’s side Wednesday as the Philippines wraps up its short campaign in the 25th Winter Olympics here.

There has to be one person to do it first. I am grateful that I got to be that person for Filipinas and Filipinos all around the world."

The first woman and youngest to ever represent the Philippines at the Winter Games, the Park City-based skier looked calmer than many veterans in the field as she prepared for her giant slalom debut.

The country already has multiple gold medals in the Summer Olympics. Is the Winter edition next for the country?

SCHEDULE: Team Philippines at Winter Olympics 2026 MANILA, Philippines—Francis Ceccarelli of the Philippines fell short in the men’s giant slalom event of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics at the Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio,

Francis Ceccarelli hit more than a personal milestone as he reinforced the growing belief that the Philippines can make a meaningful mark in the Winter Olympics. The 22-year-old Ceccarrelli, from Quezon City and now based in Italy,

Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said he believes that nothing is impossible as the Philippines fields two athletes to the 25th Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina in Italy.

Two weeks before the Philippines’ two athletes plunge into action in the 25th Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina in Italy, a Filipino from the corporate world already stood tall as Raymond Li was selected as one of the Olympic torch bearers.