Utah paralympians to watch at the 2026 Winter Games

• Here are a few of the shredders we're watching.

Brenna Huckaby: After losing her right leg to cancer at 14, this three-time gold medalist learned to snowboard while on a rehab trip to Utah.

• The intrigue: Huckaby successfully sued the International Paralympic Committee after it eliminated her category and would not allow her to compete in the 2022 Games, even in another category with athletes whose impairments are considered less severe than her own.
• After her court victory returned her to the roster, she won gold in the banked slalom event and bronze in snowboard cross.

Kate Delson: The 20-year-old Utahn is making her debut at the games as the youngest member of the U.S. Para snowboarding team.

• She also plays electric guitar.

Keith Gabel: The Ogden snowboarder arrives at his fourth Winter Games with two medals already around his neck.

• He won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2018 in snowboard cross.

Noah Elliott: The reigning World Cup champion turned to Huckaby for advice in shifting to snowboarding from skateboarding in the 2010s, after his leg was amputated due to complications from osteosarcoma.

• The alum of the Utah-based National Ability Center went on to win gold in banked slalom and bronze in snowboard cross in 2018.

Meanwhile in cross-country skiing, Sydney Peterson returns this year sporting the full medal set she won in 2022. She's pursuing a PhD in neuroscience at the U.

• Dani Aravich also competed in track and field at Tokyo in 2020 and is helping organize the 2034 Winter Olympics here in Salt Lake.