The women's parallel giant slalom competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February, at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Zuzana Maděrová, representing the Czech Republic, won the event. Sabine Payer of Austria won the silver and Lucia Dalmasso of Italy bronze. For all of them, these were the first Olympic medals.
Background The 2018 and 2022 champion Ester Ledecká and the bronze medalist, Gloria Kotnik, qualified for the event. The silver medalist, Daniela Ulbing, did not qualify. Tsubaki Miki was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in women's parallel giant slalom, and Elisa Caffont in parallel slalom. The 2025 World champion in parallel giant slalom was Ester Ledecká.
Summary Kotnik ended up the 17th in the qualification and thus did not qualify for the finals. Ledecká, Tsubaki and Caffont did. Ledecká lost in a quarterfinal, which ended her quest of becoming the first triple Olympic champion in women's snowboard. Miki lost to Caffont in another quarterfinal. The semifinals set Lucia Dalmasso against Sabine Payer and Caffont against Zuzana Maděrová. Maděrová won the final against Payer after the Austrian made a mistake early in the run.
Qualification
Results Qualification run The qualification was started at 09:00. Rank Bib Name Country Blue course Red course Total Notes 1 36 Ester Ledecká 45.04 45.75 1:30.79 Q 2 18 Zuzana Maděrová 45.38 46.10 1:31.48 Q 3 26 Tsubaki Miki 45.62 47.25 1:32.87 Q 4 30 Lucia Dalmasso 46.39 46.67 1:33.06 Q 5 27 Aleksandra Król-Walas 46.81 46.37 1:33.18 Q 6 31 Elisa Caffont 46.79 46.59 1:33.38 Q 7 19 Ramona Theresia Hofmeister 46.72 46.75 1:33.47 Q 8 28 Michelle Dekker 46.22 47.41 1:33.63 Q 9 21 Sabine Payer 46.73 47.02 1:33.75 Q 10 32 Malena Zamfirova 46.89 47.40 1:34.29 Q 11 29 Julie Zogg 47.69 46.67 1:34.36 Q 12 17 Aurélie Moisan 48.24 46.32 1:34.56 Q 13 20 Jasmin Coratti 47.30 47.70 1:35.00 Q 14 33 Kaylie Buck 47.96 47.38 1:35.34 Q 15 25 Cheyenne Loch 48.50 46.90 1:35.40 Q 16 22 Claudia Riegler 47.35 48.08 1:35.43 Q 17 34 Gloria Kotnik 47.66 47.77 1:35.43 18 37 Flurina Neva Bätschi 48.01 47.67 1:35.68 19 45 Xenia von Siebenthal 47.84 48.02 1:35.86 20 38 Melanie Hochreiter 47.80 48.84 1:36.64 21 41 Gong Naiying 48.74 48.12 1:36.86 22 39 Tomoka Takeuchi 48.00 48.88 1:36.88 23 35 Martina Ankele 49.00 48.58 1:37.58 23 23 Ladina Caviezel 48.88 48.70 1:37.58 25 46 Dong Yuyue 49.35 48.79 1:38.14 26 47 Mathilda Scheid 49.12 49.51 1:38.63 27 43 Maria Bukowska-Chyc 49.34 49.83 1:39.17 28 42 Bai Xinhui 47.56 51.66 1:39.22 29 24 Annamari Dancha 49.39 50.00 1:39.39 30 40 Iris Pflum 50.42 49.66 1:40.08 31 44 Jeong Hae-rim 49.78 50.77 1:40.55 32 48 Sofia Valle 50.87 49.74 1:40.61
Final
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