DENVER – Senior Christian Oliveira Soevik of the University of Denver ski team is set to compete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics as a member of Team Brazil.
 
Soevik will be among nine athletes from Brazil's delegation at the Winter Games in Italy, which officially begin this Friday, Feb. 6 and run through Sunday, Feb. 22. Soevik will compete in men's slalom alpine skiing on Monday, Feb. 16, at the Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio, Italy. The first run is set for 2 a.m. MT and run 2 will be at 5:30 a.m. MT (stream: Peacock).
 
"I am very happy and excited to represent Brazil in the Olympic Games," Soevik said. "The games have always been a dream for me, and it is an honor to represent Brazil. I want to thank the [Olympic Committee of Brazil] for this opportunity, and thank you to my family and everyone who believes in me. Let's give it our all."
 
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Dec. 27, 2001), Soevik spent his early years in Montes Clarios in the state of Minas Gerais. He moved to Norway with his family in 2006 when he was 4 years old.
 
Soevik is in his third season with the Denver Pioneers ski team and has recorded 15 top-10 finishes in 33 career collegiate races. He has also posted seven top-five results, with him placing on the podium twice.
 
He finished second in giant slalom at the 2024 NCAA West Regional/RMISA Championships (Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association) on Feb. 23, 2024 in Big Sky, Montana, and came in third in GS at the NCAA Championships two weeks later in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on March 6, 2024. Soevik also placed fourth in slalom at the collegiate championships to finish with two first-team All-American awards.
 

He completed his first season in 2024 at Denver with eight top-10s in 12 finished events, contributing to him being named an all-conference honorable mention from RMISA and be recognized as the DU alpine team's most valuable skier of the season.
 
The 2026 campaign began last month, and Soevik has already registered five top-10 finishes through the first eight alpine events. He recorded three of those results this past week at Mount Rose-Ski Tahoe, Nevada, which included placing fourth in men's slalom at the RMISA Alpine Qualifier on Saturday.
 
Soevik has made 39 career starts on the FIS Europa Cup and has posted five top-20 performances on the circuit. This past fall on Nov. 21 and 23, he came in 20th in slalom in Levi, Finland, and 21st in the same discipline in Storklinten, Sweden. Additionally, Soevik owns eight top-10 finishes and four top-fives in FIS Nor-Am Cup events as a member of the Pioneers since 2023-24.
 
At the 2022 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, he placed sixth in alpine combined and 10th in giant slalom while competing for Norway. Soevike previously skied club for the Kjelsaas IL before enrolling at Denver.
 
He is earning his bachelor's degree in business analytics at DU and has twice been named to the National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2024, 2025).
 
Soevik's attendance in Italy marks the fifth straight Winter Olympics that the University of Denver has had a current student-athlete participating. Katie Hensien was a USA alpine skier in 2022 in Beijing, alpine skiing's Andrea Komsic (Croatia) and men's ice hockey's Troy Terry (USA) competed in 2018 Pyeongchang, Trevor Philp of Canada participated in alpine skiing in Sochi in 2015, and Leif Haugen raced alpine for Norway in 2010 in Vancouver.


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