Adam Lambert

Fast Facts

Sport: Snowboard
Event: Men's Snowboard Cross, Mixed Team Snowboard Cross
Olympic History: PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022, Milano Cortina 2026
Highlights: Three-time Olympian, 6th at 2017 World Championships, World Cup Gold 2026
Coaches: Harald Benselin and Jan Klemsa
Year Born: 1997

About Adam

Adam Lambert arrives at Milano Cortina with the world number one ranking and career-best form for his third Olympic Winter Games. He claimed his first World Cup gold at the last event before the Games, which made it three back-to-back podiums for the snowboard cross racer to finish the season on fire. 

Across his individual racing career, he has achieved eight World Cup podiums and sixth at the World Championships. His previous Olympic results are 29th at PyeongChang 2018, 22nd in the individual and 13th in the mixed team from Beijing 2022.   

Jindabyne local Adam grew up in the Snowy Mountains, where he first stood on a snowboard as a toddler thanks to custom bindings his parents made. He came through the Perisher Winter Sports Club pathway program and is coached by Harald Benselin and Jan Klemsa.  

Adam initially focused on slopestyle but switched to snowboard cross in 2015 after a knee injury. He quickly made an impression, placing 15th at the 2015 Junior World Championships before dominating the 2016 Europa Cup circuit, winning three of five events and becoming the first Australian to claim the men’s overall Europa Cup snowboard cross title. 

He made his World Cup debut in February 2017 in Feldberg, Germany, finishing 52nd on day one and seventh on day two, then stepped up again with sixth at La Molina, Spain. A month later he was sixth at his first World Championships in Sierra Nevada, confirming his rise on the world stage. In December that year, he reached his first World Cup podium with silver at Val Thorens, France.

Adam’s Olympic debut came at PyeongChang 2018, where he was caught up in a crash and finished 29th. He returned to the World Cup podium in 2019 with silver at Baqueira Beret and recorded 11th at the 2019 World Championships in the United States. A season‑ending knee injury early in 2019–20 stalled his momentum, but he fought back to rank 15th overall on the World Cup tour in 2020–21. 

At Beijing 2022 Adam showed his development by posting the sixth‑fastest seeding time in the men’s event before a tight photo finish ended his run in the round of 16. He also teamed with fellow Jindabyne rider Josie Baff for the Olympic debut of mixed team snowboard cross, exiting in the quarter‑finals. 

Adam’s most consistent international campaign arrived in 2024–25. In March he won back‑to‑back World Cup silver medals, first at Gudauri, Georgia, then at Montafon, Austria, lifting his career tally of individual World Cup podiums to five. He and Josie also secured mixed team silver in Montafon. Lambert finished the season a career‑best sixth on the overall World Cup standings, underlining his position among the world’s lead pack.  

At the 2025 FIS World Championships in St Moritz‑Engadin, Adam and Josie formed Australia 1 in the mixed team event and placed sixth.  

Adam made a great start to the 2025-26 World Cup season, claiming bronze in Cervinia, Italy, in December, under clear skies and the backdrop of the iconic Matterhorn. Josie, also claimed bronze to get the Australian team off to a great start for the Olympic season.  

At the double-header World Cup in Dongbeiya (CHN) in January, just weeks before the Olympics, Adam again claimed bronze and then won gold the next day to claim his first gold medal and stretch his lead in the season rankings. The Australian held his nerve in a dramatic Big Final to defy Olympic champion Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT) and American Nathan Pare.  

A New South Wales Institute of Sport athlete and member of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia program since 2017, Adam continues to base himself out of Jindabyne and the national program, channelling his early love of riding into a dependable race craft. With proven speed, World Cup podium pedigree and strong team performances alongside Australia’s leading riders, he remains a key figure for Australia in snowboard cross and one to watch in Milano Cortina.