# Kelly Sildaru

Kelly Sildaru (Estonian pronunciation:; born 17 February 2002) is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier.

## Biography

Sildaru won a gold medal in the slopestyle event in the 2016 Winter X Games beating Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen. With this win, at age 13, Sildaru became the youngest gold medalist to date at a Winter X Games event and the first person to win a Winter X Games medal for Estonia. She is also the youngest to win two X Games gold medals. Sildaru has won the women's slopestyle on the 2015 and 2016 Dew Tour.
During the Big Air competition of the 2017 Winter X Games Norway, Sildaru became the first woman ever to land a Switch 1260 ° Mute and a 1440° during a competition. Because of her young age, the first World Cup event she was allowed to participate in was on 27 August 2017 in Cardrona, New Zealand. She won the slopestyle competition.
Despite being the gold medal favorite for the women’s slopestyle event in 2018 Winter Olympics, she missed competing in the Games because of a knee injury. However she later recovered and was able to compete in the world championships winning gold in halfpipe. In the 2020 Youth Olympic Games she won a gold medal for the Women's Freestyle Skiing.
During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the slopestyle event with her top score of 82.06 in her first run.
Sildaru has been named the female Estonian Athlete of the Year twice (2019, 2022), and is the recipient of a high Estonian state award, the Order of the White Star, 3rd class.

## Freestyle skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 15 | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete |
| 2022 Beijing | 19 | Bronze | 4 | 17 |

#### Winter Youth Olympics

* 1 medal – (1 gold)
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
| 2020 Lausanne | 17 | Gold | — | — |

### World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 gold)
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
| 2019 Park City | 16 | CNX | Gold | — |
| 2021 Aspen | 18 | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete |
| 2023 Bakuriani | 20 | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete |

#### Junior World Championships

* 7 medals – (6 gold, 1 silver)
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
| 2017 | 14 | Gold | Gold | — |
| 2018 Cardrona | 15 | Gold | Gold | Silver |
| 2019 Kläppen | 16 | Gold | — | Gold |

### Winter X Games

* 9 medals – (6 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Superpipe | Big air |
| 2016 Aspen | 13 | Gold | — | — |
| 2017 Aspen | 14 | Gold | — | Silver |
| 2018 Aspen | 15 | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete |
| 2019 Aspen | 16 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2020 Aspen | 17 | Gold | Gold | 4 |
| 2021 Aspen | 18 | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete |
| 2022 Aspen | 19 | — | Gold | — |
| 2023 Aspen | 20 | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete |

#### Winter X Games Europe

* 1 medal – (1 silver)
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Superpipe | Big air |
| 2016 Oslo | 14 | — | — | 4 |
| 2017 Hafjell | 15 | — | — | Silver |

### World Cup results

Sildaru ended the 2021-2022 World Cup season by winning the FIS World Cup slopestyle title and taking home her first crystal globe.

#### Season standings

| Season | Age | Overall | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 94 | 21 | 18 | — |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 4 | — |
| 2019–20 | 17 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 12 | 19 | — | |
| 2021–22 | 19 | | | 6 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 15 | — |
| 2023–24 | 21 | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete | injured: did not compete |
    Standings through 17 January 2024

#### Race Podiums

* 6 wins – (5 SS, 1 HP)
* 13 podiums – (6 SS, 6 HP, 1 BA)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
| 1 | 2017–18 | 27 August 2017 | Cardrona, New Zealand | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 2 | 2017–18 | 1 September 2017 | Cardrona, New Zealand | Halfpipe | 2nd |
| 3 | 2018–19 | 23 November 2018 | Stubai, Austria | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 4 | 2018–19 | 7 December 2018 | Copper Mountain, USA | Halfpipe | 1st |
| 5 | 2018–19 | 9 March 2019 | Mammoth, USA | Halfpipe | 2nd |
| 6 | 2020–21 | 8 January 2021 | Kreischberg, Austria | Big air | 3rd |
| 7 | 2021–22 | 20 November 2021 | Stubai, Austria | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 8 | 2021–22 | 10 December 2021 | Copper Mountain, USA | Halfpipe | 3rd |
| 9 | 2021–22 | 8 January 2022 | Mammoth, USA | Halfpipe | 2nd |
| 10 | 2021–22 | 9 January 2022 | Mammoth, USA | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 11 | 2021–22 | 26 March 2022 | Silvaplana, Switzerland | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 12 | 2022–23 | 19 November 2022 | Stubai, Austria | Slopestyle | 2nd |
| 13 | 2022–23 | 17 December 2022 | Copper Mountain, USA | Halfpipe | 3rd |

## Trivia

Sildaru was honored with a one-of-a-kind Kelly Sildaru Barbie doll on 25 May 2022 as part of Barbie's Dream Gap project.