Eileen Gu

Eileen Gu (born September 3, 2003) is a Chinese-American freestyle skier. She was born in San Francisco, California, but has represented China in international competition since 2019. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Gu at age 18 won gold medals in the big air and halfpipe events. She is the youngest Olympic Champion in history for freestyle skiing. Gu also won a silver medal in slopestyle at the 2022 Olympics.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, Gu won silver medals in big air and slopestyle. In her career she has also won two gold medals at World Championships, and three gold medals at the Winter X Games. In 2022, Time Magazine named Gu one of the most influential people in the world.

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