Eileen Gu

About

Freestyle skier who has gained fame for winning gold medals at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, the Winter X Games, and the Winter Youth Olympics. Despite having been born in the United States, she began competing for China in 2019.  She won a gold medal in the 2022 Olympics in China.

Before Fame

She enrolled in free-skiing school at the age of eight.

Trivia

She won gold medals in superpipe and slopestyle at the X Games Aspen 2021.  Via her relationship with IMG Models she was able to forge relationships with several luxury brands

Family Life

Her mother Yan Gu is also a skier.

Associated With

She has cited the champion skier Maggie Voisin as one of her inspirations.