Eileen Gu

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Eileen Gu Freestyle skiing
2020-01-20 Freestyle skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Women's Halfpipe - Mascot Ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 06.jpg
nation United StatesUnited States United States / People's Republic of China
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
birthday 3rd September 2003 (age 16)
place of birth San Francisco , United States
Career
discipline Halfpipe, slopestyle, big air
status active
Medal table
Youth Olympic Games 2 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings Youth Olympic Winter Games
gold Lausanne 2020 Big Air
gold Lausanne 2020 halfpipe
silver Lausanne 2020 Slopestyle
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 23rd November 2018
 World Cup victories 3
 Overall World Cup 20. ( 2018/19 )
 Halfpipe World Cup 5th ( 2019/20 )
 Slopestyle World Cup 3. (2018/19)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 halfpipe 1 1 0
 Slopestyle 2 1 0
last change: March 18, 2020
Eileen Gu at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in the halfpipe
That's where the slopestyle is

Eileen Gu (born September 3, 2003 in San Francisco ) is a US- born freestyle skier who started for China in June 2019 . She takes part in competitions in the disciplines of halfpipe and slopestyle .

Career

Gu became American halfpipe and slopestyle champion in 2017 and 2018. In the 2017/18 season she won the half pipe at the US Revolution Tour in Park City and took third place in the half pipe at the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open. At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Cardrona , she came fifth in the halfpipe and in slopestyle. She made her debut in the World Cup in November 2018 in Stubai , which she finished in eleventh place in slopestyle. At the following World Cups she took second place in the Slopestyle in Font Romeu and won her first World Cup victory in the Slopestyle on the Alpe di Siusi .

On June 6, 2019, she announced on Instagram that she wanted to start immediately for China. Since China does not have dual citizenship , the daughter of a Chinese mother and an American father took on Chinese citizenship.

At the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne in January 2020, Gu won three medals: gold in Big Air and in the halfpipe, and silver in slopestyle.

successes

World Cup victories

So far, Gu has achieved five podium places in the World Cup, including three victories:

date place country discipline
January 27, 2019 Seiser Alm Italy Slopestyle
February 14, 2020 Calgary Canada halfpipe
February 15, 2020 Calgary Canada Slopestyle

World Cup ratings

season total halfpipe Slopestyle
space Points space Points space Points
2018/19 20th 40.8 - - 3. 204
2019/20 25th 36 5. 180 12. 100

More Achievements

  • American championship: Halfpipe (2017, 2018), Slopestyle (2017, 2018)
  • Junior World Championships 2018: 5th halfpipe, 5th slopestyle
  • Youth Olympic Winter Games 2020 : 1st halfpipe, 1st big air, 2nd slopestyle

Web links

Commons : Gu Ailing Eileen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eileen Gu on Instagram: “I have decided to compete for China in the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics. This was an incredibly tough decision for me to make. I am ... " Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ American teen skier to compete in Winter Olympics as Chinese citizen. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gu, Eileen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 2003
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco