Eileen Gu

Eileen Gu is a Chinese-American freestyle skier and model who won two gold medals and one silver medal for China at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

2022 Winter Olympics: The international multi-sport winter competition held in Beijing in February 2022. Gu won three medals representing China at these Games.
Freestyle skiing: A family of skiing disciplines centered on aerial tricks, terrain features, and judged runs. Gu competes across its big air, halfpipe, and slopestyle disciplines.
Cindy Gu: A Chinese-American former chemical engineer and ski instructor, and Eileen Gu's mother. She introduced Gu to skiing and helped shape her early training and education.
Dual citizenship: The legal status of being recognized as a citizen by two countries at once. Gu's U.S. birth and representation of China prompted public questions about her citizenship.
Women's big air skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics: The women's freestyle skiing big air event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Gu won gold with a final run that included a left double cork 1620.
Big air skiing: A freestyle skiing event in which athletes perform tricks after launching from a large jump. Gu's Olympic gold came from executing high-difficulty rotations in this format.
Laurence Gu: A former college football player and Eileen Gu's father. He is part of Gu's family background, though she was primarily raised by her mother.
Sports nationalism: The use of sporting competition to express national identity, prestige, or political belonging. Gu's decision to compete for China made her an unusually visible symbol in two countries.
Women's halfpipe skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics: The women's freestyle skiing halfpipe event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Gu defended her 2018 X Games title by winning Olympic gold.
Halfpipe skiing: A freestyle skiing discipline in which athletes perform tricks while traversing a U-shaped snow channel. Gu's two Olympic halfpipe runs depended on linking tricks on both walls.

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