Meet the American girl skiing into Philippines Winter Olympics history
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📌 Key Takeaways
- Tallulah Proulx is the first female athlete to represent the Philippines in the Winter Olympics.
- At age 17, she is the youngest athlete from the Philippines to ever compete in any Winter Games.
- While raised in the United States, she qualified to represent the Philippines through her maternal heritage.
- Her participation marks a major milestone for gender representation and youth inclusion in Philippine winter sports.
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Sports, Olympic Games, Diversity
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Sport of skiing downhill
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Tallulah Proulx
Filipino alpine skier (born 2008)
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Winter Olympic Games
Major international multi-sport event
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Philippines
Archipelagic country in Southeast Asia
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- 👤 Lindsey Vonn (29 shared articles)
- 👤 Winter Olympic Games (21 shared articles)
- 👤 Breezy Johnson (10 shared articles)
- 🌐 United States national team (10 shared articles)
- 🌐 Anterior cruciate ligament injury (9 shared articles)
- 🌐 World cup (4 shared articles)
- 🌐 Gold medal (4 shared articles)
- 👤 Mikaela Shiffrin (4 shared articles)
- 🌐 Surgery (4 shared articles)
- 🌐 Human leg (4 shared articles)
- 🌐 Italy (4 shared articles)
- 👤 Olympic Games (3 shared articles)
📄 Original Source Content
Skier Tallulah Proulx, 17, was raised in the U.S., but she's making Olympic history as the Philippines' first female, and youngest athlete in any Winter Games.