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Eileen Gu

Freestyle skier (born 2003)

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Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a freestyle skier. Born in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019. At age 18, Gu became the youngest Olympic champion in freestyle skiing after winning gold medals in big air and halfpipe, and a silver medal in slopestyle, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

📰 Related News (6)

🇺🇸 San Francisco’s Chinatown Celebrated Eileen Gu. Others Are More Conflicted. (2026-03-12)
Conservatives have rebuked Ms. Gu, who was born in the United States but won Olympic medals for China. The reaction has sparked conversations among Ch...
🇺🇸 Olympians Liu and Gu travel very different paths, and China-US relations hang over their stories (2026-03-10)
Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu have turned the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics into a debate about identity and loyalty for Chinese Americans...
🇺🇸 U.S.-born skier Eileen Gu defends Olympic ski halfpipe gold at Winter Games (2026-02-22)
The 22-year-old Gu, American-born but competing for her mother's homeland of China, is already the most decorated freeskier in the short history of th...
🇺🇸 Eileen Gu defends Olympic ski halfpipe title for her 6th career medal at Winter Games (2026-02-22)
Eileen Gu defended her Olympic ski halfpipe title to make it six medals in six events over her Winter Games career...
🇺🇸 Women's Olympic freeski halfpipe final delayed because of heavy snow in the Italian Alps (2026-02-21)
The women’s Olympic freeski halfpipe final has been delayed because of heavy snow falling in the Italian Alps...
🇺🇸 Canada's Megan Oldham takes gold in freestyle big air, Eileen Gu takes silver (2026-02-16)
Defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu took silver in freeski big air at the 2026 Winter Olympics as Canada's Megan Oldham won the gold medal on Monday ...

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