Kelly_Sildaru

Kelly Sildaru

Kelly Sildaru

Estonian freestyle skier

Kelly Sildaru (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkelʲˑi ˈsilˑdɑ.ru]; born 17 February 2002) is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier.

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Kelly Sildaru during the qualification for the girls' slopestyle at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
During the final at the very same place

Biography

Sildaru won a gold medal in the slopestyle event in the 2016 Winter X Games beating Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen.[2] With this win, at age 13, Sildaru became the youngest gold medalist to date at a Winter X Games event and the first person to win a Winter X Games medal for Estonia. She is also the youngest to win two X Games gold medals. Sildaru has won the women's slopestyle on the 2015[3] and 2016[4] Dew Tour.

During the Big Air competition of the 2017 Winter X Games Norway, Sildaru became the first woman ever to land a Switch 1260 ° Mute and a 1440° during a competition.[5] Because of her young age, the first World Cup event she was allowed to participate in was on 27 August 2017 in Cardrona, New Zealand. She won the slopestyle competition.[6]

Despite being the gold medal favorite for the women’s slopestyle event in 2018 Winter Olympics, she missed competing in the Games because of a knee injury.[7] However she later recovered and was able to compete in the world championships winning gold in halfpipe.[8] In the 2020 Youth Olympic Games she won a gold medal for the Women's Freestyle Skiing.[9]

During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the slopestyle event with her top score of 82.06 in her first run.[10]

Sildaru has been named the female Estonian Athlete of the Year twice (2019, 2022),[11] and is the recipient of a high Estonian state award, the Order of the White Star, 3rd class.[12]

Freestyle skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[13]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
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Winter Youth Olympics

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
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World Championships

See also: FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
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Junior World Championships

  • 7 medals – (6 gold, 1 silver)
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Winter X Games

  • 9 medals – (6 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
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Winter X Games Europe

  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
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World Cup results

See also: FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

Sildaru ended the 2021-2022 World Cup season by winning the FIS World Cup slopestyle title and taking home her first crystal globe.[14]

Season standings

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Standings through 17 January 2024

Race Podiums

  • 6 wins – (5 SS, 1 HP)
  • 13 podiums – (6 SS, 6 HP, 1 BA)
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Trivia

Sildaru was honored with a one-of-a-kind Kelly Sildaru Barbie doll on 25 May 2022 as part of Barbie's Dream Gap project.[15][12]

References

  1. [1]
    "Winter Olympics Bio - Kelly Sildaru". ESPN. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    Jason Blevins and David Krause (29 January 2016). "Teen skier Kelly Sildaru becomes youngest Winter X Games gold medalist". The Denver Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. [3]
    "13-YEAR-OLD KELLY SILDARU WINS WOMEN'S TOYOTA FREESKI SLOPESTYLE AT DEW TOUR". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Kelly Sildaru Skis Away With Women's Ski Slopestyle Pro Competition Win". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Kelly Sildaru: väga hea tunne on esimese naisena 1440-kraadine hüpe teha". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  6. [6]
    Estonian teenager Kelly Sildaru wins World Cup slopestyle 27 August 2017, stuff.co.nz
  7. [7]
    "Injury robs Pyeongchang of teen slopestyle phenom Sildaru". Reuters. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Sildaru, Blunck win gold in ski halfpipe at worlds in Utah". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Lausanne 2020 | Results". www.lausanne2020.sport. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. [10]
    Molski • •, Max. "Eileen Gu Earns Silver in Freeski Slopestyle; Mathilde Gremaud Wins Gold". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Kelly Sildaru named Estonian "Athlete of the Year"". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Barbie Honours Kelly Sildaru With A One-Of-A-Kind Doll In Her Likeness". www.snowindustrynews.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Kelly Sildaru". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  14. [14]
    Couceiro, Pablo (25 March 2022). "Kelly Sildaru is close to the ridiculous Crystal Globe at the World Cup finals in Freeski".
  15. [15]
    ERR, ERR, ERR News | (26 May 2022). "Gallery: Estonian skier Kelly Sildaru Barbie unveiled". ERR. Retrieved 30 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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