List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing is one of the six skiing disciplines contested at the Winter Olympic Games, and one of the youngest.[1] In 1924, the first Winter Olympics featured Nordic skiing disciplines (cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined),[2] while alpine skiing was first contested in 1936.[3] Only at the 1992 Winter Olympics, in Albertville, France, were freestyle skiing events first held as official medal events.[4] Before that, freestyle skiing was contested at the 1988 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport, consisting of events for both men and women in three variants: moguls, aerials and ski ballet.[5] In Albertville, moguls was the first-ever official freestyle skiing medal event; aerials and ski ballet were also held but still as demonstration events.[5] The growing popularity of aerials convinced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to add this freestyle discipline to the 1994 Winter Olympics official program.[5] Moguls and aerials have thus been contested at every Winter Games since. Ski cross inclusion in the Winter Olympics program was approved at an IOC Executive Board meeting in November 2006, and the first events were held at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6]

The medalists of the inaugural women's ski cross event at the 2010 Winter Olympics. From left to right: Hedda Berntsen of Norway (silver), Ashleigh McIvor of Canada (gold), and Marion Josserand of France (bronze).

At the 2002 Winter Olympics, two days after Steve Bradbury gave Australia its first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal, Alisa Camplin won the freestyle aerials event, becoming the first Australian woman to win gold at the Winter Games; four years later, she collected a second consecutive medal, a bronze.[7] In 2010, the third Olympics hosted by Canada finally consecrated a Canadian athlete as Olympic champion: Alexandre Bilodeau took the gold medal in the men's moguls, overcoming defending champion Dale Begg-Smith of Australia.[8] Kari Traa of Norway has won three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) in three successive Games, more than any other freestyle skier at the Winter Olympics.[9] Alexandre Bilodeau and David Wise are the most successful male freestyle skiers, with two gold medals. Alexandre Bilodeau was also the first freestyle skier to win back to back gold medals when he won gold in the 2010 and 2014 moguls. The youngest freestyle skier to win an Olympic medal is Swiss Mathilde Gremaud, who secured a silver in 2018 with 18 years old, while Tatjana Mittermayer of Germany is the oldest medalist, following her silver in the 1998 moguls event, aged 33.[10][11]

Overall, 132 medals (44 of each color) have been awarded to skiers representing 22 National Olympic Committees (NOC).

Table of contents
Men

MogulsAerialsSki crossHalfpipeSlopestyle

Women

MogulsAerialsSki crossHalfpipeSlopestyle

Statistics

Athlete medal leadersMedals per yearMedal sweep events

See also        References        External links

Men

Alexandre Bilodeau's victory in the 2010 men's moguls event made him the first-ever Canadian to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Canada. In 2014, he became the first Olympic champion in moguls who defended his title.
In 2010, Michael Schmid of Switzerland won the inaugural men's ski cross event with a perfect sheet: first place in every race of the qualifying and elimination rounds.

Moguls

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Albertville
Edgar Grospiron
 France
Olivier Allamand
 France
Nelson Carmichael
 United States
1994 Lillehammer
Jean-Luc Brassard
 Canada
Sergey Shupletsov
 Russia
Edgar Grospiron
 France
1998 Nagano
Jonny Moseley
 United States
Janne Lahtela
 Finland
Sami Mustonen
 Finland
2002 Salt Lake City
Janne Lahtela
 Finland
Travis Mayer
 United States
Richard Gay
 France
2006 Turin
Dale Begg-Smith
 Australia
Mikko Ronkainen
 Finland
Toby Dawson
 United States
2010 Vancouver
Alexandre Bilodeau
 Canada
Dale Begg-Smith
 Australia
Bryon Wilson
 United States
2014 Sochi
Alexandre Bilodeau
 Canada
Mikaël Kingsbury
 Canada
Alexandr Smyshlyaev
 Russia
2018 Pyeongchang
Mikaël Kingsbury
 Canada
Matt Graham
 Australia
Daichi Hara
 Japan
  • Medals:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Canada415
2 Finland1214
3 Australia123
4 United States1135
5 France1124
6 Russia112
7 Japan11

Aerials

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1994 Lillehammer
Andreas Schönbächler
 Switzerland
Philippe LaRoche
 Canada
Lloyd Langlois
 Canada
1998 Nagano
Eric Bergoust
 United States
Sébastien Foucras
 France
Dmitri Dashinski
 Belarus
2002 Salt Lake City
Aleš Valenta
 Czech Republic
Joe Pack
 United States
Aleksei Grishin
 Belarus
2006 Turin
Han Xiaopeng
 China
Dmitri Dashinski
 Belarus
Vladimir Lebedev
 Russia
2010 Vancouver
Aleksei Grishin
 Belarus
Jeret Peterson
 United States
Liu Zhongqing
 China
2014 Sochi
Anton Kushnir
 Belarus
David Morris
 Australia
Jia Zongyang
 China
2018 Pyeongchang
Oleksandr Abramenko
 Ukraine
Jia Zongyang
 China
Ilya Burov
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
  • Medals:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Belarus2125
2 United States123
3 China1124
6 Czechoslovakia
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
11
8 Australia
 France
11
9 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Russia
11

Ski cross

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2010 Vancouver
Michael Schmid
 Switzerland
Andreas Matt
 Austria
Audun Grønvold
 Norway
2014 Sochi
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
 France
Arnaud Bovolenta
 France
Jonathan Midol
 France
2018 Pyeongchang
Brady Leman
 Canada
Marc Bischofberger
 Switzerland
Sergey Ridzik
 Olympic Athletes from Russia

Halfpipe

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
David Wise
 United States
Mike Riddle
 Canada
Kevin Rolland
 France
2018 Pyeongchang
David Wise
 United States
Alex Ferreira
 United States
Nico Porteous
 New Zealand

Slopestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
Joss Christensen
 United States
Gus Kenworthy
 United States
Nick Goepper
 United States
2018 Pyeongchang
Øystein Bråten
 Norway
Nick Goepper
 United States
Alex Beaulieu-Marchand
 Canada

Women

Canadian skier Jennifer Heil won the women's Olympic moguls event in 2006, and achieved a silver medal in 2010.
Evelyne Leu of Switzerland, gold medalist in the women's aerials event at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Moguls

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Albertville
Donna Weinbrecht
 United States
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
 Unified Team
Stine Lise Hattestad
 Norway
1994 Lillehammer
Stine Lise Hattestad
 Norway
Elizabeth McIntyre
 United States
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
 Russia
1998 Nagano
Tae Satoya
 Japan
Tatjana Mittermayer
 Germany
Kari Traa
 Norway
2002 Salt Lake City
Kari Traa
 Norway
Shannon Bahrke
 United States
Tae Satoya
 Japan
2006 Turin
Jennifer Heil
 Canada
Kari Traa
 Norway
Sandra Laoura
 France
2010 Vancouver
Hannah Kearney
 United States
Jennifer Heil
 Canada
Shannon Bahrke
 United States
2014 Sochi
Justine Dufour-Lapointe
 Canada
Chloé Dufour-Lapointe
 Canada
Hannah Kearney
 United States
2018 Pyeongchang
Perrine Laffont
 France
Justine Dufour-Lapointe
 Canada
Yuliya Galysheva
 Kazakhstan
  • Medals:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Canada235
2 United States2226
3 Norway2125
5 France. Japan112
7 Germany. Unified Team11
9 Kazakhstan. Russia11

Aerials

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1994 Lillehammer
Lina Cheryazova
 Uzbekistan
Marie Lindgren
 Sweden
Hilde Synnøve Lid
 Norway
1998 Nagano
Nikki Stone
 United States
Xu Nannan
 China
Colette Brand
 Switzerland
2002 Salt Lake City
Alisa Camplin
 Australia
Veronica Brenner
 Canada
Deidra Dionne
 Canada
2006 Turin
Evelyne Leu
 Switzerland
Li Nina
 China
Alisa Camplin
 Australia
2010 Vancouver
Lydia Lassila
 Australia
Li Nina
 China
Guo Xinxin
 China
2014 Sochi
Alla Tsuper
 Belarus
Xu Mengtao
 China
Lydia Lassila
 Australia
2018 Pyeongchang
Hanna Huskova
 Belarus
Zhang Xin
 China
Kong Fanyu
 China
  • Medals:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia224
2 Belarus22
3  Switzerland112
5 United States
 Uzbekistan
11
6 China527
7 Canada112
8 Norway11

Ski cross

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2010 Vancouver
Ashleigh McIvor
 Canada
Hedda Berntsen
 Norway
Marion Josserand
 France
2014 Sochi
Marielle Thompson
 Canada
Kelsey Serwa
 Canada
Anna Holmlund
 Sweden
2018 Pyeongchang
Kelsey Serwa
 Canada
Brittany Phelan
 Canada
Fanny Smith
 Switzerland

Halfpipe

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
Maddie Bowman
 United States
Marie Martinod
 France
Ayana Onozuka
 Japan
2018 Pyeongchang
Cassie Sharpe
 Canada
Marie Martinod
 France
Brita Sigourney
 United States

Slopestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
Dara Howell
 Canada
Devin Logan
 United States
Kim Lamarre
 Canada
2018 Pyeongchang
Sarah Höfflin
 Switzerland
Mathilde Gremaud
 Switzerland
Isabel Atkin
 Great Britain

Statistics

Athlete medal leaders

Norway's Kari Traa is the most successful Olympic freestyle skier, with three medals in the women's moguls event: one gold (2002), one silver (2006), and one bronze (1998).
Janne Lahtela of Finland (pictured) and Dale Begg-Smith of Australia have won two medals each (one gold and one silver) in the men's moguls.
After a bronze medal in 2002 and a fourth place in 2006, Belarusian skier Aleksei Grishin secured the gold medal in the men's aerials event at the 2010 Games.

Athletes who won at least two medals are listed below.[12]

Athlete Nation Event Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada (CAN) Men's moguls 2006–2014 2002
David Wise  United States (USA) Men's halfpipe 2014–2018 2002
Kari Traa  Norway (NOR) Women's moguls 1998–2006 1113
Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada (CAN) Men's moguls 2014–2018 1102
Justine Dufour-Lapointe  Canada (CAN) Women's moguls 2014–2018 1102
Kelsey Serwa  Canada (CAN) Women's ski cross 2010–2018 1102
Dale Begg-Smith  Australia (AUS) Men's moguls 2006–2014 1102
Jennifer Heil  Canada (CAN) Women's moguls 2002–2010 1102
Janne Lahtela  Finland (FIN) Men's moguls 1998–2002 1102
Hannah Kearney  United States (USA) Women's moguls 2006–2014 1012
Lydia Lassila  Australia (AUS) Women's aerials 2002–2014 1012
Alisa Camplin  Australia (AUS) Women's aerials 2002–2006 1012
Aleksei Grishin  Belarus (BLR) Men's aerials 2002–2010 1012
Tae Satoya  Japan (JPN) Women's moguls 1994–2006 1012
Edgar Grospiron  France (FRA) Men's moguls 1992–1994 1012
Stine Lise Hattestad  Norway (NOR) Women's moguls 1992–1994 1012
Li Nina  China (CHN) Women's aerials 2006–2010 0202
Marie Martinod  France (FRA) Women's halfpipe 2014-2018 0202
Shannon Bahrke  United States (USA) Women's moguls 2002–2010 0112
Dmitri Dashinski  Belarus (BLR) Men's aerials 1998–2006 0112
Jia Zongyang  China (CHN) Men's aerials 2010–2018 0112
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
Women's moguls 1992–1994 0112
Nick Goepper  United States (USA) Men's Slopestyle 2014–2018 0112

Medals per year

× NOC did not exist # Number of medals won by the NOC NOC did not win any medals
Nation 1924–88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Total
 Australia (AUS)  122218
 Austria (AUT)  11
 Belarus (BLR)  ×111126
 Canada (CAN)  32139725
 China (CHN)  1232311
 Czech Republic (CZE)  ×11
 Finland (FIN)  2114
 France (FRA)  2111115214
 Germany (GER)  11
 Japan (JPN)  11114
 Norway (NOR)  12111219
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)  ×××××××1
 Russia (RUS)  ×211×4
 Sweden (SWE)  112
 Switzerland (SUI)  111148
 Unified Team (EUN)  1×××××××1
 United States (USA)  2133147425
 Uzbekistan (UZB)  ×1××× ××1
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)  11

Medal sweep events

These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.

Games Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi Men's slopestyle  United States (USA) Joss Christensen Gus Kenworthy Nick Goepper
2014 Sochi Men's ski cross  France (FRA) Jean-Frédéric Chapuis Arnaud Bovolenta Jonathan Midol

See also

References

General
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