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Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 17 February 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 5 - (2017–2019, 2020–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 1 – (1 SS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelly Sildaru (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkelʲˑi ˈsilˑdɑ.ru]; born 17 February 2002) is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[13]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
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15 | injured: did not compete | ||
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19 | Bronze | 4 | 17 |
Winter Youth Olympics
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 gold)
Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
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17 | Gold | — | — |
World Championships
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 gold)
Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
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16 | CNX | Gold | — |
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18 | injured: did not compete | ||
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20 | injured: did not compete |
Junior World Championships
[edit]- 7 medals – (6 gold, 1 silver)
Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
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14 | Gold | Gold | — |
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15 | Gold | Gold | Silver |
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16 | Gold | — | Gold |
Winter X Games
[edit]- 9 medals – (6 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | Slopestyle | Superpipe | Big air |
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13 | Gold | — | — |
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14 | Gold | — | Silver |
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15 | injured: did not compete | ||
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16 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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17 | Gold | Gold | 4 |
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18 | injured: did not compete | ||
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19 | — | Gold | — |
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20 | injured: did not compete |
Winter X Games Europe
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 silver)
Year | Age | Slopestyle | Superpipe | Big air |
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14 | — | — | 4 |
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15 | — | — | Silver |
World Cup results
[edit]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
[edit]Season | Age | Overall | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
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2017–18 | 15 | 94 | 21 | 18 | — |
2018–19 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 4 | — |
2019–20 | 17 | did not compete | |||
2020–21 | 18 | 12 | 19 | — | ![]() |
2021–22 | 19 | ![]() |
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6 | 16 |
2022–23 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 15 | — |
2023–24 | 21 | injured: did not compete |
- Standings through 17 January 2024
Race Podiums
[edit]No. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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1 | 2017–18 | 27 August 2017 | ![]() |
Slopestyle | 1st |
2 | 1 September 2017 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd | |
3 | 2018–19 | 23 November 2018 | ![]() |
Slopestyle | 1st |
4 | 7 December 2018 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 1st | |
5 | 9 March 2019 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd | |
6 | 2020–21 | 8 January 2021 | ![]() |
Big air | 3rd |
7 | 2021–22 | 20 November 2021 | ![]() |
Slopestyle | 1st |
8 | 10 December 2021 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd | |
9 | 8 January 2022 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 2nd | |
10 | 9 January 2022 | ![]() |
Slopestyle | 1st | |
11 | 26 March 2022 | ![]() |
Slopestyle | 1st | |
12 | 2022–23 | 19 November 2022 | ![]() |
Slopestyle | 2nd |
13 | 17 December 2022 | ![]() |
Halfpipe | 3rd |
Trivia
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Winter Olympics Bio - Kelly Sildaru". ESPN. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "13-YEAR-OLD KELLY SILDARU WINS WOMEN'S TOYOTA FREESKI SLOPESTYLE AT DEW TOUR". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Kelly Sildaru Skis Away With Women's Ski Slopestyle Pro Competition Win". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Kelly Sildaru: väga hea tunne on esimese naisena 1440-kraadine hüpe teha". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Estonian teenager Kelly Sildaru wins World Cup slopestyle 27 August 2017, stuff.co.nz
- ^ "Injury robs Pyeongchang of teen slopestyle phenom Sildaru". Reuters. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Sildaru, Blunck win gold in ski halfpipe at worlds in Utah". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Lausanne 2020 | Results". www.lausanne2020.sport. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Molski • •, Max (15 February 2022). "Eileen Gu Earns Silver in Freeski Slopestyle; Mathilde Gremaud Wins Gold". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Sildaru named Estonian "Athlete of the Year"". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Barbie Honours Kelly Sildaru With A One-Of-A-Kind Doll In Her Likeness". www.snowindustrynews.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Sildaru". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Couceiro, Pablo (25 March 2022). "Kelly Sildaru is close to the ridiculous Crystal Globe at the World Cup finals in Freeski".
- ^ ERR, ERR, ERR News | (26 May 2022). "Gallery: Estonian skier Kelly Sildaru Barbie unveiled". ERR. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Kelly Sildaru at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Kelly Sildaru at the X Games (archived)
- Kelly Sildaru at Olympedia
- Kelly Sildaru at Olympics.com
- Estonian Ski Association Profile
- Official website
- Biography (in Estonian)
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Estonian female freestyle skiers
- Skiers from Tallinn
- X Games athletes
- Freestyle skiers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Estonia
- Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic freestyle skiers for Estonia
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Estonia
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class