Kelly Sildaru

Kelly Sildaru Estonian pronunciation ?kel??i ?sil?d?ru born February 17 2002 is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier Sildaru won a gold medal in the slopestyle event in the 2016 Winter X Games beating Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen 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 womens slopestyle on the 2015 and 2016 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 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 Despite being the gold medal favorite for the womens slopestyle event in 2018 Winter Olympics she missed competing in the Games because of a knee injury However she later recovered and was able to compete in the world championships winning gold in halfpipe In the 2020 Youth Olympic Games she won a gold medal for the Womens Freestyle Skiing During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics she won a bronze medal in the slopestyle event with her top score of 8206 in her first run Sildaru has been named the female Estonian Athlete of the Year twice 2019 2022 and is the recipient of a high Estonian state award the Order of the White Star 3rd class