Eileen Gu will be representing China in the 2026 Winter Olympics, having already won two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2022 Winter games. She began skiing when she was a small child and before she had turned 20 she was a model, world-class skier and the kind of student who nearly earned a near-perfect score on the SATs.
Gu spoke to SI Swimsuit about becoming a dominant female athlete in a male-dominated sport and how being built like a model doesn't lend itself to her chosen sport.
