Appearing at her third Olympic games, American snowboarder Chloe Kim is chasing a third goal medal in Milan this February.
Born in Torrance, California, part of the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, the 25-year-old got into snowboarding when she was still a toddler. She is considered America’s best snowboarder.
Kim was too young to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia but instead won a silver medal in the superpipe event at the 2014 Winter X Games.
A year later, in 2015, she went one better and won the gold medal in the same event at the Winter X Games - when she was just 14 years old.
Winter Olympics history
Milan 2026 will be Chloe Kim’s third Winter Olympics, having previously competed in Beijing in 2022 and Pyeongchang in 2018.
At both Olympics she entered the women’s halfpipe event and took home the gold medal.
At the 2018 Games Kim made Olympic history by becoming the youngest female athlete to ever land two 1080-degree spins in a row.
2026 Winter Olympics
Chloe Kim is aiming for her third gold medal when the games begin on February 6 but one huge question hangs in the air: will she even make it to Italy?
Kim has been nursing a shoulder injury throughout training after a tear to her labrum but back in January she claimed she was ‘good to go.’
If the injury persists during the Games, other favorites to take home the top prize are Gaon Choi of Korea and Sena Tomita of Japan.
When does Chloe Kim compete?
The women’s snowboard halfpipe event begins with qualifying rounds on February 11 with the two final runs taking place the following day on February 12.
Winter Olympics key dates
February 4: Competition begins (curling)
February 6: Opening ceremony
February 7: First gold medal events
February 8: Gold medal, women’s Alpine skiing downhill
February 13: Gold medal, men’s figure skating
February 18: Gold medal, women’s Alpine skiing slalom
February 19: Gold medal, women’s figure skating. Gold medal game, women’s ice hockey. First gold medals in ski mountaineering, a new Olympic sport
February 22: Gold medal game, men’s ice hockey. Closing ceremony
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