1. Chloe Kim is an eight-time X Games gold medalist and the first woman to win two gold medals in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
38 Facts About Chloe Kim
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Chloe Kim is the World, Olympic, Youth Olympic, and X Games champion in the halfpipe and the first to win the title at all four major events.
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Chloe Kim was born on April 23,2000, in Long Beach, California and raised in nearby Torrance.
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Chloe Kim began snowboarding at age four at the southern California resort of Mountain High.
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Chloe Kim started competing at age six as a member of Team Mountain High.
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Chloe Kim spent third and fourth-grade studying and training in Geneva, Switzerland where her aunt lived, before returning to California and training at Mammoth Mountain.
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Chloe Kim's father quit his job to drive her to the mountains and to be able to travel with her when she competes.
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In 2015, Chloe Kim won Gold in the superpipe at the Winter X Games, besting Clark.
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At that year's US Snowboarding Grand Prix, Chloe Kim became the first woman to land back-to-back 1080 spins in a snowboarding competition.
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Chloe Kim scored a perfect 100 points and is the second rider ever to do so, after Shaun White.
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In 2025 at the X Games, Chloe Kim won her eighth gold medal in the superpipe, which gave her the most wins of any woman in the superpipe at the X Games, and tied her with Shaun White for most wins of any person in the superpipe at the X Games.
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In 2016, Chloe Kim became the first American woman to win a gold medal in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games and earned the highest snowboarding score in Youth Olympic Games history.
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Chloe Kim was selected as Team USA's flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, becoming the first snowboarder chosen to serve as flag bearer for Team USA at either the Olympic Winter Games or Youth Olympic Games.
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Chloe Kim was nominated for the 2016 ESPYS award for Best Breakthrough Athlete.
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Chloe Kim was nearly 10 points ahead of Liu Jiayu, who placed second.
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Chloe Kim became the youngest woman to ever land two 1080-degree spins in a row at the Olympics.
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Chloe Kim became a two-time Olympian when she competed at her second consecutive Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
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Chloe Kim successfully defended her Olympic title, thus becoming the first female snowboarder to win back-to-back gold medals at the snowboard halfpipe event.
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Chloe Kim used her additional two runs in the final to attempt a new trick, but in both attempts was unable to stick the landing.
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On January 18,2025 at the Laax Open, Chloe Kim became the first woman to land a double cork 1080 in a snowboard halfpipe competition, landing a cab double cork 1080.
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Chloe Kim was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated following her Olympic gold medal win.
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In February 2019, Chloe Kim was featured in Nike's "Dream Crazier" ad with Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Megan Rapinoe, and other women athletes.
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In late 2020, Chloe Kim competed on season 4 of The Masked Singer as "Jellyfish".
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Chloe Kim ultimately made it to the semi-finals of the competition before being unmasked in a triple elimination alongside Taylor Dayne as "Popcorn" and Tori Kelly as "Seahorse".
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In July 2018, Chloe Kim won three ESPYs for Best Female Athlete, Best Female Olympian, and Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
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Chloe Kim won the Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award three years in a row.
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In 2018, Chloe Kim was included in Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People.
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Chloe Kim was awarded Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year two times in a row.
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In 2025, Chloe Kim made it to the Madame Tussauds Hot 100 list, recognizing her as a cultural icon.
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Chloe Kim was admitted to Princeton University in 2018, but deferred the offer of admission until 2019.
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Chloe Kim struggled with her fame at Princeton for a period of time and decided to return to competitive snowboarding prior to the 2022 Olympics.
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Chloe Kim eventually quit his job to help his daughter pursue her snowboarding career.
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Chloe Kim has extended family living in South Korea, where she competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Chloe Kim's relatives, including her grandmother, watched her compete for the first time at the Olympics.
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Chloe Kim stated that despite being born in the United States and having always represented the country professionally at international events, she receives racist and hateful messages regularly, up to 30 a day, since she was 13 years old.
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Chloe Kim stated that because she was Asian, people would often belittle her accomplishments, telling her to "stop taking medals away from the white American girls on the team", as well as to "go back to China".
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Chloe Kim has spoken up about the rise of anti-Asian hate crime and violence in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that she is constantly worried about her parents' safety.
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Chloe Kim added that she would always bring along a knife, pepper spray, and tasers whenever she goes outdoors to do her errands as well as avoiding crowded places in general.