31 Facts About Chloe Kim

Chloe Kim is a six-time X Games gold medalist and the first woman to win two gold medals in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

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.

Chloe Kim's father started her on a snowboard at age four at the southern California resort of Mountain High; she started competing at age six as a member of Team Mountain High.

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.

Chloe Kim's father quit his job to drive her to the mountains and to be able to travel with her when she competes.

In 2015, Chloe Kim won Gold in the superpipe at the Winter X Games, besting Clark.

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.

Chloe Kim scored a perfect 100 points and is the second rider ever to do so, after Shaun White.

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.

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.

Chloe Kim was nominated for the 2016 ESPYS award for Best Breakthrough Athlete.

Chloe Kim was nearly 10 points ahead of Liu Jiayu, who placed second.

Chloe Kim became the youngest woman to ever land two 1080-degree spins in a row at the Olympics.

Chloe Kim became a two-time Olympian when she competed at her second consecutive Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.

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.

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.

Chloe Kim was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated following her Olympic gold medal win.

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.

In late 2020, Chloe Kim competed on season 4 of The Masked Singer as "Jellyfish".

Chloe Kim ultimately made it to the semi-finals of the competition before being unmasked in a triple elimination alongside Tori Kelly as "Seahorse" and Taylor Dayne as "Popcorn".

In July 2018, Chloe Kim won three ESPYs for Best Female Athlete, Best Female Olympian, and Best Female Action Sports Athlete.

Chloe Kim was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.

Chloe Kim was admitted to Princeton University in 2018 but deferred the offer of admission until 2019.

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.

Chloe Kim eventually quit his job to help his daughter pursue her snowboarding career.

Chloe Kim has extended family living in South Korea, where she competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Chloe Kim's relatives, including her grandmother, watched her compete for the first time at the Olympics.

Chloe Kim stated that despite being born in the United States and having always represented the country professionally at international events, she experiences racist and hateful messages regularly, up to 30 a day, as far back as she was age 13.

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".

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.

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.