12 Facts About Nico Porteous

Nico Porteous was born on 23 November 2001 and is a New Zealand freestyle skier and an Olympic champion.

Nico Porteous is New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the age of 16.

Nico Porteous became New Zealand's second Winter Olympic gold medallist, and first male, with his win in men's halfpipe at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Nico Porteous has had a professional coach since he was six years old.

Nico Porteous's older brother Miguel Porteous is a freeskier and Olympian, having competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.

When Nico Porteous was 14, he became the youngest person in the world to land the triple cork 1440.

Nico Porteous was selected to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, making him the second-youngest Winter Olympian in the nation's history.

At age 16 years 91 days, Nico Porteous became New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, breaking the previous record of 16 years and 353 days set by Zoi Sadowski-Synnott earlier the same day, who had in turn broken the record of 17 years 100 days set by Danyon Loader at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

In 2019, Nico Porteous claimed the bronze medal in the superpipe event at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.

At the 2019 Audi Nines Nico Porteous performed a Switch Alley Oop Double Misty 1080.

In 2021, Nico Porteous claimed his first X Games gold medal in the Superpipe event.

In January 2022, Nico Porteous won a gold medal in the freeski halfpipe event at the US Grand Prix World Cup event in California, USA.