My Take
Chloe Kim is genuinely one of those athletes who makes you feel like the sport itself leveled up the moment she arrived. Born in Long Beach, California, to Korean immigrant parents, she grew up far from any mountain — and then proceeded to become arguably the greatest halfpipe snowboarder of all time. She won Olympic gold at 17 in Pyeongchang, becoming the youngest woman ever to do so, and then went back to Beijing in 2022 and did it again, the first woman to win two halfpipe golds. Those back-to-back 1080s she threw in the final run of 2018 — when she already had gold locked up and just wanted to have fun — tell you everything about who she is. She took time off, enrolled at Princeton, came back, and won again. The athleticism is jaw-dropping, but what I respect most is how grounded and self-aware she seems for someone who's been a superstar since she was barely old enough to drive.
Overview
Chloe Kim (; born April 23, 2000) is an American professional snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal when she won gold in the women's snowboard halfpipe at 17 years old. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Kim became the first woman to win two gold medals in halfpipe.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chloe Kim
- Name (Japanese)
- クロエ・キム
- Reading
- くろえ・きむ
- Born
- April 23, 2000 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 62 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- snowboarder / freestyle skier
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Time 100
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.