Eileen Gu

I find Eileen Gu genuinely fascinating, and not just because she throws double 1620s off a halfpipe like it's nothing. Here's a San Francisco kid who grew up bilingual, modeled, aced her way into Stanford, and then went and became the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history before she could legally rent a car. What gets me is the composure: she competes with this unbothered, almost playful confidence, like the pressure is someone else's problem. Sure, her choice to ski for China stirred up plenty of noise, and I get why people have feelings about it, but on the snow she's just absurdly talented and absurdly fearless. Watching her drop in, I mostly feel a mix of awe and mild jealousy at how effortless she makes hard things look.

Name (English)

Eileen Gu

Name (Japanese)

アイリーン・グー

Reading

あいりーん・ぐー

Born

September 3, 2003 (age 22)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Origin

San Francisco, California, United States

Occupation

freestyle skier / model

University

Stanford University

Awards & achievements

• 2022 Time 100

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/eileen_gu_/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E6%84%9B%E5%87%8C

Tags

• California
• freestyle skier
• model

Last updated

2026-06-02

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