Kelly Sildaru
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Tallinn, Estonia | 17 February 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelly Sildaru (born 17 February 2002) is an Estonian freestyle skier.
Sildaru won a gold medal in the slopestyle event in the 2016 Winter X Games beating Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen.[1] With this win, at age 13, Sildaru became the youngest gold medalist to date at a Winter X Games event, and the first person to win a Winter X Games medal for Estonia.
Kelly Sildaru is the youngest to win 2 gold medals in X Games.
Sildaru has won the women's slopestyle on the 2015[2] and 2016[3] Dew tour.
During the Big Air competition of the 2017 Winter X Games Norway Sildaru became the first woman to ever land a Switch 1260° Mute and a 1440° during a competition.[4]
References
- ↑ Jason Blevins and David Krause (29 January 2016). "Teen skier Kelly Sildaru becomes youngest Winter X Games gold medalist". The Denver Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "13-YEAR-OLD KELLY SILDARU WINS WOMEN'S TOYOTA FREESKI SLOPESTYLE AT DEW TOUR". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "Kelly Sildaru Skis Away With Women’s Ski Slopestyle Pro Competition Win". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ "Kelly Sildaru: väga hea tunne on esimese naisena 1440-kraadine hüpe teha". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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Preceded by Anett Kontaveit |
Estonian Young Sports Personality of the Year 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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