| Freestyle skiing at the Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Governing body | FIS |
| Events | 12 (men: 5; womens: 5; mixed: 2) |
| Games | |
Freestyle skiing is one of the sports featured at the Winter Youth Olympics. In 2012 it included the disciplines of half pipe and ski cross. In 2016, slopestyle was added, also 1 mixed event was held together with snowboarders.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' halfpipe | Kai Mahler  Switzerland | 95.00 | Lauri Kivari  Finland | 90.00 | Aaron Blunck  United States | 87.50 |
| Boys' ski cross | Niki Lehikoinen Finland | 56.15 | Marzellus Renn  Germany | 56.96 | Matty Herauf  Canada | 57.34 |
| Girls' halfpipe | Elisabeth Gram  Austria | 84.75 | Tiril Sjastad Christiansen  Norway | 79.25 | Marine Tripier Mondancin  France | 69.50 |
| Girls' ski cross | Michaela Heider Austria | 58.38 | Veronika Camkova  Czech Republic | 58.63 | Emilie Benz Switzerland | 58.82 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' halfpipe | Birk Irving United States | 93.00 | Finn Bilous  New Zealand | 92.20 | Trym Sunde Andreassen Norway | 80.20 |
| Boys' slopestyle | Birk Ruud Norway | 89.20 | Alexander Hall United States | 87.40 | Finn Bilous New Zealand | 86.00 |
| Boys' ski cross | Reece Howden Canada | Xander Vercammen  Belgium | Louis Muhlen  Australia | |||
| Girls' halfpipe | Madison Rowlands  Great Britain | 88.60 | Paula Cooper United States | 79.00 | Lara Wolf Austria | 74.20 |
| Girls' slopestyle | Lana Prusakova  Russia | 77.00 | Lou Barin France | 72.80 | Madison Rowlands Great Britain | 67.80 |
| Girls' ski cross | Talina Gantenbein Switzerland | Zali Offord Australia | Klára Kašparová Czech Republic | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' big air | Matěj Švancer Czech Republic | 186.00 | Kiernan Fagan United States | 183.00 | Orest Kovalenko  Ukraine | 179.50 |
| Boys' halfpipe | Andrew Longino Canada | 94.00 | Hunter Carey United States | 86.00 | Luca Harrington New Zealand | 80.66 |
| Boys' slopestyle | Kiernan Fagan United States | 90.66 | Melvin Morén  Sweden | 89.33 | Hunter Henderson United States | 88.66 |
| Boys' ski cross | Erik Wahlberg Sweden | Artem Bazhin Russia | Andrei Gorbachev Russia | |||
| Girls' big air | Gu Ailing  China | 171.25 | Kirsty Muir Great Britain | 170.00 | Jennie-Lee Burmansson Sweden | 151.75 |
| Girls' halfpipe | Gu Ailing China | 93.00 | Li Fanghui China | 85.66 | Hanna Faulhaber United States | 77.33 |
| Girls' slopestyle | Kelly Sildaru  Estonia | 93.75 | Gu Ailing China | 93.25 | Jennie-Lee Burmansson Sweden | 90.00 |
| Girls' ski cross | Marie Krista Switzerland | Diana Cholenská Czech Republic | Vladislava Baliukina Russia | |||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 |  China | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 |  Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 12 |  Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 |  South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 |  Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Australia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Japan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 |  France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 | |
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