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| Full name | Jaelin Charlotte Kauf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1996 Alta, Wyoming, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Dual moguls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaelin Charlotte Kauf (born September 26, 1996) is an American freestyle skier who competes internationally. [1] She competed at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics in women's moguls.
She competed for the United States at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she won a bronze medal in dual moguls. She won a silver at the 2019 World Championships in dual moguls. [2]
Rank No. 1 in the world going in, Kauf qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea where she was among the favorites to medal. However, she finished seventh there and did not make the medal final. [3]
Representing Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Kauf won the silver medal in Olympic freestyle moguls. [4]
Shannon Bahrke is an American Olympic freestyle skier and entrepreneur. Bahrke was the silver medalist in Moguls at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City and went on to become the 2003 World Cup Champion. She also won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. With her bronze medal in 2010, she became the first US women's freestyle skier to win multiple Olympic medals. Bahrke was also the 2009 US National Champion in dual moguls. She has reached the podium twice at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, winning bronze in 2003 and silver in 2007, both in dual moguls.
Chloé Dufour-Lapointe is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was the 2013 FIS World Champion in dual moguls with her winning run at the 2013 World Championships. Dufour-Lapointe was the runner-up and silver medallist at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011 as well and placed fifth at the 2010 Olympic Games. She won silver at the 2014 Olympic Games behind her sister Justine.
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Jessica Diggins is an American cross-country skier. She is the most accomplished cross-country skier from the United States in the sport's history having won two World Cup overall titles, three Olympic medals, six World Championship medals, and numerous other event championships. Diggins has used her status as a famous athlete to advance advocacy related to climate change and eating disorders.
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Tess Johnson is an American freestyle moguls skier. In 2014, she became the youngest moguls skier ever named to the United States national team. She has been named to the United States Olympic Team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Jakara Anthony is an Australian freestyle skier and Olympic gold medalist. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing 4th, the best-ever result for an Australian female mogul skier. Anthony won the Women's Moguls event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. At the 2019 World Ski Championships she finished 2nd.
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The women's moguls competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 3 February (qualification) and 6 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Jakara Anthony of Australia won the event, with Jaelin Kauf of the United States taking silver and Anastasia Smirnova, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, bronze. For all of them this is the first Olympic medal. Anthony's medal is the first Olympic medal for Australia in women's moguls.
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