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| Country |  Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 2002 Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 5 - (2017–2019, 2020–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (1 SS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelly Sildaru (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkelʲˑiˈsilˑdɑ.ru] ; born 17 February 2002) is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier.
Sildaru won a gold medal in the slopestyle event in the 2016 Winter X Games beating Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen. [2] 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. She is also the youngest to win two X Games gold medals. Sildaru has won the women's slopestyle on the 2015 [3] and 2016 [4] Dew Tour.
During the Big Air competition of the 2017 Winter X Games Norway, Sildaru became the first woman ever to land a Switch 1260 ° Mute and a 1440° during a competition. [5] Because of her young age, the first World Cup event she was allowed to participate in was on 27 August 2017 in Cardrona, New Zealand. She won the slopestyle competition. [6]
Despite being the gold medal favorite for the women’s slopestyle event in 2018 Winter Olympics, she missed competing in the Games because of a knee injury. [7] However she later recovered and was able to compete in the world championships winning gold in halfpipe. [8] In the 2020 Youth Olympic Games she won a gold medal for the Women's Freestyle Skiing. [9]
During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the slopestyle event with her top score of 82.06 in her first run. [10]
Sildaru has been named the female Estonian Athlete of the Year twice (2019, 2022), [11] and is the recipient of a high Estonian state award, the Order of the White Star, 3rd class. [12]
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [13]
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 2018 Pyeongchang | 15 | injured: did not compete | ||
 2022 Beijing | 19 | Bronze | 4 | 17 |
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 2020 Lausanne | 17 | Gold | — | — |
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 2019 Park City | 16 | CNX | Gold | — |
| 2021 Aspen | 18 | injured: did not compete | ||
 2023 Bakuriani | 20 | injured: did not compete | ||
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 2017 | 14 | Gold | Gold | — |
 2018 Cardrona | 15 | Gold | Gold | Silver |
 2019 Kläppen | 16 | Gold | — | Gold |
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Superpipe | Big air |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Aspen | 13 | Gold | — | — |
| 2017 Aspen | 14 | Gold | — | Silver |
| 2018 Aspen | 15 | injured: did not compete | ||
| 2019 Aspen | 16 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2020 Aspen | 17 | Gold | Gold | 4 |
| 2021 Aspen | 18 | injured: did not compete | ||
| 2022 Aspen | 19 | — | Gold | — |
| 2023 Aspen | 20 | injured: did not compete | ||
| Year | Age | Slopestyle | Superpipe | Big air |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 2016 Oslo | 14 | — | — | 4 |
| 2017 Hafjell | 15 | — | — | Silver |
Sildaru ended the 2021-2022 World Cup season by winning the FIS World Cup slopestyle title and taking home her first crystal globe. [14]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slopestyle | Halfpipe | Big air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 15 | 94 | 21 | 18 | — |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 4 | — |
| 2019–20 | 17 | did not compete | |||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 12 | 19 | — |  |
| 2021–22 | 19 |  |  | 6 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 15 | — |
| 2023–24 | 21 | injured: did not compete | |||
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017–18 | 27 August 2017 | Cardrona, New Zealand | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 2 | 1 September 2017 | Cardrona, New Zealand | Halfpipe | 2nd | |
| 3 | 2018–19 | 23 November 2018 |  Stubai, Austria | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 4 | 7 December 2018 | Copper Mountain, USA | Halfpipe | 1st | |
| 5 | 9 March 2019 | Mammoth, USA | Halfpipe | 2nd | |
| 6 | 2020–21 | 8 January 2021 | Kreischberg, Austria | Big air | 3rd |
| 7 | 2021–22 | 20 November 2021 | Stubai, Austria | Slopestyle | 1st |
| 8 | 10 December 2021 | Copper Mountain, USA | Halfpipe | 3rd | |
| 9 | 8 January 2022 | Mammoth, USA | Halfpipe | 2nd | |
| 10 | 9 January 2022 | Mammoth, USA | Slopestyle | 1st | |
| 11 | 26 March 2022 | Silvaplana, Switzerland | Slopestyle | 1st | |
| 12 | 2022–23 | 19 November 2022 | Stubai, Austria | Slopestyle | 2nd |
| 13 | 17 December 2022 | Copper Mountain, USA | Halfpipe | 3rd |
Sildaru was honored with a one-of-a-kind Kelly Sildaru Barbie doll on 25 May 2022 as part of Barbie's Dream Gap project. [15] [12]
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