Zoe Atkin

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Zoe Atkin
Personal information
NationalityAmerican, British
Born (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 23)
Newton, Massachusetts, US
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event
 Halfpipe
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2026 Milano Cortina Halfpipe
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Engadin Halfpipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Bakuriani Halfpipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Aspen Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2026 AspenSuperpipe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 AspenSuperpipe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Aspen Superpipe

Zoe Atkin (born 16 January 2003) is a British-American freestyle skier. She is a two-time X Games champion. In 2025, she became the world champion competing for Great Britain in the halfpipe.

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Early life

Zoe Atkin was born on 16 January 2003 in Newton, Massachusetts, [1] the daughter of Winnie and Mike Atkin. [2] Her mother is Malaysian Chinese and her father is English, both expatriates who met while working at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. [2] Atkin has dual British citizenship (from her father) and US citizenship (owing to her place of birth). She grew up in the US but has a closer affinity with the UK due to frequent time spent with relatives in England. [2] She was raised on the East Coast of the US until the age of 10 when her family moved to Park City, Utah, to further develop Zoe and her older sister Isabel's talent in skiing. [2] She is a graduate of the Winter Sports School, a specialized high school in Park City designed for student athletes. [3] Atkin enrolled at Stanford University in 2022 where she studies symbolic systems and is a full-time student there while competing internationally. [4] [5] She is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. [6]

Career

Atkin has held dual British and US citizenship since birth, and like her sister Isabel, has competed for Great Britain her entire career. [7]

Atkin made her professional debut at the age of 14. In the 2019–20 World Cup, Atkin, aged 16, won halfpipe gold in blizzard like conditions at Copper Mountain. It was her third ever appearance at a World Cup event. Her victory meant she became the second ever British competitor to win a halfpipe event in the competition, and the first since Rowan Cheshire in 2014. [8] In March 2021, she secured a bronze medal in the halfpipe at the World Championships in Aspen. She posted a high score of 90.50 to finish behind Eileen Gu (93) and Rachael Karker (91.75). [9] She then won a silver medal in the 2020–21 World Cup at the same venue. [10] Atkin made her Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, placing ninth overall in the halfpipe. [11]

During the 2022–23 World Cup, Atkin won a silver medal at Mammoth Mountain. [12] She also won a silver medal in the halfpipe at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia. Atkin scored 94.50 and finished runner-up to Hanna Faulhaber who recorded 95.75. [13] At the 2023 Winter X Games in Aspen, she won the superpipe gold medal. It was her first ever medal in the competition having previously posted three top-five finishes. [14]

In the opening event of the 2023–24 World Cup at Copper Mountain, Atkin finished with a bronze medal. [15] In January, she won a silver medal in the superpipe at the 2024 Winter X Games. [16] The following month, she secured a bronze medal in the World Cup event at Mammoth Mountain after a snowstorm prevented the final round from being staged. [17] Later that month, she won her third consecutive World Cup bronze at the leg in Calgary. [18] Two days later, Atkin won a silver medal at a second meeting in Calgary, and finished the World Cup series in overall third position. [19]

In December 2024, Atkin won a silver medal in the 2024–25 World Cup event in Copper Mountain, her first top-three finish of the season. [20] At the X Games in January, she finished fourth in the superpipe. [21] Returning to the World Cup series, Atkin clinched victory in Aspen [22] before finishing runner-up in Calgary. She jointly won the Crystal Globe with Li Fanghui, awarded to the competitor who tops the overall World Cup standings. [23] This was the first time the trophy had ever been shared. [24] In March 2025, Atkin won the halfpipe gold medal at the World Championships in Engadin after recording a score of 93.50 in her second run. She won by half a point from Li Fanghui. [24] [25]

In December 2025, Atkin finished second in the halfpipe at the 2025–26 World Cup event in China which was won by Eileen Gu. [26] The following week she won a gold medal in the next leg of the series at Copper Mountain, her third career victory in a World Cup event. [27] In January 2026, Atkin won the silver medal in the halfpipe at the World Cup meeting in Aspen, [28] before winning the gold medal in the superpipe at the 2026 X Games. [29]

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Atkin was the top qualifier for the halfpipe competition. [30] Atkin won a bronze medal in halfpipe finals. She scored 92.50 in her third run to finish behind Eileen Gu (94.75) and Li Fanghui (93). [4]

Career results

Olympic timeline

YearEventLocationBest ScorePositionRef
2022 Ski halfpipe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing 73.259th [11]
2026 Ski halfpipe Flag of Italy.svg Livigno Snow Park 92.503rd [4]

World Championship medals

YearEventLocationBest ScorePositionRef
2021 Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Aspen 90.503rd [9]
2023 Ski halfpipe Flag of Georgia.svg Bakuriani 94.502nd [13]
2025 Ski halfpipe Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Engadin 93.501st [25]

X Games medals

YearEventLocationBest ScorePositionRef
2023 Superpipe Flag of the United States.svg Aspen 1st [14]
2024Superpipe Flag of the United States.svg Aspen90.662nd [16]
2026Superpipe Flag of the United States.svg Aspen94.661st [29]

World Cup medals

YearEventLocationBest ScorePositionRef
2019–20 Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Copper Mountain 87.751st [8]
2020-21 Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Aspen 91.502nd [10]
2022-23 Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Mammoth Mountain 92.752nd [12]
2023-24 Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Copper Mountain913rd [15]
Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Mammoth Mountain82.503rd [17]
Ski halfpipe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary 883rd [18]
Ski halfpipe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary922nd [19]
2024-25 Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Copper Mountain89.752nd [20]
Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Aspen901st [22]
Ski halfpipe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary87.752nd [23]
2025-26 Ski halfpipe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Secret Garden 90.252nd [26]
Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Copper Mountain89.251st [27]
Ski halfpipe Flag of the United States.svg Aspen92.752nd [28]

References

  1. ↑ "Zoe Atkin". Olympedia . Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Olympian with Malaysian mother swept up in identity debate". MalayMail . 9 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Roepke, Michele (5 November 2023). "Winter Sports School celebrates another autumn graduation". townlift.com.
  4. 1 2 3 Falkingham, Katie (22 February 2026). "Atkin wins halfpipe bronze for Team GB's fifth medal". BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 22 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Zoe Atkin Biography Retrieved 25 April 2023
  6. ↑ Becque, Fran (4 February 2026). "Fraternity and Sorority Members Competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics". Fraternity History & More. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  7. ↑ Field, Pippa (28 December 2019). "Skiing's Sister Act: World Cup winner Zoe Atkin, 16, carving out her own path after sibling Izzy's Olympic success" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Zoe Atkin, sister of Olympic ski medallist Izzy, wins first World Cup halfpipe title". BBC Sport . 13 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Zoe Atkin: British 18-year-old wins halfpipe bronze at World Championships". BBC Sport . 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Canada's Rachael Karker captures ski halfpipe gold for her 1st World Cup victory". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 21 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Women's freeski halfpipe 18 Feb 2022" (PDF). FIS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  12. 1 2 "FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup: Britain's Charlotte Bankes wins gold in Italy". BBC Sport . 4 February 2023. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Freeski World Championships: Britain's Zoe Atkin wins halfpipe silver". BBC Sport . 4 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  14. 1 2 "X Games: Britain's Zoe Atkin wins first gold in Ski Superpipe". BBC Sport . 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Gu Ailing claims 2nd straight World Cup win to start season". Xinhuanet. Xinhua News Agency. 16 December 2023. Archived from the original on 26 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  16. 1 2 "X Games: Britain's Zoe Atkin claims Ski Superpipe silver as Gu wins in Colorado". BBC Sport . 28 January 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Canada's Amy Fraser awarded 1st World Cup gold after women's ski halfpipe final cancelled". The Canadian Press . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 February 2024. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  18. 1 2 "Zoe Atkin: Briton wins World Cup halfpipe bronze in Calgary". BBC Sport . 16 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  19. 1 2 "World Cup: Zoe Atkin wins freeski halfpipe silver in Calgary". BBC Sport . 18 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  20. 1 2 "Atkin wins halfpipe silver at World Cup in Colorado". BBC Sport . 21 December 2024. Archived from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "Brookes wins slopestyle bronze at X Games". BBC Sport . 24 January 2025. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  22. 1 2 "GB's Bankes and Atkin claim World Cup golds". BBC Sport . 2 February 2025. Archived from the original on 26 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  23. 1 2 "Atkin shares World Cup title with China's Li". BBC Sport . 16 February 2025. Archived from the original on 17 February 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  24. 1 2 El-Shaboury, Yara (30 March 2025). "Zoe Atkin crowns stellar season with world freeski halfpipe gold". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  25. 1 2 Nelson, Craig (30 March 2025). "GB's Atkin wins women's world freeski halfpipe gold". BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  26. 1 2 "GB's Atkin wins silver at halfpipe World Cup event". BBC Sport . 13 December 2025. Archived from the original on 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  27. 1 2 Weaver, Sydney (22 December 2025). "Park City Olympian claims third world cup title in Colorado". KPCW . Archived from the original on 26 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  28. 1 2 "Atkin claims freeski halfpipe silver in Aspen". BBC Sport. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  29. 1 2 McKenna, Lorraine (24 January 2026). "GB's Brookes and Atkin claim X Games golds". BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 25 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  30. ↑ "Winter Olympics 2026: Zoe Atkin qualifies top for freeski halfpipe final". BBC Sport . 19 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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