Eileen Gu is an American-Chinese sports personality. She came in prominent as a freestyle skier and model. Additionally, she also goes by her Chinese name Gu Ailing who is representing China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019. However, the athlete was born in the US and had competed for the United States at the 2018–19 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.
She also became the youngest Olympic freestyle skiing champion after winning three gold medals in big air, halfpipe, and slopestyle at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, making her the first freestyle skier to win three medals. Moreover, she is one of the leading sports personalities in China has appeared in several endorsements and advertisements. Wanna know more information on the beautiful sports personality then keep on scrolling.
Caption: The freestyle skier, Eileen Gu.
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Eileen Gu: Bio, Family, Career, Family
The athlete was born on 3 September 2003 as Eileen Feng Gu in San Francisco, California, the USA, under the birth sign, Virgo. She was born as the daughter of an American native father and Chinese-American mother, Yan Gu. Further, she grew up along with her mother and grandmother. Asking about her citizenship, she would say that she is American when she is in America, similarly, she is Chinese when she is in China.
Additionally, her mother worked as a skiing instructor and later obtained her MBA at Stanford University in San Francisco. During this time, her mother enrolled her daughter in ski lessons at Lake Tahoe. Moreover, she is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English. After completing high school education, she was admitted to Stanford University but she will resume her studies after the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
She represented America in the 2018-19 season at Font Romeu, France, in Slopestyle and placed second. Since 2019, she has been representing china in the International Ski Federation. During World Championships 2021, she won two gold medals in Freeski Halfpipe and Freeski Slopestyle after competing at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding. Also, she became the youngest gold medalist in freestyle skiing, winning the big air event at the 2022 Winter Olympics(also named the 2022 Beijing Olympics). Apart from a sporting career, she has launched her career as a model. She is represented by IMG Models and went on to appear on several magazines covers both in China and America.
Eileen Gu: Personal Life & Boyfriend
Coming over to relationship status, she seems to be single at the moment. Since there is no information on her dating or past relationship with any handsome guy out there. However, she might be currently focusing on her career rather than being in a romance. Moreover, the 18-year-old (as of 2022) is still young and might be waiting for the right person to come at the right time. As of now, she has not been in any kinds of rumors or controversies.
Eileen Gu: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
She surely is making a good income out of her career as a skier who has also performed in Olympics competes for China since 2019. Therefore, she has an estimated net worth of around $1 million. Further, she has posed for different brands and might have been involved in other business endeavors. In addition to that, it is reported that she earns over US$30 million as a leading sports star in China having endorsements and advertising contracts.
She has a verified Instagram account @eileen_gu_ with 1.3 million followers. On Twitter, she has an unverified account @EileenGuCPCNo1 with more than 9.1k followers.
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Eileen Gu: Body Measurements
The athlete has a slim and fit body that stands to a height of 5 feet 9 inches or 1.72 meters and weighs around 52 kg. She has a natural dark brown hair color dyed to blonde with dark brown eyes color.
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