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| Born | (2000-04-23)April 23, 2000 (age 25) Torrance, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 lb (52 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Halfpipe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mammoth Mountain Ski and Snowboard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chloe Kim | |
| Hangul | 김선 [2] |
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| Hanja | 金善 |
| RR | Gim Seon |
| MR | Kim Sŏn |
Chloe Kim (born April 23, 2000) is an American professionalsnowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal when she won gold in the women'ssnowboard halfpipe at 17 years old.[3]
At the2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Kim became the first woman to win two gold medals in halfpipe. She is an eight-timeX Games gold medalist and the first woman to win two gold medals in snowboarding at the WinterYouth Olympic Games.[4][5][6] She is a World, Olympic, Youth Olympic, and X Games champion in the halfpipe and the first snowboarder to win the title at all four major events.
Kim has won fiveESPY Awards, including Best Female Action Sports Athlete three years in a row.
Kim was born on April 23, 2000, inTorrance, California. She has two older sisters, Erica and Tracy.[7] Her parents are from South Korea. Kim began snowboarding at age four at the Southern California resort ofMountain High. She started competing at age six as a member of Team Mountain High.[8] She spent third- and fourth-grade years studying and training inGeneva, Switzerland,[9] where her aunt lived,[10] before returning to California and training atMammoth Mountain. She is fluent in French, English, and Korean.[11] Kim's father quit his job to drive her to the mountains and also to be able to travel with her when she competes. Chloe Kim went to Dana Middle School. Kim joined the U.S. Snowboarding Team in 2013.[12]
At the 2016U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, Kim became the first woman to land back-to-back1080 spins in a snowboarding competition.[7][13][14] She scored a perfect 100 points and is the second rider ever to do so, afterShaun White.[15] In 2024, Kim became the first woman to land a 1260 in competition history.[16]
While too young to compete in the2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Kim earned a silver medal insuperpipe at the 2014Winter X Games behindKelly Clark. In 2015, Chloe won Gold in the superpipe at the Winter X Games, besting Clark.[17] With this win, at age 14, Kim became the youngest gold medalist until she lost the record toKelly Sildaru, who won gold in 2016 at the age of 13.[18][19] In the 2016 X Games, she became the first person under the age of 16 to win two gold medals (and also the first person to win back-to-back gold medals) at an X Games.[20][13]
In 2025 at the X Games, Kim won her eighth gold medal in the superpipe, which gave her the most wins of any woman in the superpipe at the X Games, and tied her withShaun White for most wins of any person in the superpipe at the X Games.[21]
In 2016, Kim became the first American woman to win a gold medal in snowboarding at the WinterYouth Olympic Games and earned the highest snowboarding score in Youth Olympic Games history.[5] She was selected as Team USA's flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, becoming the first snowboarder chosen to serve as flag bearer for Team USA at either the Olympic Winter Games or Youth Olympic Games.[22] Kim was nominated for the 2016ESPYS award for Best Breakthrough Athlete.[23]
At Kim's first Winter Olympics inPyeongchang, South Korea, she won the gold medal in the Women's Halfpipe finals with Ricky Bower as her coach.[24] Her first score was 93.75 points, which was 8.5 points ahead of second place. Her last half-pipe score was close to a perfect score at 98.25 points. She was nearly 10 points ahead ofLiu Jiayu, who placed second.[25] Kim became the youngest woman to ever land two 1080-degree spins in a row at the Olympics.[26] At age 17, she became the youngest woman to ever win gold at the Olympics in the halfpipe, surpassing the past record holder,Kelly Clark, who had won the gold when she was 19.[27] This record landed Kim a position onTime magazine's annualTime 100 list.[28]
Kim became a two-time Olympian when she competed at her second consecutive Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Kim entered thewomen's halfpipe event. She successfully defended her Olympic title, thus becoming the first female snowboarder to win back-to-back gold medals at the snowboard halfpipe event.[29][30]
After qualifying for the final in first place with a score of 87.75, achieved in her first run, Kim won the event with a score of 94.00, also achieved in her first run. She used her additional two runs in the final to attempt a new trick, but in both attempts was unable to stick the landing. As a result, her scores for the second and third runs were low (27.00 and 26.25, respectively) and thus discarded, with the score from her first run counted to secure the Olympic title.
Kim has fiveLaax Open titles. On January 18, 2025 at the Laax Open, Kim became the first woman to land a double cork 1080 in a snowboard halfpipe competition, landing a cab double cork 1080.[31]
A month before the2026 Winter Olympics, Kim dislocated her shoulder while training inSwitzerland, casting doubt on whether she will be able to compete.[32] She later confirmed that she will still be able to compete and the injury was not as bad as originally feared.[33] Kim went on to win the silver medal in thewomen's halfpipe event.[34]
Kim was featured on the cover ofSports Illustrated following her Olympic gold medal win.[35][36] Her appearance on a special edition of theKellogg's Corn Flakes box set a new record for "fastest-selling cereal box in Kellogg Company history."[37]
In 2018,Mattel began producing a SheroBarbie in her likeness in a new line of dolls highlighting inspiring women (that also includesAmelia Earhart).[38] In February 2019, Kim was featured in Nike's "Dream Crazier" ad withSerena Williams,Simone Biles,Ibtihaj Muhammad,Megan Rapinoe, and other women athletes. The ad appeared during the2019 Oscars.[39]
In late 2020, Kim competed onseason 4 ofThe Masked Singer as "Jellyfish". Kim ultimately made it to the semi-finals of the competition before being unmasked in a triple elimination alongsideTaylor Dayne as "Popcorn" andTori Kelly as "Seahorse".[40]
In March 2022, she was added to the gameFortnite as a playable character as part of the game's icon series.[41]
In July 2018, Kim won threeESPYs forBest Female Athlete,Best Female Olympian, andBest Female Action Sports Athlete.[42] She won the Best Female Action Sports AthleteESPY Award three years in a row.[43][44][45]
In 2018, Kim was also included inTime magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People.[46] Kim was awardedLaureus WorldAction Sportsperson of the Year two times in a row (2019–2020).[47] In 2025, Kim made it to theMadame Tussauds Hot 100 list, recognizing her as a cultural icon.[48]
Kim was admitted toPrinceton University in 2018, but deferred the offer of admission until 2019.[49] She struggled with her fame at Princeton for a period of time and decided to return to competitive snowboarding prior to the 2022 Olympics.[50]
As of 2025, she is in a relationship withNFL All-Pro defensive endMyles Garrett.[51]
Kim is asecond-generationKorean-American; her parents, Boran Yoon Kim and Jong Jin Kim, emigrated from South Korea during the country'sauthoritarian era. Her father first arrived with just $800 in cash and worked minimum-wage jobs, eventually earning a college degree at theEl Camino College in manufacturing engineering technology.[52][53] He eventually quit his job to help his daughter pursue her snowboarding career.[52]
Kim has extended family living in South Korea, where she competed in the2018 Winter Olympics. Her relatives, including her grandmother, watched her compete for the first time at the Olympics.[54] Kim stated, "I have this different opportunity because I'm Korean-American, but I'm riding for the States. ... I'm starting to understand that I can represent both countries."[52]
Kim stated that despite being born in the United States and having always represented the country professionally at international events, she receives racist and hateful messages regularly, up to 30 a day, since she was 13 years old.[55] She stated that because she was Asian, people would often belittle her accomplishments, telling her to "stop taking medals away from the white American girls on the team", as well as to "go back to China".[56][57]
She has also spoken up about the rise of anti-Asian hate crime and violence in the country since theCOVID-19 pandemic, adding that she is constantly worried about her parents' safety.[56] She added that she would always bring along a knife,pepper spray, andtasers whenever she goes outdoors to do her errands as well as avoiding crowded places in general.[57]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2018 | Double Dare | Herself / Contestant | Episode: "Board Bombs vs. Team Over Your Head" |
| 2018 | Ridiculousness | Herself | Episode: "Chloe Kim" |
| 2020 | #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall | Herself | Television special |
| 2020 | The Substitute | Herself | Episode: "Chloe Kim" |
| 2020 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Herself (voice) | Episode: "Caveman on the Half Pipe" |
| 2020 | The Masked Singer | Herself (Jellyfish) | Season 4 |
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| 2019 | Charlie's Angels | Angel Recruit |
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Ref. |
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| 2018 | "Girls Like You"(Original, Volume 2 and Vertical Video versions) | Maroon 5 featuringCardi B | Herself (cameo) | [58][59][60] |
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