Free skier Eileen Gu is still a teenager when she won the historic gold in the women's free-ski (自由滑雪) big air of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. It is the first gold medal that a Chinese player has got on snow events in the Winter Olympic Games.
Gu started sports on the snow at the age of 3, was competing in national competitions at 9 and won her first World Cup event at 15. With a Chinese mother and an American father, Gu was born and raised in San Francisco, California, but surprised US sports experts when she announced in 2019 that she would compete for China.
Not only did Gu do well in sports, but she also got excellent grades at school. She plans to attend Stanford University, a top university in the U.S., thanks to her 1,580 SAT score out of a possible 1,600, and a long list of achievements. She is due to start her studies in the fall of 2022.
What makes a professional athlete also a top student in the classroom? Gu concluded that her secrets are "passion(激情), focus and balance (平衡)." "I'm not skiing just for the Olympic Games. I'm skiing for my passion for the sport. I started skiing at a young age because I love the feeling of snow. Only when you do the things you have passion for can you put all your heart into that."
| Eileen Gu — A Girl Who Won a Historic Gold | |
| The time she began sports on snow | At the age of |
| The reason she stared skiing | Loving the feeling of snow |
| Her academic (学术的) record | Getting a score of 1580 in SAT |
| to attend Stanford University | |
| Her of success | Passion, focus and balance. |
