Kelly Sildaru


Kelly Sildaru is an Estonian freestyle skier.

Biography

Sildaru won a gold medal in the slopestyle event in the 2016 Winter X Games beating Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen. 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 and 2016 Dew Tour.
During the Big Air competition of the 2017 Winter X Games Norway, Sildaru became the first woman to ever land a Switch 1260° Mute and a 1440° during a competition.
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.
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.
However, in the 2020 Youth Olympic Games she won a gold medal for the Women's Freestyle Skiing.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Season standings

Race Podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
12017–1827 August 2017 Cardrona, New ZealandSlopestyle1st
22017–181 September 2017 Cardrona, New ZealandHalfpipe2nd
32018–1923 November 2018 Stubai, AustriaSlopestyle1st
42018–197 December 2018 Copper Mountain, USAHalfpipe1st
52018–199 March 2019 Mammoth, USAHalfpipe2nd

World Championships results

Year Age Slopestyle Halfpipe Big air
201916FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019 – Women's ski slopestyle|Gold—

Junior World Championships

Year Age Slopestyle Halfpipe Big air
201714GoldGold
201815GoldGoldSilver
201916Gold—Gold

Winter X Games results