Jonathon Lillis (born August 20, 1994) is an American

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

who competes internationally. He competed for team USA at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 The 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Sierra Nevada, Spain, from March 6–19, 2017. Snowboard cross team events for men and women were introduced to the championships schedule for the first time, bringing ...

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, Spain, where he won a gold medal in men's aerials. He competed at the

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, finishing 8th in Aerials. In the

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, he wore a glass pendant with some of the ashes of his youngest brother, Michael "Mikey" Lillis, who had died unexpectedly in 2017 at 17 years old. During the men's aerials event of the

, Jonathon Lillis wore his late brother's Team USA ski suit. His younger brother

Christopher Lillis Christopher Lillis (born October 4, 1998) is an American freestyle skier. In the 2022 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the mixed team aerials event. He competed in Freestyle Aerial Skiing at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World C ...

won an Olympic Gold medal in mix team aerials at the

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. He is married to porn actress Paisley Porter.

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1994 births Living people American male freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-wintersport-bio-stub