Mathilde Gremaud (born 8 February 2000) is an Olympic Swiss

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 ...

and eight time X Games medalist. On February 28, 2023, she became the first freestyle skier to hold both

slopestyle Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes skiing, ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. Th ...

World and Olympic Champion titles after winning gold in both events.

Early life

Gremaud was born on February 8, 2000, in

Fribourg or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...

, Switzerland.

Career

Gremaud competed in the World Championships 2017. She competed at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 The 2021 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Idre, Rogla, Almaty and Aspen with the ski and snowboard cross events held in Idre from 11 to 13 February 2021, the parallel and giant slalom snowboard in Rogla from ...

, winning a silver medal in Slopestyle. Gremaud won gold in big air at the Winter X Games in 2017, 2019, and 2021. She won silver medals in big air and slopestyle in 2020. In 2019, she won bronze in big air. She competed in the

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and took the silver medal in women's Slopestyle. At the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

, Gremaud won the gold medal in

and the bronze medal in

big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jum ...

. Gremaud was coached by Swiss freeski coach Misra Noto Torniainen for the

. Torniainen would later coach China's

Eileen Gu Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing ( zh, s=谷爱凌, labels=no), is a freestyle skier. Born in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 20 ...

for the 2022 Winter Olympics. In 2020, Gremaud became the first woman to land a switch double cork 1440 in competition history. In 2024, Gremaud became the first woman to win three FIS crystal globes in one season.

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