“I feel like I have this different opportunity that not a lot of athletes may have. It's the fact that I'm Korean-American, and the Olympics are going to be in Korea, but I'm also riding for the States. I feel like I got really lucky that it got all pieced together - my first Olympics, being in Korea where most of my family is.”

American professional snowboarder, 2-time Olympic gold medalist

Chloe Kim is an American professional snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Born in 2000, she became known as a teenager for her success in snowboard halfpipe competition. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won gold in the women’s halfpipe at 17, becoming the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal. Her public profile has been shaped by that achievement and by her place in elite snowboard competition.