“When I first started snowboarding, my dad pretty much dragged me into it. I wasn't old enough to be like, 'Oh, I wanna snowboard!' you know?”

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.