An American professional snowboarder who became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal, at the 2018 Winter Olympics is named as Chloe Kim. She is a four-time X Games gold medalist as well as the very first woman to have won the dual gold medals in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympics Games. She is the current World, Olympic, Youth Olympic, and X Games champion in the halfpipe, and the first to win the title at all three major events. She is a very talented snowboarder.
Early Life, Family, Birthday, Education, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity, Wikipedia, Bio of Chloe Kim
Chloe Kim was born on 23rd of April 2000 in California, USA. Her nationality is American. Her birth sign is Taurus. She belongs to Korean-American ethnicity. Kim’s parents are traditionally from South Korea but have been settled in the United States since long. Also, Kim is bilingual, fluent in English, Korea, and French. At present, her age is 18 but her age will be 19 on her upcoming birthday in April as of 2019. Her ethnicity is Asian. Her religion is not available. Her other early life background such as siblings, father, mother, and more will be updated soon.
Regarding her education, she is a graduate of Mammoth High School. She was admitted to Princeton University's Class of 2022.
Height, Weight and Other Body Measurement
Kim is a very beautiful snowboarder. She has a tall height of 157 cm or 5 ft 2 in. With her charming smile, he attracts a lot of people towards her. She has a glowing face. She has a balanced weight of 52 Kg. Her other body measurement such as dress size, shoe size and more will be updated soon.
How Chloe Kim Began Her Career?
- Chloe began her career in the year 2013 by joining US Snowboarding.
- At that time, she was too young to compete in the Sochi Winter Olympics but she participated in the 2014 Winter X Games, where she earned a first gold medal, at 14 in 2015.
- She garnered her career with two more gold medals at an X Games, thus becoming the first young athlete to win back-to-back gold medals.
- She also breaks another record, becoming the very first woman to have back-to-back 1080 spins in US Snowboarding Grand Prix competition.
- She set 100 points and is the 2nd rider ever to do so, after Shaun White till the date.
- In the year 2016, became the first American woman to win a gold medal in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
- She was also nominated for the 2016 ESPYS award for Best Breakthrough Athlete.
- Her hard work and passion towards snowboarding reached the next level and she set another record by becoming the first American woman to win two gold medals in snowboarding.
- At the time, she also recorded the highest snowboarding score in Youth Olympics Games history.
- She won the gold in the Women’s Halfpipe finals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
- Her first score was 93.75 points, 8.5 points ahead of second place.
- She became the youngest woman to ever land two 1080-degree spins in a row at the Olympics.
- In 2018, she became the first woman to land a frontside double cork 1080 in the halfpipe.
- In July 2018, Kim won three ESPYs for Best Female Athlete, Best Female Olympian, and Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
Marital Status, Affairs, Children's, Sexual Orientation
Chloe Kim is not married yet and she is possibly single. At present, she is focusing on her career and enjoying her single life happily without any disturbances Her sexual orientation is straight. She does not have any children.
Previously, she was involved in a romantic love affair with her fellow snowboarded but preferred to keep his name private. The couple broke up recently, before the 2018 Winter Olympics. The couple was together for a year and a half. Kim decided that it was best to end their relationship because she was facing some needless stress and was not able to focus on her career.
Net Worth, Salary and Source of Income
The net of this 18 years snowboarder, Chloe Kim is estimated to have around $400,000 as of 2019. Her exact salary will be updated soon. She is satisfied with her earnings. Her major source of earning is from her snowboarder career. She also earns tremendous sum as prize money as well as through endorsement deals with various brands including Target, Monster, and Toyota.
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