Freestyle skiing is one of the six skiing disciplines contested at the Winter Olympic Games, and one of the youngest.[1] In 1924, the first Winter Olympics featured Nordic skiing disciplines (cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined),[2] while alpine skiing was first contested in 1936.[3] Only at the 1992 Winter Olympics, in Albertville, France, were freestyle skiing events first held as official medal events.[4] Before that, freestyle skiing was contested at the 1988 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport, consisting of events for both men and women in three variants: moguls, aerials and ski ballet.[5] In Albertville, moguls was the first-ever official freestyle skiing medal event; aerials and ski ballet were also held but still as demonstration events.[5] The growing popularity of aerials convinced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to add this freestyle discipline to the 1994 Winter Olympics official program.[5] Moguls and aerials have thus been contested at every Winter Games since. Ski cross inclusion in the Winter Olympics program was approved at an IOC Executive Board meeting in November 2006, and the first events were held at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6]

At the 2002 Winter Olympics, two days after Steve Bradbury gave Australia its first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal, Alisa Camplin won the freestyle aerials event, becoming the first Australian woman to win gold at the Winter Games; four years later, she collected a second consecutive medal, a bronze.[7] In 2010, the third Olympics hosted by Canada finally consecrated a Canadian athlete as Olympic champion: Alexandre Bilodeau took the gold medal in the men's moguls, overcoming defending champion Dale Begg-Smith of Australia.[8] Kari Traa of Norway has won three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) in three successive Games, more than any other freestyle skier at the Winter Olympics.[9] Alexandre Bilodeau and David Wise are the most successful male freestyle skiers, with two gold medals. Alexandre Bilodeau was also the first freestyle skier to win back to back gold medals when he won gold in the 2010 and 2014 moguls. The youngest freestyle skier to win an Olympic medal is Swiss Mathilde Gremaud, who secured a silver in 2018 with 18 years old, while Tatjana Mittermayer of Germany is the oldest medalist, following her silver in the 1998 moguls event, aged 33.[10][11]

Overall, 132 medals (44 of each color) have been awarded to skiers representing 22 National Olympic Committees (NOC).


Men

Moguls

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Albertville
Edgar Grospiron
 France
Olivier Allamand
 France
Nelson Carmichael
 United States
1994 Lillehammer
Jean-Luc Brassard
 Canada
Sergey Shupletsov
 Russia
Edgar Grospiron
 France
1998 Nagano
Jonny Moseley
 United States
Janne Lahtela
 Finland
Sami Mustonen
 Finland
2002 Salt Lake City
Janne Lahtela
 Finland
Travis Mayer
 United States
Richard Gay
 France
2006 Turin
Dale Begg-Smith
 Australia
Mikko Ronkainen
 Finland
Toby Dawson
 United States
2010 Vancouver
Alexandre Bilodeau
 Canada
Dale Begg-Smith
 Australia
Bryon Wilson
 United States
2014 Sochi
Alexandre Bilodeau
 Canada
Mikaël Kingsbury
 Canada
Alexandr Smyshlyaev
 Russia
2018 Pyeongchang
Mikaël Kingsbury
 Canada
Matt Graham
 Australia
Daichi Hara
 Japan
2022 Beijing
Walter Wallberg
 Sweden
Mikaël Kingsbury
 Canada
Ikuma Horishima
 Japan
2026 Milano Cortina
Cooper Woods-Topalovic
 Australia
Mikaël Kingsbury
 Canada
Ikuma Horishima
 Japan
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Canada 4 3 0 7
2  Australia 2 2 0 4
3  Finland 1 2 1 4
4  United States 1 1 3 5
5  France 1 1 2 4
6  Sweden 1 0 0 1
7  Russia 0 1 1 2
8  Japan 0 0 3 3
Total 8 nations 10 10 10 30

Dual moguls

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2026 Milano Cortina
Mikaël Kingsbury
 Canada
Ikuma Horishima
 Japan
Matt Graham
 Australia
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Canada 1 0 0 1
2  Japan 0 1 0 1
3  Australia 0 0 1 1
Total 3 nations 1 1 1 3

Aerials

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1994 Lillehammer
Andreas Schönbächler
 Switzerland
Philippe LaRoche
 Canada
Lloyd Langlois
 Canada
1998 Nagano
Eric Bergoust
 United States
Sébastien Foucras
 France
Dmitri Dashinski
 Belarus
2002 Salt Lake City
Aleš Valenta
 Czech Republic
Joe Pack
 United States
Aleksei Grishin
 Belarus
2006 Turin
Han Xiaopeng
 China
Dmitri Dashinski
 Belarus
Vladimir Lebedev
 Russia
2010 Vancouver
Aleksei Grishin
 Belarus
Jeret Peterson
 United States
Liu Zhongqing
 China
2014 Sochi
Anton Kushnir
 Belarus
David Morris
 Australia
Jia Zongyang
 China
2018 Pyeongchang
Oleksandr Abramenko
 Ukraine
Jia Zongyang
 China
Ilya Burov
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
2022 Beijing
Qi Guangpu
 China
Oleksandr Abramenko
 Ukraine
Ilya Burov
 ROC
2026 Milano Cortina
Wang Xindi
 China
Noé Roth
 Switzerland
Li Tianma
 China
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 3 1 3 7
2  Belarus 2 1 2 5
3  United States 1 2 3
4  Ukraine 1 1 2
5  Czechoslovakia
 Switzerland
1 1
8  Australia
 France
1 1
9  Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Russia
 ROC
1 1

Big air

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2022 Beijing
Birk Ruud
 Norway
Colby Stevenson
 United States
Henrik Harlaut
 Sweden
2026 Milano Cortina
Tormod Frostad
 Norway
Mac Forehand
 United States
Matěj Švancer
 Austria
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway 2 0 0 2
2  United States 0 2 0 2
3  Sweden 0 0 1 1
3  Austria 0 0 1 1
Total 4 nations 2 2 2 6

Halfpipe

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
David Wise
 United States
Mike Riddle
 Canada
Kevin Rolland
 France
2018 Pyeongchang
David Wise
 United States
Alex Ferreira
 United States
Nico Porteous
 New Zealand
2022 Beijing
Nico Porteous
 New Zealand
David Wise
 United States
Alex Ferreira
 United States
2026 Milano Cortina
Alex Ferreira
 United States
Henry Sildaru
 Estonia
Brendan Mackay
 Canada

Ski cross

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2010 Vancouver
Michael Schmid
 Switzerland
Andreas Matt
 Austria
Audun Grønvold
 Norway
2014 Sochi
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
 France
Arnaud Bovolenta
 France
Jonathan Midol
 France
2018 Pyeongchang
Brady Leman
 Canada
Marc Bischofberger
 Switzerland
Sergey Ridzik
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
2022 Beijing
Ryan Regez
 Switzerland
Alex Fiva
 Switzerland
Sergey Ridzik
 ROC
2026 Milano Cortina
Simone Deromedis
 Italy
Federico Tomasoni
 Italy
Alex Fiva
 Switzerland

Slopestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
Joss Christensen
 United States
Gus Kenworthy
 United States
Nick Goepper
 United States
2018 Pyeongchang
Øystein Bråten
 Norway
Nick Goepper
 United States
Alex Beaulieu-Marchand
 Canada
2022 Beijing
Alex Hall
 United States
Nick Goepper
 United States
Jesper Tjäder
 Sweden
2026 Milano Cortina
Birk Ruud
 Norway
Alex Hall
 United States
Luca Harrington
 New Zealand
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 2 4 1 7
2  Norway 2 0 0 2
3  Canada 0 0 1 1
 New Zealand 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 5 nations 4 4 4 12

Women

Moguls

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Albertville
Donna Weinbrecht
 United States
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
 Unified Team
Stine Lise Hattestad
 Norway
1994 Lillehammer
Stine Lise Hattestad
 Norway
Elizabeth McIntyre
 United States
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
 Russia
1998 Nagano
Tae Satoya
 Japan
Tatjana Mittermayer
 Germany
Kari Traa
 Norway
2002 Salt Lake City
Kari Traa
 Norway
Shannon Bahrke
 United States
Tae Satoya
 Japan
2006 Turin
Jennifer Heil
 Canada
Kari Traa
 Norway
Sandra Laoura
 France
2010 Vancouver
Hannah Kearney
 United States
Jennifer Heil
 Canada
Shannon Bahrke
 United States
2014 Sochi
Justine Dufour-Lapointe
 Canada
Chloé Dufour-Lapointe
 Canada
Hannah Kearney
 United States
2018 Pyeongchang
Perrine Laffont
 France
Justine Dufour-Lapointe
 Canada
Yuliya Galysheva
 Kazakhstan
2022 Beijing
Jakara Anthony
 Australia
Jaelin Kauf
 United States
Anastasiia Smirnova
 ROC
2026 Milano Cortina
Elizabeth Lemley
 United States
Jaelin Kauf
 United States
Perrine Laffont
 France
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 3 4 2 9
2  Canada 2 3 0 5
3  Norway 2 1 2 5
4  France 1 0 2 3
5  Japan 1 0 1 2
6  Australia 1 0 0 1
7  Germany 0 1 0 1
 Unified Team 0 1 0 1
9  Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
 ROC 0 0 1 1
 Russia 0 0 1 1
Total 11 nations 10 10 10 30

Dual moguls

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2026 Milano Cortina
Jakara Anthony
 Australia
Jaelin Kauf
 United States
Elizabeth Lemley
 United States
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Australia 1 0 0 1
2  United States 0 1 1 2
Total 2 nations 1 1 1 3

Aerials

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1994 Lillehammer
Lina Cheryazova
 Uzbekistan
Marie Lindgren
 Sweden
Hilde Synnøve Lid
 Norway
1998 Nagano
Nikki Stone
 United States
Xu Nannan
 China
Colette Brand
 Switzerland
2002 Salt Lake City
Alisa Camplin
 Australia
Veronica Brenner
 Canada
Deidra Dionne
 Canada
2006 Turin
Evelyne Leu
 Switzerland
Li Nina
 China
Alisa Camplin
 Australia
2010 Vancouver
Lydia Lassila
 Australia
Li Nina
 China
Guo Xinxin
 China
2014 Sochi
Alla Tsuper
 Belarus
Xu Mengtao
 China
Lydia Lassila
 Australia
2018 Pyeongchang
Hanna Huskova
 Belarus
Zhang Xin
 China
Kong Fanyu
 China
2022 Beijing
Xu Mengtao
 China
Hanna Huskova
 Belarus
Megan Nick
 United States
2026 Milano-Cortina
Xu Mengtao
 China
Danielle Scott
 Australia
Shao Qi
 China
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Belarus 2 1 3
2  Australia 2 2 4
3  China 1 5 2 8
4  Switzerland 1 1 2
5  United States
 Uzbekistan
1 1
7  Canada 1 1 2
8  Norway 1 1

Big Air

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2022 Beijing
Eileen Gu
 China
Tess Ledeux
 France
Mathilde Gremaud
 Switzerland
2026 Milano Cortina
Megan Oldham
 Canada
Eileen Gu
 China
Flora Tabanelli
 Italy
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 1 1 0 2
2  Canada 1 0 0 1
3  France 0 1 0 1
4  Switzerland 0 0 1 1
 Italy 0 0 1 1
Total 5 nations 2 2 2 6

Halfpipe

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
Maddie Bowman
 United States
Marie Martinod
 France
Ayana Onozuka
 Japan
2018 Pyeongchang
Cassie Sharpe
 Canada
Marie Martinod
 France
Brita Sigourney
 United States
2022 Beijing
Eileen Gu
 China
Cassie Sharpe
 Canada
Rachael Karker
 Canada
2026 Milano Cortina
Eileen Gu
 China
Li Fanghui
 China
Zoe Atkin
 Great Britain

Ski cross

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2010 Vancouver
Ashleigh McIvor
 Canada
Hedda Berntsen
 Norway
Marion Josserand
 France
2014 Sochi
Marielle Thompson
 Canada
Kelsey Serwa
 Canada
Anna Holmlund
 Sweden
2018 Pyeongchang
Kelsey Serwa
 Canada
Brittany Phelan
 Canada
Fanny Smith
 Switzerland
2022 Beijing
Sandra Näslund
 Sweden
Marielle Thompson
 Canada
Daniela Maier
 Germany
Fanny Smith
 Switzerland
2026 Milano Cortina
Daniela Maier
 Germany
Fanny Smith
 Switzerland
Sandra Näslund
 Sweden

Slopestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
Dara Howell
 Canada
Devin Logan
 United States
Kim Lamarre
 Canada
2018 Pyeongchang
Sarah Höfflin
 Switzerland
Mathilde Gremaud
 Switzerland
Isabel Atkin
 Great Britain
2022 Beijing
Mathilde Gremaud
 Switzerland
Eileen Gu
 China
Kelly Sildaru
 Estonia
2026 Milan Cortina
Mathilde Gremaud
 Switzerland
Eileen Gu
 China
Megan Oldham
 Canada
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Switzerland 3 1 0 4
2  Canada 1 0 2 3
3  China 0 2 0 2
4  United States 0 1 0 1
5  Estonia 0 0 1 1
 Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Total 6 nations 4 4 4 12

Mixed

Aerials team

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2022 Beijing
 United States
Ashley Caldwell
Connor Curran
Christopher Lillis
 China
Xu Mengtao
Jia Zongyang
Qi Guangpu
 Canada
Marion Thénault
Miha Fontaine
Lewis Irving
2026 Milano Cortina
 United States
Kaila Kuhn
Connor Curran
Christopher Lillis
 Switzerland
Lina Kozomara
Pirmin Werner
Noé Roth
 China
Xu Mengtao
Wang Xindi
Li Tianma

Statistics

Athlete medal leaders

Athletes who won at least two medals are listed below.[12]

Key

    Women's events

Athlete Nation Event Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Eileen Gu  China Women's big air
Women's slopestyle
Women's halfpipe
2022−2026 3 3 0 6
David Wise  United States Men's halfpipe 2014–2022 2 1 0 3
Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada Men's moguls 2006–2014 2 0 0 2
Xu Mengtao  China Women's aerials
Mixed team aerials
2010–2022 1 2 0 3
Kari Traa  Norway Women's moguls 1998–2006 1 1 1 3
Mathilde Gremaud  Switzerland Women's big air
Women's slopestyle
2018–2022 2 1 1 4
Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada Men's moguls, Dual moguls 2014–2026 2 3 0 5
Jaelin Kauf  United States Women's moguls
Women's dual moguls
2022–2026 0 3 0 3
Jia Zongyang  China Men's aerials
Mixed team aerials
2010–2022 0 2 1 3
Fanny Smith  Switzerland Women's ski cross 2018–2026 0 1 2 3
Qi Guangpu  China Men's aerials
Mixed team aerials
2010–2022 1 1 0 2
Justine Dufour-Lapointe  Canada Women's moguls 2014–2018 1 1 0 2
Kelsey Serwa  Canada Women's ski cross 2010–2018 1 1 0 2
Dale Begg-Smith  Australia Men's moguls 2006–2014 1 1 0 2
Jennifer Heil  Canada Women's moguls 2002–2010 1 1 0 2
Janne Lahtela  Finland Men's moguls 1998–2002 1 1 0 2
Alex Hall  United States Men's slopestyle 2022–2026 1 1 0 2
Daniela Maier  Germany Women's ski cross 2022–2026 1 0 1 2
Sandra Näslund  Sweden Women's ski cross 2022–2026 1 0 1 2
Hannah Kearney  United States Women's moguls 2006–2014 1 0 1 2
Lydia Lassila  Australia Women's aerials 2002–2014 1 0 1 2
Alisa Camplin  Australia Women's aerials 2002–2006 1 0 1 2
Aleksei Grishin  Belarus Men's aerials 2002–2010 1 0 1 2
Tae Satoya  Japan Women's moguls 1994–2006 1 0 1 2
Edgar Grospiron  France Men's moguls 1992–1994 1 0 1 2
Stine Lise Hattestad  Norway Women's moguls 1992–1994 1 0 1 2
Li Nina  China Women's aerials 2006–2014 0 2 0 2
Marie Martinod  France Women's halfpipe 2014–2018 0 2 0 2
Shannon Bahrke  United States Women's moguls 2002–2010 0 1 1 2
Dmitri Dashinski  Belarus Men's aerials 1998–2006 0 1 1 2
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova  Unified Team
 Russia
Women's moguls 1992–1994 0 1 1 2
Nick Goepper  United States Men's slopestyle 2014–2018 0 1 1 2

Medals per year

× NOC did not exist # Number of medals won by the NOC NOC did not win any medals
Nation 1924–88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Total
 Australia   1 2 2 2 1 1 4 13
 Austria   1 1 2
 Belarus   × 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 × 8
 Canada   3 2 1 3 9 7 5 5 35
 China   1 2 3 2 3 6 9 26
 Czech Republic   × 1 1
 Estonia   × 1 1 2
 Finland   2 1 1 4
 France   2 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 16
 Germany   1 1 2
 Great Britain   × 1 1 2
 Italy   3 3
 Japan   1 1 1 1 1 2 7
 Kazakhstan   × 1 1
 New Zealand   × × × 1 1 1 3
 Norway   1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 12
 Olympic Athletes from Russia   × × × × × × × 2 × × 2
 ROC (ROC)   × × × × × × × × 3 × 3
 Russia   × 2 1 1 × × × 4
 Sweden   1 1 4 1 7
 Switzerland   1 1 1 1 4 5 5 18
 Ukraine   × 1 1 2
 Unified Team   1 × × × × × × × × × 1
 United States   2 1 3 3 1 4 7 4 8 8 41
 Uzbekistan   × 1 × × × × × × × 1
Total 1924–88 6 12 12 12 12 18 30 30 40 45

Medal sweep events

These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.

Games Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi Men's slopestyle  United States Joss Christensen Gus Kenworthy Nick Goepper
2014 Sochi Men's ski cross  France Jean-Frédéric Chapuis Arnaud Bovolenta Jonathan Midol

See also

References

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