Xu Mengtao (Chinese: 徐梦桃; pinyin: Xú Mèngtáo; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕy̌ mə̂ŋ tʰǎʊ]; born 12 July 1990) is an Olympic Champion Chinese aerial skier. She has 27 World Cup victories and an Olympic Gold.[1][2][3] She is also the current World Cup leader and became the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold in the Aerial Ski event during her fourth Olympics at the age of 31.[4] She was one of Team China's flag bearers, at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic's closing ceremony.[5]
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1990 Anshan, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy candidate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Sport University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life partner | Wang Xindi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Aerials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Simplified Chinese | 徐梦桃 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 徐夢桃 | ||||||||
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Career Results edit
Olympic Games edit
She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[6] where she qualified eighth, and had the highest score after the first jump in the finals. However, she crashed on her second jump and ended up in sixth place.[7]
Xu brought home a silver medal from the Sochi 2014 Olympics with a score of 83.50 in the Ladies Aerials finals. She had obtained a score of 101.08 in jump 2 of Final 1, the highest score in the finals, but fell in Final 2.[8]
In the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, Xu obtained a score of 91 in the first jump, placing her in second place, but crashed in the second jump and did not advance, ending up in 9th overall.
In the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Xu won a silver in the mixed team aerials, and also won a gold medal in the Women's Aerial Ski with a final score of 108.61, after landing a jump with three somersaults, edging out defending champion Hanna Huskova with an impressive score of 107.95 and Ashley Caldwell, who had the highest score in Final 1. In doing so, she became the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold in this event, after five previous silvers by Chinese athletes since the event was added in 1994.[9][10][11][12]
| Year | Location | Result |
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| 2010 |  Vancouver |
6th Aerials |
| 2014 |  Sochi |
 Aerials
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| 2018 |  Pyeongchang |
9th Aerials |
| 2022 |  Beijing |
 Aerials
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World Championships edit
| Year | Location | Result |
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| 2009 |  Inawashiro |
Aerials
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| 2011 |  Deer Valley |
Aerials
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| 2013 |  Voss |
Aerials
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| 2015 |  Kreischberg |
 Aerials
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| 2017 |  Sierra Nevada |
Aerials
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| 2019 | Park City |
Aerials
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World Cup edit
Standings edit
| Season | Aerials |
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| 2006/07 | 16 |
| 2008/09 | 4 |
| 2009/10 |
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| 2010/11 |
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| 2011/12 |
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| 2012/13 |
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| 2013/14 |
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| 2014/15 | 6 |
| 2015/16 | 27 |
| 2016/17 |
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| 2017/18 |
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| 2018/19 |
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| 2019/20 |
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Individual wins edit
| Date | Location |
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| 14 February 2009 | Moscow
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| 20 December 2009 | Changchun
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| 18 December 2010 | Beidahu
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| 16 January 2011 | Sainte-Adèle
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| 20 January 2012 | Lake Placid
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| 21 January 2012 | Lake Placid
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| 29 January 2012 | Calgary
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| 3 February 2012 | Park City
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| 17 March 2012 | Voss
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| 5 January 2013 | Changchun
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| 12 January 2013 | Saint-Côme
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| 18 January 2013 | Lake Placid
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| 1 February 2013 | Park City
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| 17 February 2013 | Sochi
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| 20 December 2014 | Beijing
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| 21 December 2014 | Beijing
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| 17 December 2016 | Beidahu
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| 10 February 2017 | Bongpyeong
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| 12 January 2018 | Park City
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| 20 January 2018 | Lake Placid
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| 19 January 2019 | Lake Placid
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| 23 February 2019 |  Minsk
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| 3 March 2019 | Changchun
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| 21 December 2019 | Changchun
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| 22 December 2019 | Changchun
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| 3 December 2021 |  Kuusamo
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| 5 January 2022 | Lac-Beauport
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References edit
- ^ FIS Bio Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "XU Mengtou Biography". Olympics.com. 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Marion Thénault finishes 7th in Olympic women's aerials final". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Awesome Xu Mengtao takes aerials gold for China". CNA. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao to be flag bearers of Chinese delegation at closing ceremony-Xinhua". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Vancouver 2010 Profile Archived 19 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vancouver 2010 Ladies' Aerials results Archived 24 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mengtao XU". Archived from the original on 2014-01-21.
- ^ "Tearful Xu Mengtao takes China's Winter Games gold tally to five". 14 February 2022.
- ^ "OCA » China settles for silver in first mixed aerials team event". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Olympics Live: Austria takes gold in ski jumping team event". AP NEWS. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Skier Xu of China wins gold in women's aerials". ESPN.com. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
External links edit
- Xu Mengtao at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Xu Mengtao at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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