Kelly SILDARU

17 Feb 2002
20
Female
TALLINN
 
Estonia
TALLINN
 
Estonia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
FRS Freestyle Skiing Women's Freeski Halfpipe 4
Women's Freeski Slopestyle 3 Bronze
Women's Freeski Big Air 17

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Big Air Shougang
Finished
Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium
Finished
Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium
Finished
Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium
Finished
Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Slopestyle2020Lausanne, SUI
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Halfpipe Ladies2019Park City, USA95.00
World Cup Rankings
SeasonAllHalfpipeSlopestyleBig AirOverall Park&Pipe
2021/202261162
2020/202119312
2018/201929410
2017/2018941821
World Cup - Best Achievements
SeasonFreeski Slopestyle LadiesFreeski Halfpipe LadiesFreeski Big Air LadiesHalfpipe LadiesSlopestyle Ladies
2021/20222 x 1st1 x 2nd1 x 9th
2020/20211 x 7th1 x 3rd
2018/20191 x 1st1 x 1st
2017/20181 x 2nd1 x 1st
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
1Freeski Slopestyle Ladies2021/2022Stubai, AUT88.68
1Freeski Slopestyle Ladies2021/2022Mammoth Mountain, USA93.75
2Freeski Halfpipe Ladies2021/2022Mammoth Mountain, USA92.50
3Freeski Halfpipe Ladies2021/2022Copper Mountain, USA88.75
9Freeski Big Air Ladies2021/2022Steamboat, USA86.50
:

Surfing, rollerblading, cycling.

:

Athlete

:

Graduated high school in Tallinn (2021).

:

Father, Tonis Sildaru. Mother, Lilian Talving. Brother, Henry.

:

Estonian, English, German

:

SK Airpark

:

Personal, Mihkel Ustav (EST)

:

Brother Henry Sildaru (Freestyle skiing): 2021 Junior World halfpipe champion and slopestyle bronze medallist.

:

2017 World Cup in Cardrona (Slopestyle - 1st; Halfpipe 2nd)

:

October 2021: Fractured left thumb at a training camp in Switzerland missing the Big Air season opener in Chur, Switzerland.

February 2021: Anterior cruciate ligament sprain after taking a fall in the warm-up for an X-Games event in Aspen, CO. Missed the end of the season. The knee brace she has using since her previous injury probably saved her from a worse result. (news.err.ee)

2017: Tore anterior cruciate ligament in New Zealand and missed the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

:

NA

:

Started doing her first jumps on skis at Nomme Lumepark when she was only five years of age. Her father uploaded some footage of her online, and it got the attention of K2, who helped with her skiing. (YouTube Documentary, Kelly Sildaru, A family Story, 31 Mar 2016)

:

"I skied pretty much all the time with my dad and his friends. I saw them doing jumps and rails, so that was something I wanted to go with it. I tried to follow them. I think I was like four. I wasn't big enough to do the rails, but I really wanted to. My dad had to tell me, 'You can't do it yet.'" (espn.com)

:

You are your destiny and the architect of your luck. (freeskiworld.com)

:

Piotr Nurowski Prize (2017).

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Won the bronze medal in slopestyle at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, making her the youngest Estonian Olympic medallist and only the second woman representing the nation to medal at an Olympic Winter Games.

Won the slopestyle gold medal at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, finishing 0.50 points ahead of silver medallist Eileen Gu (CHN).

Despite being the gold medal favourite at PyeongChang 2018, she missed competing with a knee injury.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2019 World halfpipe champion, finishing 0.60 points ahead of silver medallist Cassie Sharpe (CAN).

Six-time Junior World champion (2017-19). Won a medal in every race she entered (six gold, one silver). Defended her 2017 slopestyle world title twice (2018, 2019), and her 2017 halfpipe tile once (2018).

WORLD CUP
Won the first World Cup competition she entered (2017 Cardrona).

At the Big Air competition at the 2017 Winter X Games in Norway, she became the first woman to ever land a Switch 1260° Mute and a 1440°. (sport.delfi.ee)

Became the youngest gold medallist to date at a Winter X Games when she won slopestyle gold at Aspen in 2016 as a 13-year-old.

First person to win a Winter X Games medal for Estonia, and the youngest to win two X Games gold medals.

Legend
:
Bronze
:
Gold Medal Event
Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos