Shaun WHITE

OFF SNOW AFTER PYEONGCHANG 2018 GOLD
He took a break from snowboarding after winning his third Olympic gold in 2018. After three years, he went back to World Cup competitions in March 2021 at Aspen, when he finished fourth.

2014 OLYMPIC DISAPPOINTMENT
After winning back-to-back halfpipe gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 Olympic Games, he fell twice in his first run of the final at the 2014 Games in Sochi and eventually finished fourth. "To be honest, I had been losing motivation to compete and I planned to win this last medal and retire. I had a run I felt I could win, but after scrubbing the landing on my third hit - it was all over. I was devastated. I had never been to an Olympics and lost. I had the horrible feeling of failure and this was not how I wanted my career to end. I felt lost and had no idea how I could motivate myself for another four years to have another chance. Little did I know I was being taught an incredibly valuable lesson: that things don't always go as planned in life, but that's ok. We grow from the hard times and these are the moments to reflect and appreciate the things you DO have and look forward to the next goal with experience." (Instagram, 23 Jan 2022)

VANCOUVER 2010 VICTORY LAP
"I had won the gold with my first run and for the second run, instead of taking it easy, I decided to go for it. After winning the last Olympics, I wanted to prove it wasn't a fluke and cement myself in the sport's history. I wasn't going to hold anything back. I decided to throw a trick I had invented; the double mc twist 1260 or "Tomahawk." It was the heaviest trick ever done in a halfpipe at this point. I'm so proud of this moment." (Instagram, 23 Jan 2022)

SALT LAKE CITY 2002 MISS-OUT
In 2002 at age 15 he was beaten out for the last halfpipe spot on the U.S. Olympic team by J.J. Thomas, who would win bronze at Salt Lake City 2002 (to complete an all US sweep of the podium) and later on would become his personal coach in preparation for PyeongChang 2018.

CHARITY
He is involved with multiple nonprofits including St. Judes Children's Research Hospital, Boys and Girls Club of America, Make a Wish Foundation, and Tony Hawk's Skatepark Foundation. (usskiandsnowboard.org, 6 Jul 2018)

PARTNER
His partner is Bulgarian-Canadian actress Nina Dobrev since 2020.

GUITARIST
Played as a guitarist in a band called "Bad Things" and produced two albums in 2014.

FAVOURITE ATHLETES
Rafael Nadal (ESP), Michael Jordan (USA), Andre Agassi (USA), Muhammad Ali (USA). (Athlete, 16 Aug 2021)

FAVOURITE SUMMER OLYMPIC ATHLETE
Usain Bolt (JAM). (Athlete, 16 Aug 2021)

HEART CONDITION
He was born with a heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot, a condition that causes oxygenated and unoxygenated blood to mix. The condition meant he had to have two major surgeries before his first birthday. (shaunwhite.com, 23 Jan 2018; NBC, 01 Feb 2006)

OWN BRAND
In January 2022 he launched his own brand called "Whitespace", starting with 50 snowboards hand signed by him which sold out in few hours.

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First and only snowboarder to win three Olympic gold medals (Torino 2006, Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018). At Sochi 2014 he came in fourth.

Has 23 X Games medals in total (in between skateboarding and snowboarding), 15 of which are gold (13 from snowboarding, two from skateboarding), five silver and three bronze. His last snowboarding medal at the X Games was in 2013 (gold in halfpipe). Has eight gold in halfpipe, five in slopestyle.

First snowboarder to receive a perfect 100 score in the halfpipe at a Winter X Games, achieving the feat in 2012. He was also the first athlete to win gold at both summer and winter X Games, after winning Winter X Games gold in the halfpipe in 2003 and skateboarding vert gold at the 2007 X Games.

On 13 Jan 2018, on his last World Cup event's run to qualify for PyeongChang 2018 which was a month later, he received a perfect 100 score.

Has 15 World Cup starts, 10 podiums, six wins.