Mathilde Gremaud

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| name = Mathilde Gremaud

| image = Mathilde Gremaud, Lillehammer 2016 Slopestyle ski.jpg

| caption = Gremaud in 2016

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| nationality = Swiss

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fribourg, Switzerland

| height = 1.68 m

| weight = 56 kg

| country = Switzerland

| sport = Freestyle skiing

| event = Slopestyle

| club = La Berra

| website = {{URL|www.mathildegremaud.ch}}

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Mathilde Gremaud (born 8 February 2000) is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier and eight time X Games medalist. On February 28, 2023, she became the first freestyle skier to hold both slopestyle World and Olympic Champion titles after winning gold in both events.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=Gremaud first to hold freeski slopestyle world and Olympic titles at same time |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1134265/gremaud-holds-both-world-olympic-titles |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}

Early life

Gremaud was born on February 8, 2000, in Fribourg, Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Mathilde Gremaud |url=https://www.fribourgregion.ch/fr/la-gruyere/patrimoine-et-terroir/mathilde-gremaud/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Fribourg Région |language=fr-FR}}

Career

Gremaud competed in the World Championships 2017. She competed at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021, winning a silver medal in Slopestyle.

Gremaud won gold in big air at the Winter X Games in 2017, 2019, and 2021. She won silver medals in big air and slopestyle in 2020. In 2019, she won bronze in big air.

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics{{cite web |url= https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n3034542-mathilde-gremaud.htm |title= Athlete profile – Mathilde Gremaud |website= pyeongchang2018.com |accessdate= 16 February 2018 |archive-date= 17 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082609/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n3034542-mathilde-gremaud.htm |url-status= dead }} and took the silver medal in women's Slopestyle.{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/sport/incertaine-pouvoir-concourir-samedi-matin-mathilde-gremaud-decroche-medaille-dargent|title=Incertaine de pouvoir concourir samedi matin, Mathilde Gremaud décroche la médaille d'argent|access-date=17 February 2018|language=fr}} At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Gremaud won the gold medal in slopestyle and the bronze medal in big air.{{cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/mathilde-gremaud-edges-ailing-eileen-gu-for-gold-in-women-slopestyle |title=Medals update: Swiss Mathilde Gremaud edges Ailing (Eileen) Gu for gold in women's freeski slopestyle |website =olympics.com |accessdate=15 February 2022}} Gremaud was coached by Swiss freeski coach Misra Noto Torniainen for the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Anzeiger Bezirk Affoltern: Gold-Trainer aus Mettmenstetten |url=https://www.affolteranzeiger.ch/aktuell/sport/artikelseite-sport/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=91005&cHash=a8adbc01dea633d17ed2e62ce6ad94aa |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.affolteranzeiger.ch}}{{Cite news |date=2018-02-18 |title=Sarah Höfflin et Mathilde Gremaud, ensemble c'est tout |language=fr |work=Le Temps |url=https://www.letemps.ch/sport/sarah-hofflin-mathilde-gremaud-ensemble-cest |access-date=2022-06-13 |issn=1423-3967}} Torniainen would later coach China's Eileen Gu for the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |date=2022-02-01 |title=Olympics freeski star Eileen Gu's delicate balancing act between China and the U.S. |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/33160624/olympics-2022-freeski-star-eileen-gu-delicate-balancing-act-china-us |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=ESPN |language=en}}

In 2020, Gremaud became the first woman to land a switch double cork 1440 in competition history.{{Cite web |title=Mathilde Gremaud - World First Trick |url=https://us.factionskis.com/blogs/news/mathilde-gremaud-world-first-trick |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Faction Skis US |language=en}}

In 2024, Gremaud became the first woman to win three FIS crystal globes in one season.{{Cite web |title=MATHILDE GREMAUD STORMS INTO FIS FREESKI WORLD CUP HISTORY, MAC FOREHAND CONTINUES TO PERFORM |url=https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.eurosport.com}}

References

External links

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{{X Games profile|new_id=mathilde-gremaud|old_id=4079828}}
[https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/de/olympische-missionen/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=8347 Mathilde Gremaud] at the Swiss Olympic Association {{in lang|de}}

Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Fribourg

Category:Swiss female freestyle skiers

Category:Olympic freestyle skiers for Switzerland

Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing

Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Category:X Games competitors

Category:21st-century Swiss sportswomen