Xu Mengtao
{{short description|Chinese freestyle skier}}
{{family name hatnote|Xu|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Xu Mengtao
| image = Xu Mengtao 2014 Sochi.jpg
| caption = Xu in 2014
| nationality = Chinese
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|7|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Anshan, Liaoning, China
| height = 1.65 m
| weight = 59 kg
| country = China
| sport = Freestyle skiing
| event = Aerials
| education = Doctor of Philosophy candidate
| alma_mater = Beijing Sport University
| life_partner = Wang Xindi
| club =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle skiing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Beijing|Aerials}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Sochi|Aerials}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed team aerials}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Voss|Aerials}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Inawashiro|Aerials}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Deer Valley|Aerials}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Utah|FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019 – Mixed team aerials}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Engadin|Aerials}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Kreischberg|Aerials}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Sierra Nevada|Aerials}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Utah|Aerials}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Winter Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2025 Harbin|Aerials}}
{{Medal|Gold|2025 Harbin|Mixed team aerials}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Harbin| Synchro aerials}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| s = {{linktext|徐|梦|桃}}
| t = {{linktext|徐|夢|桃}}
| order = st
| p = Xú Mèngtáo
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|x|yu|2|-|m|eng|4|-|t|ao|2}}
}}
Xu Mengtao ({{zh|s=徐梦桃|p=Xú Mèngtáo}}; {{small|Mandarin pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-cmn|x|yu|2|-|m|eng|4|-|t|ao|2}}; born 12 July 1990) is an Olympic Champion Chinese aerial skier. She has 27 World Cup victories and an Olympic Gold.[http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=133211§or=FS FIS Bio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604065258/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=133211§or=FS |date=4 June 2011 }}{{Cite web |title=XU Mengtou |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n1059131-mengtao-xu.htm |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215042238/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/freestyle-skiing/athlete-profile-n1059131-mengtao-xu.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Canada's Marion Thénault finishes 7th in Olympic women's aerials final |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/canadas-marion-th-nault-finishes-171243965.html |access-date=2022-02-15 |website=ca.sports.yahoo.com |date=13 February 2022}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Awesome Xu Mengtao takes aerials gold for China |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/beijing-winter-olympics-xu-mengtao-takes-aerials-gold-china-2497666 |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=CNA }}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was one of Team China's flag bearers, at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic's closing ceremony.{{Cite web |title=Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao to be flag bearers of Chinese delegation at closing ceremony-Xinhua |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220220/e30ecbc247aa41229dc61e2d6d388bac/c.html |access-date=2022-02-20 |website=www.xinhuanet.com}}
Career Results
=Olympic Games=
She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics,{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/mengtao-xu_ath1017882wD.html |title=Vancouver 2010 Profile |website=vancouver2010.com |publisher=Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219204141/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/mengtao-xu_ath1017882wD.html |archive-date=19 February 2010}}{{cite Sports-Reference}} 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.[http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/schedule-and-results/ladies-aerials-final_frw030100Ei.html Vancouver 2010 Ladies' Aerials results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224091915/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/schedule-and-results/ladies-aerials-final_frw030100Ei.html |date=24 February 2010 }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-mengtao-xu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121231211/www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-mengtao-xu |archive-date=2014-01-21 |title=Mengtao XU}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3167031/winter-olympics-tearful-xu-mengtao-takes-chinas-gold-tally-five-kaillie |title=Tearful Xu Mengtao takes China's Winter Games gold tally to five |date=14 February 2022}}{{Cite web |title=OCA » China settles for silver in first mixed aerials team event |url=https://ocasia.org/news/2755-china-settles-for-silver-in-first-mixed-aerials-team-event.html |access-date=2022-02-15 |website=ocasia.org |archive-date=2022-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215060024/https://ocasia.org/news/2755-china-settles-for-silver-in-first-mixed-aerials-team-event.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-14 |title=Olympics Live: Austria takes gold in ski jumping team event |url=https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-live-updates-a87681cdf01c1d8e2375a6fb68a3989a |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-14 |title=Skier Xu of China wins gold in women's aerials |url=https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/_/id/33287828/freestyle-skier-xu-mengtao-china-wins-gold-women-aerials-american-megan-nick-takes-bronze |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
File:Гао Тинъюй и Сюй Мэнтао на церемонии закрытия зимних Олимпийских игр в Пекине.jpg (bottom) as flag bearers for the closing ceremony]]
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Location !! Result | ||
| 2010 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver | 6th Aerials |
| 2014 | {{Flagicon|RUS}} Sochi | {{SilverMedal}} Aerials |
| 2018 | {{Flagicon|KOR}} Pyeongchang | 9th Aerials |
| 2022 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Beijing | {{GoldMedal}} Aerials |
=World Championships=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Location !! Result | ||
| 2009 | {{Flagicon|JPN}} Inawashiro | {{SilverMedal}} Aerials |
| 2011 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Deer Valley | {{SilverMedal}} Aerials |
| 2013 | {{Flagicon|NOR}} Voss | {{GoldMedal}} Aerials |
| 2015 | {{Flagicon|AUT}} Kreischberg | {{BronzeMedal}} Aerials |
| 2017 | {{Flagicon|ESP}} Sierra Nevada | {{BronzeMedal}} Aerials |
| 2019 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Park City | {{BronzeMedal}} Aerials |
=World Cup=
==Standings==
| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Aerials | |
| 2006/07 | align=center|16 |
| 2008/09 | align=center|4 |
| 2009/10 | align=center|{{BronzeMedal}} |
| 2010/11 | align=center|{{SilverMedal}} |
| 2011/12 | align=center|{{GoldMedal}} |
| 2012/13 | align=center|{{GoldMedal}} |
| 2013/14 | align=center|{{BronzeMedal}} |
| 2014/15 | align=center|6 |
| 2015/16 | align=center|27 |
| 2016/17 | align=center|{{GoldMedal}} |
| 2017/18 | align=center|{{GoldMedal}} |
| 2018/19 | align=center|{{GoldMedal}} |
| 2019/20 | align=center|{{SilverMedal}} |
==Individual wins==
| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Location | |
| align=right|14 February 2009 | {{Flagicon|RUS}} Moscow |
| align=right|20 December 2009 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Changchun |
| align=right|18 December 2010 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Beidahu |
| align=right|16 January 2011 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Sainte-Adèle |
| align=right|20 January 2012 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid |
| align=right|21 January 2012 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid |
| align=right|29 January 2012 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Calgary |
| align=right|3 February 2012 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Park City |
| align=right|17 March 2012 | {{Flagicon|NOR}} Voss |
| align=right|5 January 2013 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Changchun |
| align=right|12 January 2013 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Saint-Côme |
| align=right|18 January 2013 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid |
| align=right|1 February 2013 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Park City |
| align=right|17 February 2013 | {{Flagicon|RUS}} Sochi |
| align=right|20 December 2014 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Beijing |
| align=right|21 December 2014 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Beijing |
| align=right|17 December 2016 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Beidahu |
| align=right|10 February 2017 | {{Flagicon|KOR}} Bongpyeong |
| align=right|12 January 2018 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Park City |
| align=right|20 January 2018 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid |
| align=right|19 January 2019 | {{Flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid |
| align=right|23 February 2019 | {{Flagicon|BLR}} Minsk |
| align=right|3 March 2019 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Changchun |
| align=right|21 December 2019 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Changchun |
| align=right|22 December 2019 | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Changchun |
| align=right|3 December 2021 | {{Flagicon|FIN}} Kuusamo |
| align=right|5 January 2022 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Lac-Beauport |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIS freestyle skier}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Chinese Olympic Committee|1054|Xu Mengtao|en_archive=20191013041640}}
- {{Instagram}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-sports|oly}}
{{succession box
| before = Wu Dajing
| title = Flagbearer for {{CHN}}
at the Olympics closing ceremony
| years = (with Gao Tingyu)
Beijing 2022
| after = Incumbent
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions In Freestyle Skiing Women}}
{{Footer World Champions Aerials Women}}
{{Xinhua News Agency's Top Ten Chinese Athletes of the Year}}
{{Touching the Heart of China}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Mengtao}}
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