Xu Mengtao

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]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.
Xu Mengtao
Xu in 2014
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990
Anshan, Liaoning, China
EducationDoctor of Philosophy candidate
Alma materBeijing Sport University
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Life partner(s)Wang Xindi
Sport
CountryChina
SportFreestyle skiing
Event(s)Aerials
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingAerials
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiAerials
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingMixed team aerials
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 VossAerials
Silver medal – second place2009 InawashiroAerials
Silver medal – second place2011 Deer ValleyAerials
Silver medal – second place2019 UtahMixed team aerials
Bronze medal – third place2015 KreischbergAerials
Bronze medal – third place2017 Sierra NevadaAerials
Bronze medal – third place2019 UtahAerials
Xu Mengtao
Simplified Chinese徐梦桃
Traditional Chinese徐夢桃

Career Results

Olympic Games

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]

Xu (top) and Gao (bottom) as flag bearers for the closing ceremony
YearLocationResult
2010Canada Vancouver6th Aerials
2014Russia SochiSilver Aerials
2018South Korea Pyeongchang9th Aerials
2022China BeijingGold Aerials

World Championships
YearLocationResult
2009Japan InawashiroSilver Aerials
2011United States Deer ValleySilver Aerials
2013Norway VossGold Aerials
2015Austria KreischbergBronze Aerials
2017Spain Sierra NevadaBronze Aerials
2019United States Park CityBronze Aerials

Standings
SeasonAerials
2006/0716
2008/094
2009/10Bronze
2010/11Silver
2011/12Gold
2012/13Gold
2013/14Bronze
2014/156
2015/1627
2016/17Gold
2017/18Gold
2018/19Gold
2019/20Silver

Individual wins
DateLocation
14 February 2009Russia Moscow
20 December 2009China Changchun
18 December 2010China Beidahu
16 January 2011Canada Sainte-Adèle
20 January 2012United States Lake Placid
21 January 2012United States Lake Placid
29 January 2012Canada Calgary
3 February 2012United States Park City
17 March 2012Norway Voss
5 January 2013China Changchun
12 January 2013Canada Saint-Côme
18 January 2013United States Lake Placid
1 February 2013United States Park City
17 February 2013Russia Sochi
20 December 2014China Beijing
21 December 2014China Beijing
17 December 2016China Beidahu
10 February 2017South Korea Bongpyeong
12 January 2018United States Park City
20 January 2018United States Lake Placid
19 January 2019United States Lake Placid
23 February 2019Belarus Minsk
3 March 2019China Changchun
21 December 2019China Changchun
22 December 2019China Changchun
3 December 2021Finland Kuusamo
5 January 2022Canada Lac-Beauport

References
  1. FIS Bio Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "XU Mengtou Biography". Olympics.com. 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. "Canada's Marion Thénault finishes 7th in Olympic women's aerials final". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  4. "Awesome Xu Mengtao takes aerials gold for China". CNA. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  5. "Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao to be flag bearers of Chinese delegation at closing ceremony-Xinhua". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  6. Vancouver 2010 Profile Archived 19 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Vancouver 2010 Ladies' Aerials results Archived 24 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Mengtao XU". Archived from the original on 2014-01-21.
  9. "Tearful Xu Mengtao takes China's Winter Games gold tally to five". 14 February 2022.
  10. "OCA » China settles for silver in first mixed aerials team event". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  11. "Olympics Live: Austria takes gold in ski jumping team event". AP NEWS. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  12. "Skier Xu of China wins gold in women's aerials". ESPN.com. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.


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