Mathilde Gremaud

Mathilde Gremaud
Gremaud in 2016
Personal information
Born (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000
Fribourg, Switzerland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Websitewww.mathildegremaud.ch
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportFreestyle skiing
Event
Slopestyle
ClubLa Berra
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Switzerland
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 1
World Championships 2 1 0
Winter X Games 4 5 2
Total 8 7 3
Olympic Games
2022 Beijing Slopestyle
2026 Milano Cortina Slopestyle
2018 Pyeongchang Slopestyle
2022 Beijing Big air
World Championships
2023 Bakuriani Slopestyle
2025 Engadin Slopestyle
2021 Aspen Slopestyle
Winter X Games
2017 Norway Big air
2019 Aspen Big air
2021 Aspen Big air
2026 Aspen Big air
2020 Aspen Big air
2020 Norway Slopestyle
2022 Aspen Slopestyle
2023 Aspen Slopestyle
2024 Aspen Slopestyle
2019 Norway Big air
2026 Aspen Slopestyle

Mathilde Gremaud (French pronunciation: [matild ɡʁəmo]; born 8 February 2000) is a Swiss Olympic freestyle skier and eleven-time X Games medalist. On 28 February 2023, she became the first freestyle skier to hold both slopestyle World and Olympic Champion titles after winning gold in both events.[1] She won another gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Early life

Gremaud was born on February 8, 2000, in Fribourg, Switzerland.[2] Her partner is Austrian moutainbiker Valentina Höll.[3]

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[4] and took the silver medal in women's Slopestyle.[5] At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Gremaud won the gold medal in slopestyle and the bronze medal in big air.[6] Gremaud was coached by Swiss freeski coach Misra Noto Torniainen for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7][8] Torniainen would later coach China's Eileen Gu for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[9]

In 2020, Gremaud became the first woman to land a switch double cork 1440 in competition history.[10]

In 2024, Gremaud became the first woman to win three FIS crystal globes in one season.[11]

Gremaud won the gold medal in the slopestyle at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. She recorded a high score of 86.96 in her second run and finished 0.38 points clear of Eileen Gu who finished on 86.58.[12]

Results

Olympic Winter Games

 Year   Age  Slopestyle Big Air
2018 Pyeongchang 18 2 N/a
2022 Beijing 22 1 3
2026 Milano Cortina 26 1 11

World Championships

 Year   Age  Slopestyle Big Air
2017 Sierra Nevada 17 5 N/a
2019 Deer Valley 19 N/a 7
2021 Aspen 21 2 24
2023 Bakuriani 23 1 8
2025 Engadin 25 1 20

References

  1. ^ "Gremaud first to hold freeski slopestyle world and Olympic titles at same time". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 February 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Mathilde Gremaud". Fribourg Région (in French). Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. ^ Salzburg24.at: Wie Valentina Höll von Freundin und Slopestyle-Olympiasiegerin profitiert
  4. ^ "Athlete profile – Mathilde Gremaud". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Incertaine de pouvoir concourir samedi matin, Mathilde Gremaud décroche la médaille d'argent" (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Medals update: Swiss Mathilde Gremaud edges Ailing (Eileen) Gu for gold in women's freeski slopestyle". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Anzeiger Bezirk Affoltern: Gold-Trainer aus Mettmenstetten". www.affolteranzeiger.ch. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Sarah Höfflin et Mathilde Gremaud, ensemble c'est tout". Le Temps (in French). 18 February 2018. ISSN 1423-3967. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Olympics freeski star Eileen Gu's delicate balancing act between China and the U.S." ESPN. 1 February 2022. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Mathilde Gremaud - World First Trick". Faction Skis US. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  11. ^ "MATHILDE GREMAUD STORMS INTO FIS FREESKI WORLD CUP HISTORY, MAC FOREHAND CONTINUES TO PERFORM". www.eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Gremaud ends Gu's Olympic treble bid with freeski slopestyle gold". France24. AFP. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.