English|The Making of Teenage Olympic Gold Medalist and Commercial Star Eileen Gu( 二 )
Gu is also talented in school. She completed American high school courses one year earlier in 2020 as the Winter Olympics neared. Gu scored 1580 out of 1600 in SAT and was admitted to Stanford University.
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Gu’s mother would take her daughter to study International Mathematical Olympiad in Beijing every summer. “Studying in China for ten days pretty much equals studying in the United States for a year,” Gu Yan said. Her daughter’s incredible success in school proved her point.
Gu’s bond with China started to grow as she tried out Chinese food and learned about Chinese culture when she was in Beijing.
In June 2019, Gu, who was just 15 years old at that time, made a life-changing announcement for herself on social media – she has acquired Chinese citizenship. Before the announcement, the United States national team tried to recruit her to represent the United States.
Gu’s citizenship status on the website of the International Ski Federation is now Chinese.
“I speak fluent mandarin and I have a strong connection with Beijing. I am a Haidian kid who grew up watching Ne Zha,” Gu said, explaining her decision.
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Image: Gu and her mother
After her decision to compete for China, Gu soon reaped great achievements for China in winter sports.
Gu won gold in the halfpie category and slopestyle category in Canada in 2020. She later won first place in both Big Air and Halfpie in the United States in December 2021.
In 2021, Gu won six top-notch competitions in only 26 days, becoming a rising star in the sports industry. Gu has secured 12 gold medals for China in the past two years.
Gu’s success is a combination of talent and hard work.
In 2016, she broke her clavicle during training. It took her seven weeks to recover from the injury and resume training.
At the year-end of 2018, she suffered from a concussion and experienced memory loss when she was training during the World Cup China competition. The serious injury did not stop the superstar from winning the championship at the World Cup Italy two weeks later.
In March 2021 right before the World Ski, Gu was hit by avulsion fracture and ligament tear. She put off the surgery for her injuries for the competition and won two golds and one bronze in Halfpie, Slopestyle and Big Air respectively.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics Big Air, Gu made the decision to perform a difficult 1620 that she had never done before. She completed it with a perfect landing and brought home a gold medal.
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Gu manages her time extremely well as she faces pressure from both training and schoolwork. She would always utilize the precious time to study and complete her school assignments when commuting to ski fields.
Gu has also set the task to sleep for ten hours for herself to reach a balance in life. She believes that talent only plays a small part in her success while hard work and discipline are what made a difference.
Apart from her incredible achievements in snow sports and academic work, Gu also has a variety of interests and hobbies, including piano, horse-riding, basketball, painting, swimming, singing and even ballet.
It is simply incredible for Gu to excel in so many fields.
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