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Kelly Sildaru during the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland in January 2020
Country	Estonia
Born	17 February 2002 (2002-02-17) Tallinn, Estonia
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup career
Seasons	2018–
Individual wins	3
Indiv. podiums	6
Indiv. starts	7
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	0
Medal record International freestyle ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 1 0 0 Winter X Games 5 2 1 Winter X Games Europe 0 1 0 Winter Dew Tour 3 0 0 Winter Youth Olympics 1 0 0 Junior World Championships 6 1 0 Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slopestyle 11 0 0 Halfpipe / Superpipe 4 1 0 Big air 1 3 1 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slopestyle 2 0 0 Halfpipe 1 2 0 Big air 0 0 1 World Championships Gold 2019 Utah Halfpipe Winter X Games Gold 2016 Aspen Slopestyle Gold 2017 Aspen Slopestyle Gold 2019 Aspen Slopestyle Gold 2020 Aspen Slopestyle Gold 2020 Aspen Superpipe Silver 2017 Aspen Big air Silver 2019 Aspen Superpipe Bronze 2019 Aspen Big air Winter X Games Europe Silver 2017 Hafjell Big air Winter Dew Tour Gold 2015 Breckenridge Slopestyle Gold 2016 Breckenridge Slopestyle Gold 2018 Breckenridge Slopestyle Winter Youth Olympics Gold 2020 Lausanne Slopestyle Junior World Championships Gold 2017 Crans-Montana Halfpipe Gold 2017 Chiesa in Valmalenco Slopestyle Gold 2018 Cardrona Halfpipe Gold 2018 Cardrona Slopestyle Gold 2019 Kläppen Slopestyle Gold 2019 Kläppen Big air Silver 2018 Cardrona Big air

Kelly Sildaru during the qualification for the girls' slopestyle at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

During the final at the very same place

Kelly Sildaru ( born 17 February 2002) is an Estonian freestyle skier.

Biography

Sildaru won a gold medal in the slopestyle event in the 2016 Winter X Games beating Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen. With this win, at age 13, Sildaru became the youngest gold medalist to date at a Winter X Games event, and the first person to win a Winter X Games medal for Estonia. She is also the youngest to win two X Games gold medals.

Sildaru has won the women's slopestyle on the 2015 and 2016 Dew Tour.

During the Big Air competition of the 2017 Winter X Games Norway, Sildaru became the first woman to ever land a Switch 1260° Mute and a 1440° during a competition.

Because of her young age, the first World Cup event she was allowed to participate in was on 27 August 2017 in Cardrona, New Zealand. She won the slopestyle competition.

Despite being the gold medal favorite for the women’s slopestyle event in 2018 Winter Olympics, she missed competing in the Games because of a knee injury.

However, in the 2020 Youth Olympic Games she won a gold medal for the Women's Freestyle Skiing.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slopestyle	Halfpipe	Big air
2017–18	15	94	21	18	—
2018–19	16	29	10	4	—
2019–20	17	did not compete
2020–21	18	4	7	—	3

Standings through 11 January 2021

Race Podiums

• 3 wins – (2 SS, 1 HP)
• 6 podiums – (2 SS, 3 HP, 1 BA)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
1	2017–18	27 August 2017	Cardrona, New Zealand	Slopestyle	1st
2		1 September 2017	Cardrona, New Zealand	Halfpipe	2nd
3	2018–19	23 November 2018	Stubai, Austria	Slopestyle	1st
4		7 December 2018	Copper Mountain, USA	Halfpipe	1st
5		9 March 2019	Mammoth, USA	Halfpipe	2nd
6	2020–21	9 January 2021	Kreischberg, Austria	Big air	3rd

World Championships results

• 1 medal – (1 gold)

Year	Age	Slopestyle	Halfpipe	Big air
2019	16	CNX	Gold	—
2021	18	injured: did not compete

Junior World Championships

• 7 medals – (6 gold, 1 silver)

Year	Age	Slopestyle	Halfpipe	Big air
2017	14	Gold	Gold	N/A
2018	15	Gold	Gold	Silver
2019	16	Gold	—	Gold

Winter X Games results

• 8 medals – (5 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	Slopestyle	Superpipe	Big air
2016	13	Gold	—	—
2017	14	Gold	—	Silver
2018	15	injured: did not compete
2019	16	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020	17	Gold	Gold	4
2021	18	injured: did not compete