Xu Mengtao
Chinese freestyle skier (born 1990)
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Xu Mengtao (Chinese: 徐梦桃; pinyin: Xú Mèngtáo; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕy̌ mə̂ŋ tʰǎʊ]; born 12 July 1990) is a Chinese Olympic Champion aerial skier. She has achieved 27 World Cup victories and two Olympic Gold medals.[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]
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Beijing Sport University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Wang Xindi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Aerials | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Simplified Chinese | 徐梦桃 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 徐夢桃 | ||||||||
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Career Results
Olympic Games
She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[6][7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10][11][12][13]
She represented China at the 2026 Winter Olympics and won a gold medal in the women's aerials event with a score of 112.90, with her husband Wang Xindi winning gold in the men's aerials event.[14][15]
World Championships
| Year | Location | Result |
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| 2009 |  Inawashiro |  Aerials |
| 2011 |  Deer Valley | Aerials |
| 2013 |  Voss |  Aerials |
| 2015 |  Kreischberg |  Aerials |
| 2017 |  Sierra Nevada | Aerials |
| 2019 | Park City | Aerials |
World Cup
Standings
Individual wins
| Date | Location |
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| 14 February 2009 |  Moscow |
| 20 December 2009 |  Changchun |
| 18 December 2010 | Beidahu |
| 16 January 2011 |  Sainte-Adèle |
| 20 January 2012 | Lake Placid |
| 21 January 2012 | Lake Placid |
| 29 January 2012 | Calgary |
| 3 February 2012 | Park City |
| 17 March 2012 | Voss |
| 5 January 2013 | Changchun |
| 12 January 2013 | Saint-Côme |
| 18 January 2013 | Lake Placid |
| 1 February 2013 | Park City |
| 17 February 2013 | Sochi |
| 20 December 2014 | Beijing |
| 21 December 2014 | Beijing |
| 17 December 2016 | Beidahu |
| 10 February 2017 |  Bongpyeong |
| 12 January 2018 | Park City |
| 20 January 2018 | Lake Placid |
| 19 January 2019 | Lake Placid |
| 23 February 2019 |  Minsk |
| 3 March 2019 | Changchun |
| 21 December 2019 | Changchun |
| 22 December 2019 | Changchun |
| 3 December 2021 |  Kuusamo |
| 5 January 2022 | Lac-Beauport |
