[7] In 2010, the third Olympics hosted by Canada finally consecrated a Canadian athlete as Olympic champion: Alexandre Bilodeau took the gold medal in the men's moguls, overcoming defending champion Dale Begg-Smith of Australia.
[8] Kari Traa of Norway has won three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) in three successive Games, more than any other freestyle skier at the Winter Olympics.
[9] Alexandre Bilodeau and David Wise are the most successful male freestyle skiers, with two gold medals.
The youngest freestyle skier to win an Olympic medal is Swiss Mathilde Gremaud, who secured a silver in 2018 with 18 years old, while Tatjana Mittermayer of Germany is the oldest medalist, following her silver in the 1998 moguls event, aged 33.
[10][11] Overall, 132 medals (44 of each color) have been awarded to skiers representing 22 National Olympic Committees (NOC).
Janne Lahtela
of Finland (
pictured
) and
Dale Begg-Smith
of Australia have won two medals each (one gold and one silver) in the men's moguls.
Alexandre Bilodeau
's victory in the
2010 men's moguls event
made him the first-ever Canadian to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Canada. In
2014
, he became the first Olympic champion in moguls who defended his title.
Canadian skier
Jennifer Heil
won the women's Olympic moguls event in
2006
, and achieved a silver medal in
2010
.
Eileen Gu
, representing China, became the first freestyle skier to win three medals at a Winter Olympics in
2022
.
Norway's
Kari Traa
is the most successful Olympic moguls skier, with three medals in the women's moguls event: one gold (2002), one silver (2006), and one bronze (1998).
After a bronze medal in 2002 and a fourth place in 2006, Belarusian skier
Aleksei Grishin
secured the gold medal in the men's aerials event at the 2010 Games.