Xu Mengtao
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy candidate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | 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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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]
Career Results
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]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]
| Year | Location | Result |
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| 2010 |  Vancouver |
6th Aerials |
| 2014 |  Sochi |
 Aerials
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| 2018 |  Pyeongchang |
9th Aerials |
| 2022 |  Beijing |
 Aerials
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| 2026 |  Milano-Cortina |
Aerials
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World Championships
[edit]| Year | Location | Result |
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| 2009 |  Inawashiro |
Aerials
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| 2011 |  Deer Valley |
Aerials
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| 2013 |  Voss |
Aerials
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| 2015 |  Kreischberg |
 Aerials
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| 2017 |  Sierra Nevada |
Aerials
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| 2019 | Park City |
Aerials
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World Cup
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Season | Aerials |
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| 2006/07 | 16 |
| 2008/09 | 4 |
| 2009/10 |
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| 2010/11 |
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| 2011/12 |
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| 2012/13 |
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| 2013/14 |
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| 2014/15 | 6 |
| 2015/16 | 27 |
| 2016/17 |
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| 2017/18 |
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| 2018/19 |
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| 2019/20 |
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Individual wins
[edit]| Date | Location |
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| 14 February 2009 | Moscow
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| 20 December 2009 | Changchun
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| 18 December 2010 | Beidahu
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| 16 January 2011 | Sainte-Adèle
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| 20 January 2012 | Lake Placid
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| 21 January 2012 | Lake Placid
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| 29 January 2012 | Calgary
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| 3 February 2012 | Park City
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| 17 March 2012 | Voss
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| 5 January 2013 | Changchun
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| 12 January 2013 | Saint-Côme
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| 18 January 2013 | Lake Placid
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| 1 February 2013 | Park City
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| 17 February 2013 | Sochi
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| 20 December 2014 | Beijing
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| 21 December 2014 | Beijing
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| 17 December 2016 | Beidahu
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| 10 February 2017 | Bongpyeong
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| 12 January 2018 | Park City
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| 20 January 2018 | Lake Placid
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| 19 January 2019 | Lake Placid
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| 23 February 2019 |  Minsk
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| 3 March 2019 | Changchun
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| 21 December 2019 | Changchun
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| 22 December 2019 | Changchun
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| 3 December 2021 |  Kuusamo
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| 5 January 2022 | Lac-Beauport
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References
[edit]- ^ FIS Bio Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "XU Mengtou". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Marion Thénault finishes 7th in Olympic women's aerials final". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Awesome Xu Mengtao takes aerials gold for China". ChannelNewsAsia.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao to be flag bearers of Chinese delegation at closing ceremony-Xinhua". xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Mengtao Xu". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Xu Mengtao". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- ^ Vancouver 2010 Ladies' Aerials results Archived 24 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mengtao XU". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Tearful Xu Mengtao takes China's Winter Games gold tally to five". 14 February 2022.
- ^ "OCA » China settles for silver in first mixed aerials team event". ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Olympics Live: Austria takes gold in ski jumping team event". AP NEWS. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Skier Xu of China wins gold in women's aerials". ESPN.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Xu witnesses Wang complete golden feat for married couple | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ Gupta, Megha (18 February 2026). "China's Xu Mengtao wins back-to-back Olympic gold in women's aerials". NBColympics.com. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
External links
[edit]- Xu Mengtao at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Xu Mengtao at Milano Cortina 2026
- Xu Mengtao at Olympics.com
- Xu Mengtao at Olympedia
- Xu Mengtao at InterSportStats
- Xu Mengtao at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
- Xu Mengtao on Instagram
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- Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Olympic freestyle skiers for China
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Skiers from Jilin
- Chinese female freestyle skiers
- 21st-century Chinese sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Asian Games medalists in freestyle skiing
- Freestyle skiers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
- Freestyle skiers at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China