Arielle Gold
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About
Olympic medalist who is famous for winning a bronze medal in the women's halfpipe event for the United States during the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. She posts about her life after competitive snowboarding and battle against melanoma to over 30,000 followers on her Instagram account arielletgold.
Before Fame
She learned to ski when she was three years old, but her older brother convinced her to switch to snowboarding when she was seven. She competed in rodeos and horse jumping events before becoming involved in competitive snowboarding.
Trivia
She won the gold medal in the halfpipe at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada, at the age of sixteen. This made her the second youngest person to win the World Championships. She attended the University of Colorado, where she studied psychology. In October 2023 she mentioned via an instagram post that she had returned to school to study veterinary medicine.
Family Life
Her older brother is fellow Olympic snowboarder Taylor Gold. Their father, Ken Gold, is a former professional moguls skier.
Associated With
In 2012 she replaced Gretchen Bleiler in the superpipe event at the Winter X Games XVII.
