Arielle Gold
American snowboarder
Arielle Townsend Gold (born May 4, 1996) is an American Olympic medalist snowboarder.
In 2012, she won the gold medal in the halfpipe at the FIS Junior Snowboarding World Championships, at the age of 15. The next year, she won the gold medal in the halfpipe at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013, at the age of 16, becoming the second-youngest snowboarder to win a world championship.
She won a bronze medal in the superpipe at the 2013 Winter X Games XVII. In 2014, she was the youngest member of the US Sochi Winter Olympics halfpipe team, at the age of 17. She suffered a separated shoulder right before the Olympics and was unable to compete. Competing for the US in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, she won a bronze medal in the women's halfpipe event.
Her older brother is Olympian snowboarder Taylor Gold.
Personal life
Gold is Jewish and was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Her older brother is American Olympian snowboarder Taylor Gold.
She competed in rodeos and horse jumping events before becoming involved in snowboarding.
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