Overview
- Gu opened her 2026 Olympic campaign on Saturday in Italy by placing second in women's slopestyle qualifying.
- She is a three-time Olympic medalist from Beijing 2022, winning gold in big air and halfpipe and silver in slopestyle.
- Gu is the most successful women's freeski competitor with 20 World Cup victories, won December's inaugural Snow League, and landed a double cork 1620 to secure her Beijing big air gold.
- According to Sportico, she earned $23 million in 2025, making her the highest-paid Winter athlete, alongside a profile that includes Stanford studies and major fashion and brand partnerships.
- Her citizenship status remains unclarified even though China does not permit dual nationality, and Chinese Olympic authorities have declined to comment, while she has said she chose to represent China to improve representation after earlier competing for the United States.