Xu Mengtao

Xu Mengtao
Xu in 2014
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990
Anshan, Liaoning, China
EducationBeijing Sport University
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
SpouseWang Xindi
Sport
CountryChina
SportFreestyle skiing
Event
Aerials
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingAerials
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano-CortinaAerials
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiAerials
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingMixed team aerials
Bronze medal – third place2026 Milano CortinaMixed team aerials
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 VossAerials
Silver medal – second place2009 InawashiroAerials
Silver medal – second place2011 Deer ValleyAerials
Silver medal – second place2019 UtahMixed team aerials
Silver medal – second place2025 EngadinAerials
Bronze medal – third place2015 KreischbergAerials
Bronze medal – third place2017 Sierra NevadaAerials
Bronze medal – third place2019 UtahAerials
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place2025 HarbinAerials
Gold medal – first place2025 HarbinMixed team aerials
Silver medal – second place2025 HarbinSynchro aerials
Xu Mengtao
Simplified Chinese徐梦桃
Traditional Chinese徐夢桃
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXú Mèngtáo
IPA[ɕy̌ mə̂ŋ tʰǎʊ]

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

Olympic Games

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]

Xu (top) and Gao (bottom) as flag bearers for the closing ceremony

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]

YearLocationResult
2010Canada Vancouver6th Aerials
2014Russia Sochi2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aerials
2018South Korea Pyeongchang9th Aerials
2022China Beijing1st place, gold medalist(s) Aerials
2026Italy Milano-Cortina1st place, gold medalist(s) Aerials

World Championships

YearLocationResult
2009Japan Inawashiro2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aerials
2011United States Deer Valley2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aerials
2013Norway Voss1st place, gold medalist(s) Aerials
2015Austria Kreischberg3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aerials
2017Spain Sierra Nevada3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aerials
2019United States Park City3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aerials

World Cup

Standings

SeasonAerials
2006/0716
2008/094
2009/103rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2010/112nd place, silver medalist(s)
2011/121st place, gold medalist(s)
2012/131st place, gold medalist(s)
2013/143rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014/156
2015/1627
2016/171st place, gold medalist(s)
2017/181st place, gold medalist(s)
2018/191st place, gold medalist(s)
2019/202nd place, silver medalist(s)

Individual wins

DateLocation
14 February 2009Russia Moscow
20 December 2009China Changchun
18 December 2010China Beidahu
16 January 2011Canada Sainte-Adèle
20 January 2012United States Lake Placid
21 January 2012United States Lake Placid
29 January 2012Canada Calgary
3 February 2012United States Park City
17 March 2012Norway Voss
5 January 2013China Changchun
12 January 2013Canada Saint-Côme
18 January 2013United States Lake Placid
1 February 2013United States Park City
17 February 2013Russia Sochi
20 December 2014China Beijing
21 December 2014China Beijing
17 December 2016China Beidahu
10 February 2017South Korea Bongpyeong
12 January 2018United States Park City
20 January 2018United States Lake Placid
19 January 2019United States Lake Placid
23 February 2019Belarus Minsk
3 March 2019China Changchun
21 December 2019China Changchun
22 December 2019China Changchun
3 December 2021Finland Kuusamo
5 January 2022Canada Lac-Beauport

References

  1. ↑ FIS Bio Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "XU Mengtou". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Canada's Marion Thénault finishes 7th in Olympic women's aerials final". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Awesome Xu Mengtao takes aerials gold for China". ChannelNewsAsia.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao to be flag bearers of Chinese delegation at closing ceremony-Xinhua". xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Mengtao Xu". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Vancouver 2010 Ladies' Aerials results Archived 24 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Mengtao XU". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Tearful Xu Mengtao takes China's Winter Games gold tally to five". 14 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Olympics Live: Austria takes gold in ski jumping team event". AP NEWS. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Skier Xu of China wins gold in women's aerials". ESPN.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Xu witnesses Wang complete golden feat for married couple | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  15. ↑ 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.
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