Qi Guangpu (; ; born October 20, 1990 in

Xuzhou Xuzhou (徐州), also known as Pengcheng (彭城) in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in the built-up area ma ...

) is a Chinese aerial skier. He is a double world champion and the reigning Olympic champion in Aerials, who won gold at the

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Career

Qi Guangpu competed at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Although his performance in his first 3 Olympics was unsuccessful, and failing to win a medal (with a 4th place in 2014), his records at the

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is much better, with a haul of 2 golds and 2 silvers from 2011 to 2017. He won a silver medal at the 2011 World in Deer Valley, USA, and upgraded that to gold in 2013 in Voss, Norway. He successfully defended his world title at the 2015 World in Kreischberg, Austria. He followed that in 2017 with a silver. He did very well at the

, where he won gold in the Aerials after he landed a quintuple-twisting triple backflip in the final round and earned 129 points, easily beating defending champion

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, who had come second after scoring 116.5. He had also participated in the Mixed Aerials, where his team won silver.

References

1990 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for China 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 Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Chinese male freestyle skiers Skiers from Jiangsu {{PRChina-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub