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Redmond "Red" Gerard (born June 29, 2000) is an American snowboarder and a spokesperson of the Toyota Motor Corporation.[1][3][4] Gerard was born and raised in Ohio, but lives in Silverthorne, Colorado, where he has his own miniature snowboarding park in his backyard with a rope tow.[5]
 Gerard in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Red, RedBoy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 29, 2000[1] Rocky River, Ohio[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Silverthorne, Colorado[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 lb (53 kg)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relative(s) | 5 brothers and 2 sisters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Slopestyle, Big air | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burton Global Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gerard competed in the slopestyle and big air events for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In slopestyle, Gerard won the gold medal for his performance. This performance itself was rather famous for the events surrounding Gerard; he had overslept in his hotel room after partying late and binge-watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Netflix, lost his jacket, was forced to borrow his roommate's jacket, and accidentally used profanity on live TV after his win.[6] He became the first Winter Olympics medalist born in the 2000s. Gerard was also the first American gold medalist in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the youngest American to medal in a snowboarding event at the Olympics.[7] The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic winter games was his first time competing in the Olympics. The February 6, 2018, issue of Sports Illustrated predicted Gerard would win the gold medal.[citation needed]
Gerard's sister is food blogger Tieghan Gerard from Half Baked Harvest.
2017 - 1st place overall (slopestyle) FIS Snowboard World Cup Standings
2017 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place
2017 - Kreischberg World Cup - 3rd Place
2017 - Milan - 2nd Place Big Air
2018 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place
2018 - Snowmass World Cup - 1st Place
2018 - Olympic Gold Medalist in slopestyle
2019 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place
2019 - US Open 1st Place
2019 - Cardrona - 2nd Place Big Air
2020 - Laax Open - 2nd Place
2020 - Dew Tour - 1st Place
2020 - X Games Bronze
2021 - Dew Tour 1st Place
2021 - Aspen World Cup - 2nd Place
2022 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place
2023 - Edmonton Big Air - 3rd Place
2023 - Copper Big Air - 3rd Place
2024 - X Games Gold
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Red Gerard". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ "2022 Winter Olympics - Athletes". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "Redmond Gerard". FIS. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ^ "8 Riders Who Represent the Future: Red Gerard". Transworld Snowboarding. December 6, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ Colbert, Austin (January 13, 2018). "Silverthorne teen Red Gerard is Olympic-bound after Snowmass slopestyle win". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ Lakshman, Srivats (February 6, 2022). "Redmond Gerard: How binge-watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine almost cost him Olympic gold". Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ Buckingham, Lindsay (January 14, 2018). "Near-perfect run secures Olympic spot for Rocky River native Red Gerard". WJW. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
External links
edit- 2018 Olympic Medal Picks: Predicting the Podium For All 102 Events
- Official website
- Red Gerard on Instagram
- Redmond Gerard at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Red Gerard at U.S. Ski & Snowboard
- Red Gerard at Team USA (archive October 27, 2022)
- Red Gerard at Olympedia
- Redmond Gerard at Olympics.com
- Red Gerard at the X Games (archive)
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