Yan Gu Bigraphy – Yan Gu Wiki
Yan Gu is a Chinese private investor and expert in China Investment at Fusion Investment Inc. She is best known as the mother of Eileen Gu who is a freestyle skier, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and model. She has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019. Gu competed for the United States at the 2018–19 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup. At age 18, she became the youngest Olympic champion in freestyle skiing after winning gold medals in big air and halfpipe, and a silver medal in slopestyle, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She is the first freestyle skier to win three medals at a Winter Olympics.
Yan went to study at Peking University for her undergraduate and master’s degrees in chemical engineering according to her LinkedIn profile. Yan was a student-athlete on the Peking University Women’s Speed Skating team and a skiing instructor. She migrated from China to the U.S. as a student in her twenties, enrolling at Auburn University and Rockefeller University. While attending Rockefeller University, Yan skied at Hunter Mountain in New York state; her passion for the sport deepened after she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area while earning an MBA at Stanford University.
When Eileen was young, Yan enrolled her in ski lessons at Lake Tahoe, reportedly so that her daughter could keep up with her. Her mother, as Gu put it, “accidentally created a pro skier.” She raised her daughter together with her grandmother and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and English.
Yan Gu Age
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Yan Gu Husband
She was previously married to Eileen’s father who is of American nationality but they later separated. She raised her daughter as a single parent with the assistance of her mother (Eileen’s grandmother).
Yan Gu Daughter
She is the mother of Eileen Gu who is a freestyle skier, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and model. She has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019. Her daughter competed for the United States at the 2018–19 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup. Gu was raised by her mother and grandmother and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and English.
Yan Gu Nationality
She is of Chinese nationality.
