Taylor Gold
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November 17, 1993 Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
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| Residence | Steamboat Springs, Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mike Jankowski, Spencer Tamblyn, and Ashley Berger | ||||||||||||||||||
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Taylor Gold (born November 16, 1993) is an American Olympian snowboarder. He competes in the halfpipe.
He is a two-time U.S. Revolution Tour champion, 2013 Copper Mountain Grand Prix/World Cup champion, 2014 Burton US Open champion, and 2014 Red Bull Double Pipe champion. He is also a Mammoth Mountain U.S. Grand Prix silver medalist (2013–14), 2011 FIS Junior World Championships silver medalist, and 2013 Breckenridge Dew Tour iON Mountain bronze medalist. He competed for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
His younger sister is American Olympian and World Champion snowboarder Arielle Gold.
Gold is Jewish, and was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. His father Ken Gold, who was a professional moguls skier, videotapes each of his practices. His younger sister is American Olympian and World Champion snowboarder Arielle Gold. He and his family live part of the year in Steamboat Springs and part in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Gold became interested in competitive snowboarding after watching the sport during the 2002 Winter Olympics . He trained at the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, and began competing at the age of nine.
His home mountain is Steamboat. He is coached by Mike Jankowski, Spencer Tamblyn, and Ashley Berger
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