Nico Porteous is a two-time Winter Olympic medallist, having won gold at Beijing 2022 and bronze at PyeongChang 2018.
The Wanaka based skier won his gold medal in dramatic fashion in Beijing. Competing in freeski halfpipe in high winds, Porteous came out of the gate swinging, lacing together his right and left double cork 1620s on run one to post what would end up being the winning score of 93.00.
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Nico Porteous is a two-time Winter Olympic medallist, having won gold at Beijing 2022 and bronze at PyeongChang 2018.
The Wanaka based skier won his gold medal in dramatic fashion in Beijing. Competing in freeski halfpipe in high winds, Porteous came out of the gate swinging, lacing together his right and left double cork 1620s on run one to post what would end up being the winning score of 93.00.
Four years earlier at PyeongChang 2018 Porteous became New Zealand's youngest ever Olympic Winter Games medallist when he claimed the bronze medal in freeski halfpipe.
Outside of his Olympic success Porteous is the 2021 Freeski Halfpipe World Champion and 2021 Aspen Winter X Games gold medallist. He was the first Kiwi freeski athlete to win both these events and landed a world first trick combination in competition (back-to-back 1620s) in the process.
Porteous is coached by Snow Sports New Zealand High Performance Freeski Coach Tommy Pyatt.
