FREESTYLE AERIALS - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DATE OF BIRTH: September 14, 1993 (27)

HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 5'7 / 135

HOMETOWN & RESIDENCE: Ashburn, Virginia / Park City, Utah & Houston, Texas

# OF YEARS ON THE US NATIONAL TEAM: Since 2009-10

FAMILY:

• Leslie and Mark - Mom and Dad

• Jordan and Lyndsey - Sisters

• Jackson - Brother

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE:

• PyeongChang 2018 (17th place)

• Sochi 2014 (10th place)

• Vancouver 2010 (10th place)

FIS WORLD CUP MEDALS:

• 2020-21 (SILVER & BRONZE)

• 2019-20 (BRONZE)

• 2018-19 (SILVER & BRONZE)

• 2017-18 (BRONZE)

• 2016-17 (GOLD)

• 2015-16 (GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE)

• 2014-15 (2 GOLD & 1 SILVER)

• 2013-14 (SILVER)

• 2012-13 (Injured Did Not Compete)

• 2011-12 (Injured DNC)

• 2010-11 (GOLD)

FIS FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE:

• 2021 - (SILVER - Women’s Aerials & BRONZE - Mixed Team) - Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2020 - event cancelled due to the COVID 19 global pandemic

• 2019 - (5th place) - Park City, UT

• 2017 - (WORLD CHAMPION) - Sierra Nevada, Spain

• 2015 - (4th place) - Kreischberg, Austria

• 2011 - (4th place) - Park City, UT

FIS END OF SEASON TOP 3 RANKINGS:

• 2015-16 (OVERALL CHAMPION)

• 2014-15 (2nd Overall)

U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES:

• 2021 Utah Olympic Park (GOLD)

• 2020 Bristol Mountain (GOLD)

• 2019 Lake Placid (Did not compete, event just prior to World Championships)

• 2018 Utah Olympic Park (Did not compete post Olympics)

• 2017 Lake Placid (SILVER)

• 2016 Steamboat (GOLD)

• 2015 Steamboat (GOLD)

• 2014 Deer Valley (GOLD)

• 2011 Deer Valley (SILVER)

• 2010 Deer Valley (SILVER)

FIS WORLD CUP AWARDS:

• 2010 Rookie of the Year

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:

• 2016 USSA Freestyle Athlete of the Year

• 2016 Nickelodeon Kids Sports Choice Awards nominee

EDUCATION:

• State University of New York, Empire State College (Business '14) w/ Honors and Distinguished Notation. Graduated at age 20.

• University of Utah (Masters, Real Estate Development ‘20)

EQUIPMENT USED IN COMPETITION:

• ID One Skis

• Full Tilt Boots

• Oakley Glasses

• Triple 8 Helmet

ENDORSEMENTS:

• Oakley

• ID One Skis

• USANA

• Built Protein bars

CHARITABLE CAUSES:

• Took part in the 2015 Special Olympics World Games Torch Run in Salt Lake City, UT

• 2021 - Share Winter Foundation

SOCIAL MEDIA: twitter - @AshleySkis / instagram - AshleySkis93

NOTES:

• Was inspired to begin sport after seeing the 2006 Winter Olympics and watching Jeret “Speedy” Peterson via a suggestion from her mom to check it out

• Growing up in the DC area, she skied at all the local MD, VA, PA local mountains with her family on vacation and additionally was a gymnast (both of these skills are used in the sport)

• Moved to Lake Placid - Olympic Training Center at age 14 after impressing USSA coaches at an open try out, her coach from 14-17 was 2014 Russian Olympic freestyle aerials coach Dmitiriy Kavunov (he was with the US program during her development)

• Graduated high school at 15 with GED

• Youngest Olympian on US team at 16 in Vancouver

• Won FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup event at age 17 in Lake Placid, NY

• Tore her left ACL and subsequent season tore her right ACL during 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons at Utah Olympic Park in Park City, UT during pre-season training

• Won Silver medal in her first event back after 2 seasons in Beida Lake, China in December 2013

• Speaks Russian

• Currently lives and trains out of Park City, UT where the US Ski Team headquarters is located.

• Had a billet family in Deer Valley (Park City, UT) Paul and Barbara Schwartz whom resided in the Potomac, MD region for 15 years.

• Planning to get her MBA following the 2018 Olympic Games

• Competed in the Washington Redskins competition of the NFL's Punt, Pass and Kick (was honored at FedEx Field)

• Ashley is the only U.S. female Freestyle Aerialist that has ever landed triples in competition

• Had COVID-19 during the 2021 FIS Freestyle World Championship which knocked her out of competing in the FIS FREESTYLE World Cup FINAL