With several broken records&nbsp;and&nbsp;fashion campaigns under her belt, freestyle skier and global Tiffany &amp; Co. ambassador Eileen Gu is ready for Olympian greatness.&nbsp;

Photography Rebekah Campbell Styled by Liz McClean

Back in November, less than a year before she would attend her first class at Stanford University, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/eileen-gu-pro-skiing-beijing-olympics-2022-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eileen Gu</a> became the first woman to land a Double Cork 1440. At the Stubai Glacier ski resort in Austria, the Chinese-American freestyle skier exploded from a Red Bull&ndash;branded ramp, and, like a human fidget spinner, rotated her body four times clockwise and upside down twice. She was just practicing.
In her still-nascent sports career, Gu, who has competed for China since 2019 and will represent the country this February at the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/fendi-winter-sports-capsule-collection-beijing-olympics-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2022 Winter Olympics</a> in Beijing, has made a routine out of breaking records. At the 2021 X Games in January, she became the first female rookie in the event&rsquo;s 25-year history to earn three medals: golds in the superpipe and slopestyle competitions (spectacles of aerial tricks performed on a pair of poplar sticks down, respectively, a sort of snow-coated horseshoe and an obstacle course of ramps), and a bronze in the Big Air contest (it&rsquo;s as treacherous as it sounds). Six weeks later, she returned to that same halfpipe in <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/artcrush-gala-aspen-art-museum-creatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aspen</a> to compete at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, where she again won two gold medals, the only athlete ever to do so, this time with a broken hand.

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But Gu, who was raised in the Bay Area by her mother Yan, a trained biochemist with an MBA from Stanford, has not restricted herself to <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/ski-wear-trend-designer-snow-gear-winter-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ski</a>-world success. In the last year, she has emerged as a rising star in the world of fashion, attending the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/kristen-stewart-met-gala-2021-outfit-scared-celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Met Gala</a> in Carolina Herrera, sitting front row at the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/couture-fashion-mens-womens-louis-vuitton-celine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louis Vuitton</a> show in Paris, and modeling for magazine covers as well as labels such as <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/brunello-cucinelli-debuts-new-design-concept-casa-cucinelli-in-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brunello Cucinell</a>i and Victoria&rsquo;s Secret. In June, she became, alongside the actors Tracee Ellis Ross and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/anya-taylor-joy-emma-film-fashion-new-mutants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anya Taylor-Joy</a>, a global ambassador for <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/supreme-new-collaboration-tiffany-co-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tiffany &amp; Co</a>., which seems like a natural fit, as the 18-year-old old skier has always been a jewelry addict. &ldquo;My hands are constantly adorned with rings, my neck with layered necklaces, and I even overcame my fear of needles in order to wear earrings,&rdquo; she says. Right now, Gu is starring in two campaigns for the storied jewelry brand, including the T1 collection, which she loves for its &ldquo;balance between elegant simplicity and striking boldness,&rdquo; as well as the newly-debuted Knot collection. The youthful, risk-taking spirit of both collections pair perfectly with Gu&rsquo;s adventurous streak.

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