Red Gerard Explained

Red Gerard
Nickname:Red, RedBoy
Birth Date:29 June 2000
Birth Place:Rocky River, Ohio
Hometown:Silverthorne, Colorado
Sport:Snowboarding
Event:Slopestyle, Big air
Height:5 ft 5 in
Weight:117 lb[1]
Club:Burton Global Team
Mother:Jen Gerard
Father:Conrad Gerard
Relatives:5 brothers and 2 sisters

Redmond "Red" Gerard (born June 29, 2000) is an American snowboarder and a spokesperson of the Toyota Motor Corporation.[2] [3] [4] Gerard was born and raised in Ohio, but lives in Silverthorne, Colorado, where he has his own miniature snowboarding park in his backyard with a rope tow.[5]

Gerard competed in the slopestyle and big air events for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In slopestyle, Gerard won the gold medal for his performance. This performance itself was rather famous for the events surrounding Gerard; he had overslept in his hotel room after partying late and binge-watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Netflix, lost his jacket, was forced to borrow his roommate's jacket, and accidentally used profanity on live TV after his win.[6] He became the first Winter Olympics medalist born in the 2000s. Gerard was also the first American gold medalist in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the youngest American to medal in a snowboarding event at the Olympics.[7] The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic winter games was his first time competing in the Olympics. The February 6, 2018, issue of Sports Illustrated predicted Gerard would win the gold medal.

Gerard's sister is food blogger Tieghan Gerard from Half Baked Harvest.

2017 - 1st place overall (slopestyle) FIS Snowboard World Cup Standings

2017 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place

2017 - Kreischberg World Cup - 3rd Place

2017 - Milan - 2nd Place Big Air

2018 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place

2018 - Snowmass World Cup - 1st Place

2018 - Olympic Gold Medalist in slopestyle

2019 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place

2019 - US Open 1st Place

2019 - Cardrona - 2nd Place Big Air

2020 - Laax Open - 2nd Place

2020 - Dew Tour - 1st Place

2020 - X Games Bronze

2021 - Dew Tour 1st Place

2021 - Aspen World Cup - 2nd Place

2022 - Mammoth World Cup - 1st place

2023 - Edmonton Big Air - 3rd Place

2023 - Copper Big Air - 3rd Place

2024 - X Games Gold

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Winter Olympics - Athletes . ESPN . August 1, 2022 .
  2. Web site: Red Gerard . https://web.archive.org/web/20180211084146/https://www.teamusa.org/us-ski-and-snowboard/athletes/Red-Gerard . dead . February 11, 2018 . Team USA . February 11, 2018 .
  3. Web site: Redmond Gerard . FIS . February 10, 2018.
  4. Web site: 8 Riders Who Represent the Future: Red Gerard. December 6, 2017 . Transworld Snowboarding. January 15, 2018.
  5. Web site: Colbert. Austin. Silverthorne teen Red Gerard is Olympic-bound after Snowmass slopestyle win. January 13, 2018 . The Aspen Times. January 15, 2018.
  6. Lakshman, Srivats (February 6, 2022). "Redmond Gerard: How binge-watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine almost cost him Olympic gold". Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  7. Web site: Buckingham. Lindsay. Near-perfect run secures Olympic spot for Rocky River native Red Gerard. January 14, 2018 . WJW. January 15, 2018.