U.S. freestyle skier Ashley Caldwell won gold mixed team aerials at the event’s Olympic debut Feb. 10. As the 2022 Winter Olympics wind down, she’s looking to make her mark beyond the slopes.
“I think support, especially as female athletes in a high profile event, is important to showcase to young men and women,” Caldwell said. “We're all out there trying to do our best and pushing ourselves extremely hard, but we also respect each other at a very high level, probably more than anybody else in the entire world.”Caldwell and her mixed aerials teammates, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld, earned a score of 338.34 to capture gold in the event’s Olympic debut.
Caldwell says adding events like mixed aerials is important for the Olympics to “gain publicity and encourage others to participate.”“He knows exactly what I'm going through and I know what he's going through,” Caldwell said. “We can share a lot of that emotion and so it's nice to be able to share this journey with someone who intimately knows what this feels like and how difficult it is.”Reflecting on her career, Caldwell is unsure how much time she has left on the Olympic stage.
Caldwell has a master’s degree in real estate development from the University of Utah and is currently getting a second master’s in legal studies. She wants to use the skills high-level athletics have taught her to make a “positive impact” in the real estate field. “As I've gotten older, I also think more about the lasting impact that I might have on the sport,” Caldwell said. “I have fewer days ahead of me than I do behind me so I'm just grateful for every day that I'm able to come out and do jumps.”
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