In February of 2018, Red Gerard became a household name. Standing barely 5'5" tall and weighing just 117 pounds, this teenage sensation stood tall and proud on top of the Olympic podium with a gold medal around his neck.
Born in Rocky River, Red became the youngest snowboard Olympic gold medalist in history, winning the slopestyle at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games at the age of 17.
One of seven kids, Red was a child prodigy. He started walking at nine months and snowboarding at the age of 2. But it was at the age of 17 when the world saw just how gifted this kid really was.
Red was sitting in last place heading into his third and final run on the slopes when he landed a backside triple cork 1440 and was rewarded with a score of 87.6 from the judges. That vaulted him into first place and Red had won gold!
“I’m just mind-blown," he said. "I can’t believe everything worked out. When that score came up my jaw dropped. I was like, this isn’t real. I would have been happy to just land a run, but to land a run and win, it’s crazy.”
Now four years later, Red Gerard is trying to win gold again in Beijing.
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