Nico Porteous
Nico Porteous was born in Hamilton, Waikato Region, New Zealand on November 23rd, 2001 and is the Skier. At the age of 22, Nico Porteous biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 22 years old, Nico Porteous has this physical status:
When Porteous was 14, he became the youngest person in the world to land the triple cork 1440 (upside down three times, and four full spins). This has since been beaten by another skier.
Porteous was selected to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, making him the second-youngest Winter Olympian in the nation's history (behind Alice Robinson). In the men's halfpipe he won the bronze medal, becoming only the third New Zealander (and first male New Zealander) to win a medal at a Winter Olympics. At age 16 years 91 days, Porteous became New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, breaking the previous record of 16 years and 353 days set by Zoi Sadowski-Synnott earlier the same day, who had in turn broken the record of 17 years 100 days set by Danyon Loader at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
His best 2017–18 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup finish is 6th at Cardrona Alpine Resort.
In 2019, Porteous claimed the bronze medal in the superpipe event at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.
At the 2019 Audi Nines Porteous performed a Switch Alley Oop Double Misty 1080.
In 2021, Porteous claimed his first X Games gold medal in the Superpipe event. In January 2022, Porteous won a gold medal in the freeski halfpipe event at the U.S. Grand Prix World Cup event in California, USA. During the 2022 X Games in Aspen, USA, Porteous defended his title by winning gold in superpipe on the final run of the competition.
On 19 February 2022, he won the gold medal in the men's halfpipe event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.