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“I ALWAYS SAY THIS TO MYSELF: IT’S A LOT WORSE TO NOT TRY THAN TO NOT LAND.”
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o say that Eileen Gu has had a huge year would be a serious understatement. In February, she made history at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 as the first athlete to nab medals in three different freestyle skiing events with her haul of two golds and one silver—on her debut Winter Olympics outing, no less. In May, she took to the runway for Nicolas Ghesquière’s epic cruise 2023 show for Louis Vuitton in San Diego (Gu has also racked up campaigns and endorsement deals with Tiffany & Co. and IWC). In September, she started a new chapter of her life—as a full-time student at Stanford University, one of