Mystique Ro

Mystique Ro (born July 18, 1994) is an American skeleton racer. She represented the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Early life Ro attended Queens University of Charlotte where she was a track and field athlete and heptathlete. When she signed up for a bobsledding recruitment event, coaches suggested her 5-foot-4 stature was better suited to skeleton.

Skeleton career Ro represented the United States at the IBSF World Championships in 2025 and won a gold medal in the mixed team event, along with Austin Florian. She also won a silver medal in the women's event, becoming the first American to medal in the event since Noelle Pikus-Pace in 2013.

Ro told a reporter that in eight years of skeleton racing, she achieved a flow state merely three times, but she would continue to pursue that goal.

Personal life Ro was born to Kyu and Tamara Ro, and has eight brothers and two sisters, including a twin sister who is 14 minutes younger. Ro has said that downhill ski racing makes her queasy, even though she races at up to 90 miles per hour, adding that speed racing while standing up is "a whole different ballgame". She has described her fear of roller coasters. Working as a tour guide at the Lake Placid Olympic Center has helped Ro fund her career.