Taylor Gold

Taylor Riley "Ty" Gold (born November 17, 1993) is an American Olympian snowboarder. He competes in the halfpipe. His father, Ken Gold, who was a professional moguls skier, videotapes each of his practices. His younger sister is American Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion snowboarder Arielle Gold.

2013–14: Olympian In 2013, Gold won the halfpipe competition in the U.S. Revolution Tour/US Open Qualifiers in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, and placed sixth in halfpipe at the Burton U.S. Open in Vail, Colorado.

Gold competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi, Russia, in the halfpipe competition, after becoming the first snowboarder to qualify for the men's USA Team. On February 11, 2014, at the Olympics Gold almost went to the finals of the snowboard halfpipe. But, on the end of his second run in a two-round semi-final, he tried one last trick but ran out of halfpipe and fell.

Not long after returning from Sochi, Gold won first place in the 32nd annual 2014 Burton US Open half-pipe competition in Vail and the Red Bull Double Pipe over second-place 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka of Japan.

2015–present In early 2015, Gold had his first Dew Tour win. He suffered a knee injury that included a broken kneecap, which kept him from competing in the 2015-16 season.

Gold won a bronze medal in SBD SuperPipe at the X Games Aspen in 2017. He had to sit out the 2017-18 season due to surgery that he had for two different injuries.

In 2022, Gold competed in the men's halfpipe at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, placing in 5th.