Zoe Atkin (born 16 January 2003) is a British freestyle skier. She is a two-time X Games champion. In 2025, she became the world champion competing for Great Britain in the halfpipe.
Early life Zoe Atkin was born on 16 January 2003 in Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Winnie and Mike Atkin. Her mother is Malaysian Chinese and her father is English. Atkin has dual British citizenship (from her father) and US citizenship (owing to her place of birth). She grew up in the United States but has a closer affinity with the UK due to frequent time spent with relatives in England. She was raised on the East Coast of the US until the age of 10, when her family moved to Park City, Utah to further develop the talents of Zoe and her older sister, Isabel, in skiing. She is a graduate of the Winter Sports School, a specialized high school in Park City designed for student athletes. Atkin enrolled at Stanford University in 2022, where she studies symbolic systems and is a full-time student while competing internationally.Zoe Atkin Biography Retrieved 25 April 2023 She is a member of Stanford's Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Career Atkin has held dual British and US citizenship since birth, and like her sister Isabel, has competed for Great Britain her entire career.
Atkin made her professional debut at the age of 14. In the 2019–20 World Cup, Atkin, aged 16, won halfpipe gold in blizzard like conditions at Copper Mountain. It was her third ever appearance at a World Cup event, and her victory meant she became the second ever British competitor to win a World Cup halfpipe event, and the first since Rowan Cheshire in 2014. In March 2021, she secured a bronze medal at the World Championships in Aspen, after posting a highest score of 90.50 to finish behind Eileen Gu (93) and Rachael Karker (91.75). She then won a silver medal in the 2020–21 World Cup at the same venue. Atkin made her Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, placing ninth overall in the halfpipe competition.
During the 2022–23 World Cup, Atkin won a silver medal at Mammoth Mountain. She also won a silver medal in the halfpipe at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia. Atkin scored 94.50 and finished runner-up to Hanna Faulhaber who recorded 95.75. At the 2023 Winter X Games in Aspen, she won the superpipe gold medal. It was her first ever medal in the competition having previously posted three top-five finishes.
In the opening event of the 2023–24 World Cup at Copper Mountain, Atkin finished with a bronze medal. In January, she won a silver medal in the superpipe at the 2024 Winter X Games. The following month, she secured a bronze medal in the World Cup event at Mammoth Mountain after a snowstorm prevented the final round from being staged. Later that month, she won her third consecutive World Cup bronze at the event in Calgary, before earning a silver medal at a second meeting in Calgary. She finished the World Cup series in overall third position.
In December 2024, Atkin won a silver medal in the 2024–25 World Cup event in Copper Mountain, her first top-three finish of the season. At the X Games in January, she finished fourth in the superpipe. Returning to the World Cup series, Atkin clinched victory in Aspen before finishing runner-up in Calgary. She jointly won the Crystal Globe with Li Fanghui, awarded to the competitor who tops the overall World Cup standings. This was the first time the trophy had ever been shared. In March 2025, Atkin won the gold medal at the World Championships in Engadin after recording a score of 93.50 in her second run. She won by half a point from Li Fanghui.
In December 2025, Atkin finished runner-up at the 2025–26 World Cup event in China which was won by Eileen Gu. The following week, she won a gold medal in the next leg of the series at Copper Mountain, her third career victory in a World Cup event. In January 2026, Atkin won the silver medal at the World Cup meeting in Aspen, before winning the gold medal in the superpipe at the 2026 X Games.
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Atkin qualified for the halfpipe final in first place. In the final, she won a bronze medal. She scored 92.50 in her third run to finish behind Eileen Gu (94.75) and Li Fanghui (93). Returning to the World Cup circuit, Atkin clinched victory in Silvaplana. Her score of 86.75 saw her finish six points ahead of New Zealand's Mischa Thomas in second place. She finished the World Cup series with a total of 360 points, 70 points ahead of Australia's Indra Brown, to claim the World Cup title for the second consecutive year.
Career results Olympic timeline Year Event Location Best Score Position Ref 2022 Ski halfpipe Beijing 73.25 9th 2026 Ski halfpipe Livigno Snow Park 92.50 3rd
World Championship medals Year Event Location Best Score Position Ref 2021 Ski halfpipe Aspen 90.503rd 2023 Ski halfpipe Bakuriani 94.502nd 2025 Ski halfpipe Engadin 93.501st
X Games medals Year Event Location Best Score Position Ref 2023 Superpipe Aspen 1st 2024 Superpipe Aspen 90.662nd 2026 Superpipe Aspen 94.661st
World Cup medals Year Event Location Best Score Position Ref 2019–20 Ski halfpipe Copper Mountain 87.751st 2020–21 Ski halfpipe Aspen 91.502nd 2022–23 Ski halfpipe Mammoth Mountain 92.752nd 2023–24 Ski halfpipe Copper Mountain 913rd Ski halfpipe Mammoth Mountain 82.503rd Ski halfpipe Calgary 883rd Ski halfpipe Calgary 922nd 2024–25 Ski halfpipe Copper Mountain 89.752nd Ski halfpipe Aspen 901st Ski halfpipe Calgary 87.752nd 2025–26 Ski halfpipe Secret Garden 90.252nd Ski halfpipe Copper Mountain 89.251st Ski halfpipe Aspen 92.752nd Ski halfpipe Silvaplana 86.751st
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Zoe Atkin at Milano Cortina 2026