Jonathon Lillis
American freestyle skier
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||
| Born | (1994-08-20) August 20, 1994 (age 29) Rochester, New York | |||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
| Ski club | Bristol Mountain Freestyle Team | |||||||||||
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Jonathon Lillis (born August 20, 1994) is an American freestyle skier who competes internationally.[1] He competed for team USA at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where he won a gold medal in men's aerials.[2] He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing 8th in Aerials.
In the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, he wore a glass pendant with some of the ashes of his youngest brother, Michael "Mikey" Lillis, who had died unexpectedly in 2017 at 17 years old.[3] During the men's aerials event of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Jonathon Lillis wore his late brother's Team USA ski suit. [4]
His younger brother Christopher Lillis won an Olympic Gold medal in mix team aerials at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5]
References
- ^ Jonathon Lillis at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ "FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2017. All phase results. Men's Aerials" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ Tracy Schuhmacher and Lauren Peace. "Freestyle skier Michael Lillis, 17, of E. Rochester dies in sleep". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Dawson, Alan. "An American skier competed in his dead brother's ski suit in an emotional tribute at the Winter Olympics". Business Insider. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Freeman, Andrew (February 4, 2022). "Pittsford native Chris Lillis prepares for his shot at Olympic gold". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
External links
- Jonathon Lillis at FIS (freestyle)
- Jonathon Lillis at Olympedia
- Jon Lillis at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
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Lloyd Langlois - 1989: Lloyd Langlois
- 1991: Philippe LaRoche
- 1993: Philippe LaRoche
- 1995:
Trace Worthington - 1997: Nicolas Fontaine
- 1999: Eric Bergoust
- 2001:
Aleksei Grishin - 2003:
Dmitry Arkhipov - 2005: Steve Omischl
- 2007:
Han Xiaopeng - 2009: Ryan St. Onge
- 2011: Warren Shouldice
- 2013: Qi Guangpu
- 2015: Qi Guangpu
- 2017: Jonathon Lillis
- 2019: Maxim Burov
- 2021:
Maxim Burov - 2023:
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