Nico Porteous

Porteous was introduced to skiing by his parents and learnt to ski in France when he was four years old.[3] He has had a professional coach since he was six years old[3] and his older brother Miguel Porteous is also a freeskier and competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3] Porteous has been home-schooled through Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu, as well as studying at Christ Church Grammar School in Perth, Western Australia.[3]

When Porteous was 14, he became the youngest person in the world to land the triple cork 1440 (upside down three times, and four full spins). This has since been beaten by another skier.[3]

Porteous was selected to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, making him the second-youngest Winter Olympian in the nation's history (behind Alice Robinson).[4][5] In the men's halfpipe he won the bronze medal, becoming only the third New Zealander (and first male New Zealander) to win a medal at a Winter Olympics. At age 16 years 91 days, Porteous subsequently became New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, breaking the previous record of 16 years and 353 days set by Zoi Sadowski-Synnott earlier the same day, who had in turn broke the record of 17 years 100 days set by Danyon Loader at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[6]

His best 2017–18 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup finish is 6th at Cardrona Alpine Resort.[7]

In 2019, Porteous claimed the bronze medal in the superpipe event at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.[8]

At the 2019 Audi Nines Nico performed a Switch Alley Oop Double Misty 1080.

• Nico Porteous at the International Ski Federation
• Nico Porteous at Snow Sports NZ
• Nico Porteous at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Nico Porteous at the International Olympic Committee