Arielle Gold

Arielle Gold
Personal information
Full nameArielle Townsend Gold
Nickname(s)Ron Burgundy, Rel, Relish, Relly Belly
Born (1996-05-04) May 4, 1996
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Home townSteamboat Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Colorado
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
SportSnowboarding
EventHalfpipe
Coached byMike Jankowski
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingWorld champion (2013)
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  USA
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Winter Olympics 0 0 1
FIS Snowboard World Championships 1 0 0
Winter X Games 0 2 1
FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships 1 0 0
Winter Youth Olympic Games 0 2 0
Total 2 4 2
Winter Olympics
2018 PyeongchangHalfpipe
FIS Snowboard World Championships
2013 StonehamHalfpipe
Winter X Games
2016 AspenSuperPipe
2018 AspenSuperPipe
2013 AspenSuperPipe
FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships
2012 Sierra NevadaHalfpipe
Winter Youth Olympic Games
2012 InnsbruckHalfpipe
2012 InnsbruckSlopestyle
Updated on 13 February 2018

Arielle Townsend Gold (born May 4, 1996) is an American Olympic medalist snowboarder.

In 2012, she won the gold medal in the halfpipe at the FIS Junior Snowboarding World Championships, at the age of 15. The next year, she won the gold medal in the halfpipe at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013, at the age of 16, becoming the second-youngest snowboarder to win a world championship.

She won a bronze medal in the superpipe at the 2013 Winter X Games XVII. In 2014, she was the youngest member of the US Sochi Winter Olympics halfpipe team, at the age of 17. She suffered a separated shoulder right before the Olympics and was unable to compete. Competing for the US in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, she won a bronze medal in the women's halfpipe event.

Her older brother is Olympian snowboarder Taylor Gold.