""I've gone through some things as a 22-year-old that I really think no one should ever have to endure, ever." Gu began attending Stanford after the 2022 Olympic Games, and after she had already achieved some international fame. She talks about the petition that was started by other Chinese American students and parents of prospective students to keep her from being enrolled at the school which is her mother's alma mater, and where she was actually accepted in December 2020, via early admission."
"Gu says that while at Stanford, police had to be called after she was "physically assaulted on the street." And, she adds, "I've had death threats. I've had my dorm robbed." Stanford's public safety department has not commented on the matter or confirmed any details. Gu explains that her decision to ski for China, when she was only 15, was not made out of any consideration for the financial support she might receive from Chinese companies."
Eileen Gu is a San Francisco-born freestyle skier with an American father and Chinese mother who began competing for China in 2019. At age 22 in her second Olympics, she earned two silver medals and previously won a 2022 Big Air gold. Gu attended Stanford after the 2022 Games and faced a petition by Chinese American students and parents aiming to block her enrollment. While at Stanford, police were called after a physical street assault. Gu reported death threats and a robbed dorm. She says the switch to represent China was motivated by the potential for greater impact there, not financial support.
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