Jonathon Lillis
Country United States
Born (1994-08-20) August 20, 1994
Rochester, New York
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Ski clubBristol Mountain Freestyle Team
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sierra NevadaAerials

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

  1. ↑ Jonathon Lillis at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. ↑ "FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2017. All phase results. Men's Aerials" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Tracy Schuhmacher and Lauren Peace. "Freestyle skier Michael Lillis, 17, of E. Rochester dies in sleep". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Freeman, Andrew (February 4, 2022). "Pittsford native Chris Lillis prepares for his shot at Olympic gold". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
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