--- description: After taking gold in Sochi's freestyle ski halfpipe in 2014, Maddie Bowman did not manage to maintain her reign in the PyeongChang event. title: Maddie Bowman Finishes 11th in Crushing Blow for Former Gold Medal Skier image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c5ee686586145d9/69892838e76ad205a46311b3/maddie-bowman-freestyle-ski.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2018 Pyeongchang Olympics](/tag/2018-pyeongchang-olympics/) ## 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Team USA's Maddie Bowman Finishes 11th in Crushing Blow for Former Gold Medal Skier  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2018 3:30 AM CUT  Maddie Bowman of the United States competes during the Freestyle Skiing Ladies' Ski Halfpipe Final on day eleven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 20, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Maddie Bowman of the United States competes during the Freestyle Skiing Ladies' Ski Halfpipe Final on day eleven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 20, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.Matthias Hangst—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2018 3:30 AM CUT In 2014, skier [Maddie Bowman](http://time.com/5165270/usa-womens-hockey-olympics-2018/ "undefined") was one of the golden girls of the [Sochi Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5860/sochi-2014-snowboarding-skiing-and-skating-ring-in-the-games/ "undefined"). Literally: she nabbed a gold medal for her runs in the women’s freestyle ski halfpipe. But at Sunday’s event at the [2018 Winter Olympic Games](http://time.com/5163230/2018-winter-olympic-medal-tracker/ "undefined") in PyeongChang, South Korea, Bowman ended up falling on all three of her runs down the halfpipe, failing to defend her prior dominance and Sochi gold. Instead, Canada’s Cassie Sharpe [took the top spot](https://results.nbcolympics.com/freestyle-skiing/womens-halfpipe/final/1793560 "undefined"), followed by France’s Marie Martinod with a silver medal. And Bowman’s American teammate Brita Sigourney, competing in her second Olympic appearance, ended up winning bronze. Another member of Team USA, Annalisa Drew, came in fourth. Bowman ultimately placed 11th. After 2014, Bowman had remained a champion in the field and was largely the favorite contender for this year’s Olympics, as she’s won the X Games [in five of the past six](http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3015452/maddie-bowman "undefined") years. (PyeongChang bronze medalist Sigourney recently came second behind Bowman in the Aspen X Games [just last month](http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/events/2018/aspen/schedule/inperson "undefined").) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5166017/maddie-bowman-winter-olympics-gold-medal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5166017/maddie-bowman-winter-olympics-gold-medal/"},"headline":"Team USA's Maddie Bowman Finishes 11th in Crushing Blow for Former Gold Medal Skier","datePublished":"2018-02-20T03:30:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:21:03.053Z","description":"The Team USA halfpipe skier wasn't able to defend her Sochi gold","url":"https://time.com/5166017/maddie-bowman-winter-olympics-gold-medal/","keywords":["2018 Pyeongchang Olympics","Winter Olympics","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c5ee686586145d9/69892838e76ad205a46311b3/maddie-bowman-freestyle-ski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c5ee686586145d9/69892838e76ad205a46311b3/maddie-bowman-freestyle-ski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Freestyle Skiing - Winter Olympics Day 11","caption":"Freestyle Skiing - Winter Olympics Day 11","creditText":"Matthias Hangst—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2018-pyeongchang-olympics/","name":"2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5166017/maddie-bowman-winter-olympics-gold-medal/","name":"Team USA's Maddie Bowman Finishes 11th in Crushing Blow for Former Gold Medal Skier"}}]}] ```