--- title: Olympian Gus Kenworthy Says He Plans to Compete for Britain description: Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, a two-time Olympian who has represented Team USA, announced Tuesday that he plans to compete for Great Britain's team in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to honor his mom. canonical: https://time.com/5743885/gus-kenworthy-switches-britain/ author: Sanya Mansoor article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-12-04T18:19:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:27:07.000Z article:section: Sports og:title: Why Gus Kenworthy — Two-Time Olympian Who Represented Team USA — Hopes to Compete for Great Britain In 2022 Olympics og:description: Kenworthy is switching teams, partly to honor his "#1 fan" — his mother. og:url: https://time.com/5743885/gus-kenworthy-switches-britain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd934fe01bfdaae98/698a06f6096a941ed06a7659/gus-kenworthy.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Gus Kenworthy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Gus Kenworthy — Two-Time Olympian Who Represented Team USA — Hopes to Compete for Great Britain In 2022 Olympics twitter:description: Kenworthy is switching teams, partly to honor his "#1 fan" — his mother. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd934fe01bfdaae98/698a06f6096a941ed06a7659/gus-kenworthy.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Gus Kenworthy — Two-Time Olympian Who Represented Team USA — Hopes to Compete for Great Britain In 2022 Olympics > Sponsored content. 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Gus Kenworthy reacts during the freestyle skiing men's ski slopestyle final on day nine of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 18, 2018.David Ramos/Getty Images  by [Sanya Mansoor](https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:27 PM UTCPublished: Dec 4, 2019 6:19 PM UTC Freestyle skier [Gus Kenworthy](https://time.com/5066113/gus-kenworthy-ready-to-embrace-role-2018-winter-olympics/), a two-time Olympian who has represented Team USA, announced Tuesday that he plans to compete for Great Britain’s team in the [2022 Winter Olympics](https://time.com/5158769/next-winter-olympics-2022/) in Beijing to honor his “#1 fan” — his mother. Kenworthy, 28, said on Instagram that he was raised in the U.S. but born in the U.K. — and his mother is “British through-and-through.” “She has been my #1 fan for my entire life and has proudly stood at the bottom of the mountain waving the stars and stripes in support of me for two Olympic cycles,” Kenworthy said. “Now, in what is sure to be my last Olympic appearance, I’d like to return the honor by proudly holding up the British flag for her.” Kenworthy said in a [statement for GB Snowsport](https://www.gbsnowsport.com/news-info/news/olympic-silver-medallist-gus-kenworthy-joins-gb-snowsport), the national governing body for snow sports in the UK, that his mother is the reason that he competes today; she taught him to ski when he was three years old. The International Ski Federation approved Kenworthy’s application to compete for Britain’s team on Tuesday, according to GB Snowsport. U.S. Ski & Snowboard also approved Kenworthy’s switch. Tiger Shaw, president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, said in a statement emailed to TIME that the organization “fully supports” Kenworthy’s decision and that he was an “amazing role model and inspiration athlete to snowsports fans worldwide.” “Our coaches and staff wish him the best and will always support him as an athlete no matter which flag he competes under,” Shaw said. Kenworthy will still have to qualify for Britain’s team. Vicky Gosling, CEO of GB Snowsport, noted in a statement that “Gus understands that we have an incredibly talented squad and that means places are competitive.” But, she added: “The inclusion of Gus in our squad can only raise our level of performance and make us even more competitive.” Kenworthy [told NBC Sports](https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/12/03/gus-kenworthy-great-britain-skiing/) that changing his team could make it easier to qualify for the upcoming games. It would give him “an advantage in terms of qualifying and having less to worry about, less people I’m up against, just being able to focus on the tricks that I want to be working on, the runs that I want to do, put me in the best position to hopefully get another medal and not have to kill my body trying to qualify in multiple disciplines right before the Games against the U.S. guys,” he said. Kenworthy won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He and figure skater Adam Rippon made history as the[ first openly gay athletes](https://time.com/5141750/gus-kenworthy-adam-rippon-kiss/) to compete at the Winter Olympics. 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