--- description: Find out why Chloe Kim is one of the 100 most influential people of 2026. title: Chloe Kim: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40b51ee277afbfe4/69dfb96150e0cccbc7ce8910/T100-2026-Web-Chloe-Kim-346.png?branch=production --- Apr 15, 2026 # Chloe Kim by Sunisa Lee  Harry How—Getty Images [Chloe Kim](https://time.com/7343633/chloe-kim-2026-olympics-milano-cortina-interview/ "undefined") makes effort look cool. Any athlete who has competed at the highest level knows how much work goes into moments that look effortless from the outside. What I love about Chloe is that she doesn’t pretend it’s easy. She embraces the grind of Olympic snowboarding and still brings so much style, confidence, and personality to everything she does. This past year, she’s continued to show what it means to [compete](https://time.com/7378341/chloe-kim-2026-winter-olympics-snowboarding-halfpipe-silver-medal/ "undefined") on your own terms. Chloe has been open about the pressures of elite sports and unapologetic about protecting her mental health. That kind of honesty is powerful, especially for young athletes who are watching and learning what success can actually look like. Chloe shows up exactly as herself, and that authenticity resonates far beyond snowboarding. Seeing Chloe lead with that confidence means so much to me as an Asian American athlete. She’s showing young girls everywhere that they belong in spaces where they may not always see themselves, and that they can succeed without changing who they are. _Lee is an Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics_ _Join us on_ [_TIME's YouTube_](https://www.youtube.com/time "undefined") _for the 2026 TIME100 Gala Red Carpet Livestream, starting at 6:00 p.m. EST on April 23, 2026—and available after on demand_ Chloe Kim Is on the 2026 TIME100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/chloe-kim/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/chloe-kim/"},"headline":"Chloe Kim","datePublished":"2026-04-15T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:21:47.704Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/chloe-kim/","keywords":["TIME 100","list","franchise","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40b51ee277afbfe4/69dfb96150e0cccbc7ce8910/T100-2026-Web-Chloe-Kim-346.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sunisa Lee"}],"creator":"Sunisa Lee","articleSection":"TIME100","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40b51ee277afbfe4/69dfb96150e0cccbc7ce8910/T100-2026-Web-Chloe-Kim-346.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"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/time100/","name":"TIME100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/chloe-kim/","name":"Chloe Kim"}}]}] ```