What Eileen Gu has said about Femininity
1 quote · 1 episode · Aug 31, 2026
Eileen Gu, Freestyle skier who competes for China, has been quoted on Femininity once in 1 episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty, most recently on August 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gu recounts that as the only girl on her ski team she felt she represented all women, dispelling or corroborating stereotypes.
“if you're the only girl in a ski team, you feel like you're carrying all of womanhood on your shoulders because you're the only one who's representing”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.” (Aug 31, 2026) · Listen from 9:19
Episodes
EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Aug 31, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Jay Shetty talks with Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu about her upbringing, mindset, direction over hard work, visualization, and her grandmother's death during the Milan Olympics.
Eileen Gu on other topics
- Sports psychology · 3 quotes
- Grief · 2 quotes
- 2026 Winter Olympics · 2 quotes
- Visualization in sports · 1 quote
- Freestyle skiing · 1 quote
- Constructive criticism · 1 quote
- Hedonic treadmill · 1 quote