Ledecká made her Olympic debut in alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics , while also being qualified for alpine snowboarding . She won the gold medal in super-G in alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in a historic upset . She was visibly shocked after finishing 0.01 seconds ahead of the 2014 Olympics defending gold medalist Anna Veith , who had already been proclaimed the winner by many media outlets . Ledecká was ranked 49th in the event prior to the Olympics and had never medalled in any World Cup level international skiing event . To make the feat even more surprising to reporters , she was rumored to be allegedly racing on skis borrowed from Mikaela Shiffrin ( both racers are sponsored by Atomic ) . She refused to remove her goggles for the post-victory press conference , insisting that this is her trademark ( which is true ) , and when pressed by reporters she cleverly stated that she had skipped wearing makeup as she had not expected to win the event . Her snowboard coach , American Justin Reiter , arrived at the start of the Ladies PGS event with his reversible Czech team jacket confidently already turned gold side out . After victory in the parallel giant slalom she became the first ever female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in two different sports during the same Winter Olympics . She was chosen as the flag bearer for the Czech Republic at the closing ceremony
closing ceremony
2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Ester Ledecká