Chaeun Lee FS Air in the Halfpipe during the Red Bull Performance Camp in Saas-Fee on Sep 29, 2025.
Chauen Lee poses for a portrait in Fuschl am See, Austria on June 28, 2024.

Chaeun
Lee

South Korea

South Korea

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Snowboarding

Already a snowboard halfpipe world champion before the age of 18, South Korea's Chaeun Lee is one of the brightest talents the sport has seen.

Date of birth

11 April 2006

Place of birth

Hwaseong-si

Age

19

Nationality

South Korea

South Korea

Career start

2023

Disciplines

Snowboard Slopestyle / Snowboard Big Air / Snowboard Halfpipe

Chaeun Lee. Remember the name snowboard fans, because you're going to be hearing it a lot at the world's biggest halfpipe and slopestyle contests for years to come – alongside words like gold and champion.

In fact, the South Korean wonder kid was already the elite FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Champion and a double Youth Olympic gold medalist in both halfpipe and slopestyle before he turned 18 in April 2024. That tells you all you need to know about how good Chaeun already is and how much he's going to shake up the contest scene.

Chaeun Lee FS Stale Fish in the Halfpipe during the Red Bull Performance Camp in Saas-Fee on Sep 29, 2025.

Chaeun Lee sends a huge FS Stale Fish in Saas-Fee

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Chaeun Lee poses for a portrait in Hoengseong, Korea on February 25, 2024.

Chaeun Lee was already a world champ before the age of 18

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Chaeun Lee at the Swatch NINES in Schilthorn, Switzerland on April 11, 2024.

Sending it at Swatch NINES

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Lee Chaeun performs at the Laax Open in Laax, Switzerland on January 17, 2025.

Huge amplitude at the 2025 Laax Open

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At play in his own Chaeun's Snow Park

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Chaeun Lee is South Korea's big new star of winter sports

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