Here’s What Her Korean Father Sacrificed to Help Her Become an Olympian
![Here’s What Her Korean Father Sacrificed to Help Her Become an Olympian](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CK.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85&blur=80)
![Here’s What Her Korean Father Sacrificed to Help Her Become an Olympian](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CK.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
![Carl Samson](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CARLSAMSON_NEXTSHARK.jpg?width=128&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
By Carl Samson
Chloe Kim is among the best of the U.S. to be featured in one of the commercials for the Winter Olympics during the Super Bowl on Sunday.
![chloe kim superbowl](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/G-e1517584869329.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
The 17-year-old athlete from Long Beach, California is starring in NBC’s minute-long ad featuring her father, Jong-jin Kim, who introduced her to the world of snowboarding.
![chloe kim superbowl](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/A-1-e1517584326485.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
The ad opens with a busy Mr. Kim arriving late to pick up his daughter for training.
![chloe kim superbowl](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/B-1.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
Frustrated, Chloe struggles in the half-pipe.
![](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/C-1-e1517584562548.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
Mr. Kim then leaves his job to put his daughter first and shows up on time the next day.
![](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/D-1-e1517584629696.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
This time, Chloe was back on track!
![](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/E-e1517584758165.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
The ad closes with the halfpipe prodigy snowboarding in all her majesty — and rightfully bringing home a trophy.
![](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/F-e1517584773285.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
Chloe first started snowboarding at the age of four with her dad and has been training ever since. At six, she was already competing as a member of SoCal’s Team Mountain High. She won her first medal, a silver, at 13.
Today, she is known as the youngest athlete in the history of X Games to win three gold medals before turning 16.
![](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/H-e1517584958370.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
Chloe’s stunning records qualified her for the Sochi Olympics in 2014, but she was too young at the time as a 14-year-old.
The Korean-American Olympian must now be thrilled to compete at her parents’ home country. She told People back in December:
“My parents are really excited about it, and it’s some crazy luck that my first Olympics are going to be in Korea where my parents are from. And a lot of my relatives over there have never really seen me compete before, so I think it’s going to be pretty cool for everyone. It’s really exciting, my whole family is really excited about it, so that gets me even more stoked!”
![](https://nextshark.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/I-e1517584978621.jpg?width=1536&auto_optimize=medium&quality=85)
Check out the ad below:
Share this Article
Share this Article