American freestyle skier (born 1994)
Jonathon Lillis (born August 20, 1994) is an American freestyle skier who competes internationally.[1]
He competed for team USA at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where he won a gold medal in men's aerials.[2] He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing 8th in Aerials.
In the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, he wore a glass pendant with some of the ashes of his youngest brother, Michael "Mikey" Lillis, who had died unexpectedly in 2017 at 17 years old.[3] During the men's aerials event of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Jonathon Lillis wore his late brother's Team USA ski suit.[4]
His younger brother Christopher Lillis won an Olympic Gold medal in mix team aerials at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5]
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