Alex Ferreira

Quick Facts:

• Specialty: Halfpipe

• Son of Marcelo and Colleen Ferreira

• Began skiing at age three and started competitive skiing by age 10

• First skied moguls before switching to halfpipe

• Enjoys trampolining, hiking, biking, running, traveling and woodworking

Biographical Information

Alex Ferreira began skiing at a young age, influenced by his parents' athletic backgrounds. His father, Marcelo, was a professional soccer player and his mother, Colleen, is a long-time marathon runner. He began competitive freeskiing at the age of 10 when his mother enrolled him in an aerials event without informing him.

Ferreira is a two-time Olympic medalist winning a silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 and a bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. He has also secured multiple medals at the Winter X Games, including golds in Aspen in 2019, 2020 and 2024. In the 2023-24 season, Ferreira made history by becoming the first halfpipe skier to win every competition he entered, sweeping five world cups, X Games Aspen, and the Dew Tour.

Off the halfpipe, Ferreria loves the outdoor and cross-trains through a variety of exercises in cross-country skiing, rollerblading, mountain biking, cycling, trampoline and yoga. He also runs a YouTube channel in which he dresses up and skis as an older man who goes by the name of Hotdog Hans.

Olympic Experience

• 2-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Beijing 2022, bronze (Halfpipe - Men)
• Olympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, silver (Halfpipe - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2025 – bronze (Halfpipe - Men)
• Years of participation: Halfpipe - Men 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
• Medals: 2 (2 bronze)
• Bronze – 2025 (Halfpipe - Men); 2023 (Halfpipe - Men)