Lydia Lassila
- January 4, 2024
- Skier
Quick Facts
Lydia Lassila Biography
| Name | Lydia Lassila |
| Birthday | Jan 17 |
| Birth Year | 1982 |
| Place Of Birth | Melbourne |
| Home Town | Victoria |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Parents | Phyllis Ierodiaconou, Chick Ierodiaconou |
| Spouse | Lauri Lassila |
| Children(s) | Alek Lassila |
Lydia Lassila is one of the most popular and richest Skier who was born on January 17, 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was a freestyle skier and won her first Olympic gold in the aerials Vancouver 2010. She was awarded The Don Award by Sport Australia Hall of Fame for her Olympic achievements.
Both she and She and Alexandre Bilodeau are both Olympic Champions in freestyle skiing. were Olympic Champions in freestyle skiing.
Lydia Lassila (née Ierodiaconou) (born 17 January 1982) is an Australian Olympic freestyle skier gold medalist who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and the 2014 bronze medalist.
Lassila completed her primary schooling at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Primary School in Sunshine, Victoria, and completed her secondary education at Methodist Ladies’ College, Melbourne and Westbourne Grammar School. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Applied Science (Human Movement) at RMIT University. She is married to Lauri Lassila, a Finnish former professional freestyle skier, whose career included placing 2nd in moguls at the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships in 1999. She gave birth to her first son in 2011 after winning Gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Her second son was born in 2015 after the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics where she claimed bronze.
Kai Lassila is her son.
Lydia Lassila Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Skier |
| House | Living in own house. |
Lydia Lassila is one of the richest Skier from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lydia Lassila 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She received a Bachelor’s Degree from RMIT University.
In 2010, she was named Australian Athlete Of The Year.
Lydia Lassila (née Ierodiaconou) was born 17 January 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. She is of Greek-Cypriot and Italian descent. Her mother is Italian and her father Cypriot.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 2 in |
Lydia Lassila height 5 ft 2 in Lydia weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Lydia Lassila Dating?
According to our records, Lydia Lassila married to Lauri Lassila. As of December 1, 2023, Lydia Lassila’s is not dating anyone.
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On 20 October 2010, Lassila was awarded the prestigious ‘The Don’ award by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, which recognised her ability to inspire as well as her achievements during 2010, including her gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Facts & Trivia
Lydia Ranked on the list of most popular Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Lydia Lassila celebrates birthday on January 17 of every year.
At the beginning of 2017, Lassila returned to competition in a bid to return to the Winter Olympics for 2018. On 3 February 2017 she won her first World Cup event since 2014, clinching a close fought victory ahead of Kiley McKinnon (USA) and Xu Mengtao (CHN) at Deer Valley. She then went on to obtain the second and the third World Cup wins at the end of February in Minsk and in the beginning of March 2017 in Moscow.
What is Lydia Lassila doing now?
Since late 2020, Lassila has lived in the north of Finland with her husband, retired Finnish freestyle skier Lauri Lassila, and their two boys, Kai, 10, and Alex, six. At the weekend she was due to fly to China and join the Seven commentary team on the ground (or snow) in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Who is Lydia Lassilas husband?
Lauri Lassila
Did Lydia Lassila win a gold medal?
Lassila is one of Australia’s most-decorated female skiers having won gold in 2010 and bronze four years later in Sochi – a title she shares with fellow aerial skier and dual medallist Alisa Camplin.
Does Lydia Lassila live in Australia?
Lydia and Lauri planned to tote their kids between Australia and Finland. At the time, Lydia and Lauri were living in Lydia’s native Melbourne, but were splitting their lives between Australia and Finland , Lauri’s home country, where he worked as an assistant coach to the Finnish national ski team.
Is Lydia Lassila still competing?
Four years later she would return to the Olympic arena, following the birth of her first son Kai, and win bronze at the Sochi 2014 Games. Having not competed since the Sochi Games and having welcomed her second son to the world, Alek, Lassila made a remarkable return to the snow in 2017.