Who are Eileen Gu parents? Freestyle skier Eileen Gu, 18, got a lot of attention at the Winter Olympics. Today she made it to the big air final in her first qualifying competition in front of a huge crowd. Born and raised in San Francisco, she decided to run for China in 2019 because of her heritage, reports The New York Times. According to the Times, Eileen’s mother Yang immigrated from China about 30 years ago and she raised Irene as a single mother. She is a ski instructor at a resort near Lake Tahoe, and she always travels with her daughter. Eileen Gu's father is a mystery. The American graduated from Harvard, but there are no public records about Eileen Gu parents.