Tasia Tanner Learned Aerials in the Utah Olympic Park Pool. In 2026 She Flew in an Olympic Final

Tasia Tanner, a freestyle aerials skier from Park City, Utah, reached the women's aerials final at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 18, 2026, in Livigno and placed 11th. Snow had postponed qualifying, so qualification and the final were held on the same day, U.S. Ski & Snowboard reported, and she came through qualification in 12th, FIS results show.

Her U.S. teammate Kaila Kuhn led the American women in fifth.

"Ever since I was younger, I always had the dream of competing at the Olympics," Tanner told BYU's Daily Universe after the Games.

The pool that made her an aerialist

U.S. Ski & Snowboard prints her hometown as Park City and says she started skiing with Rowmark Ski Academy at 7, moved on to the Park City Ski & Snowboard team and, at 12, discovered the water ramps at the Utah Olympic Park. Team USA says she found them through Fly Freestyle, the club now listed beside Park City Ski & Snowboard on her team entry.

"One of the major reasons I started aerials was the fact that that pool was there at the Utah Olympic Park," she told TownLift during the Games.

TownLift has reported that her parents are both Salt Lake City natives and long-time Park City residents, and KSL's list of Utah's 2026 Winter Olympians named Rowmark Ski Academy, the Winter Sports School, Park City Ski & Snowboard and the University of Utah beside her name.

The Daily Universe reported that she tore her ACL at 13 and had two more procedures in the years that followed.

A degree, then a master's, at the U

Tanner competed while studying at the University of Utah. Team USA says she earned a bachelor's degree in information systems and then a master's degree in cybersecurity management there, and TownLift described her master's in cybersecurity in 2025.

Rookie of the Year

Her World Cup debut came at Deer Valley on Feb. 6, 2021, when she placed 11th, FIS results show. Her breakout season was 2023-24. She placed fifth at Deer Valley on Feb. 2, 2024, and fifth at Almaty, Kazakhstan, on March 10, 2024, and FIS named her its aerials Rookie of the Year. U.S. Ski & Snowboard said her results that winter helped the United States win the aerials Nations Cup, and her athlete page lists her as the 2023-24 NorAm Cup overall winner, with 10 NorAm podiums.

Back at Deer Valley on Feb. 7, 2025, she placed sixth after reaching the super final, where she crashed on her landing and skied away under her own power, TownLift reported. A month later she made her World Championships debut at Engadin, Switzerland, and placed 16th.

A personal best in the Olympic winter

The 2025-26 season built toward Milan. She opened with eighth at Ruka, Finland, and on Jan. 6, 2026, at Lac-Beauport, Quebec, she finished fourth, which U.S. Ski & Snowboard called a personal best. She added a 10th place in the second Lac-Beauport event, 14th at Secret Garden, China, and 13th at Lake Placid, New York, FIS results show.

She has national podiums as well. She was third at the 2025 U.S. Championships at Bristol Mountain, New York, on Jan. 11, 2025, and second at the National Junior Championships in January 2021, by FIS records, and she helped a U.S. squad to sixth in the World Cup team event at Changchun, China, in December 2023.

Then came the Olympic final. She has described the sport in simple terms. "If you aren't having fun," she told the Daily Universe, "there's no reason to do the sport."

Name and team

U.S. Ski & Snowboard's athlete page and FIS now carry the name Tasia Eliason, while the federation's 2026-27 team release and Team USA's profile still list her as Tasia Tanner.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard named her to the aerials B team of the 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team on Oct. 10, 2026, listing her as "Tasia Tanner (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard/Fly Freestyle; University of Utah)". Team USA notes she was on the A team in 2024-25.

The 2026-27 season

The FIS calendar opens the aerials World Cup at Lac-Beauport on Jan. 9-10, 2027, then goes to Lake Placid, New York, on Jan. 15-17. The tour comes to Utah for the Deer Valley World Cup on Jan. 28-30, 2027, before stops in Secret Garden, China, Almaty and Shahdag, Azerbaijan. The World Championships are in Montafon, Austria, in March 2027.

She is one of the Utah athletes followed on the Utah 2034 Olympics hub.

Key facts:

• Athlete: Tasia Tanner, freestyle aerials, 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team aerials B team
• Hometown: Park City, Utah; Rowmark Ski Academy, Park City Ski & Snowboard, Fly Freestyle
• Education: University of Utah, bachelor's in information systems and master's in cybersecurity management, per Team USA
• Olympics: 11th in the women's aerials final, Milano Cortina 2026 (Feb. 18, 2026)
• Award: FIS aerials Rookie of the Year, 2023-24
• World Cup best: fourth, Lac-Beauport, Jan. 6, 2026
• World Cup debut: 11th at Deer Valley, Feb. 6, 2021
• U.S. Championships: third, Bristol Mountain, New York, 2025
• Next in Utah: Deer Valley World Cup, Jan. 28-30, 2027