Former Fairfield Resident Wins 'Big Air' Medal At Winter Olympics: Report

FAIRFIELD, CT — A former Fairfield resident is a Silver Medal-winning member of the U.S. Ski Team at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

Mac Forehand, who grew up in Fairfield but now calls Winhall, Vermont home, took second place in Freestyle Skiing "Big Air" on Tuesday, NBC Sports reported.

Tormod Frostad of Norway won the gold, and Matej Svancer of Austria took the bronze.

The Milan-Cortina Olympics is the second Winter Games for the 24-year-old Forehand, who also competed in the Beijing Games in 2022.

When he and his older sister, Savannah, were teens, the Forehands moved from Connecticut to Vermont, so the two could enroll at Stratton Mountain School to concentrate on their ski training.

— Mac Forehand of the United States competes during Freestyle Skiing Men's Freeski Big Air Final at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 17, 2026. Photo credit: Xinhua/Shutterstock

In Tuesday's Big Air event, Forehand successfully completed a pair of triple cork 2160s tricks, which reportedly gave him a brief lead for the gold, but Frostad hit tricks that were more technically challenging to claim the victory.

"The level of tricks I've been doing tonight were insane," Forehand told NBC Sports. "The top five guys all landed insane tricks that would win any other contest day."

Besides Big Air, Forehand also competed in Slopestyle, where he finished 11th, Sportskeeda reported.