Shaun White was thirty-one years old when he competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Pyeongchang Games took place in February 2018, and White, born on September 3, 1986, had not yet reached his thirty-second birthday.
White competed in men's snowboard halfpipe and won the gold medal with a dramatic final run. The victory made him a three-time Olympic champion in the event, following his gold medals at the 2006 Turin Games and the 2010 Vancouver Games.
His 2018 appearance was also a comeback story. He had finished fourth in the halfpipe at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, ending his run of consecutive Olympic titles. In Pyeongchang, he produced a score of 97.75 in his final run to move back to the top of the standings.
A common age mix-up comes from counting by Olympic editions rather than birthdays. White turned thirty-one in September 2017 and turned thirty-two later in 2018, so “thirty-one” is correct for the competition in February.