Career
Kenworthy is the youngest of three sons of an English mother and an American father, Pip and Peter Kenworthy. He has two older brothers, Hugh and Nick Kenworthy. Kenworthy"s father, Peter, has been the executive director of the Mountainfilm film festival in Telluride, since 2006.
He is a former banker from Philadelphia, who worked in London (United Kingdom) for several years.
Kenworthy"s mother, Pip, is English and originally from Bristol, England. She was born into a large family, with eight siblings.
After moving to London in the early 1970s, she began working backstage in costumes, at the Kings Head Theatre Club. She also ran a vintage booth at the Camden Lock Market.
Kenworthy graduated from Telluride High School in June 2010.
He could have graduated in 2009, but decided instead to take a year off to ski. He stayed behind for more than a month to save the family of dogs, and others, while he fought to bring them back home. Their adoption of these dogs helped bring further attention to the problematic rise of the stray dog population in Sochi, which grew significantly during the Olympics.
In October 2015, Kenworthy came out as gay.
Rolling Stone noted the "freestyle medalist is the first action-sports star to come out." He is dating Matthew Wilkas after a long term relationship with Canadian photographer Robin Macdonald.