Nina O'Brien (born November 29, 1997) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom.[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | November 29, 1997 San Francisco, California, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Burke Mountain Academy | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | November 2016 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2019, 2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 5 – (2018–2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (43rd in 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (17th in GS, 2021) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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O'Brien competed for the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics,[1] and was in sixth place in the giant slalom after the first run. She crashed near the finish of the second run, suffering multiple leg fractures.[2]
World Cup results
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 20 | — | ||||||
| 2019 | 21 | 110 | 52 | 53 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | 22 | 74 | 50 | 37 | — | — | — | 19 |
| 2021 | 23 | 43 | 31 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 24 | 68 | 42 | 29 | — | — | 30 | |
| 2023 | 25 | 70 | — | 26 | — | — | — | |
Top ten finishes
edit| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 Dec 2020 |  Semmering, Austria |
Slalom | 9th |
| 2022 | 23 Oct 2021 | Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom | 9th |
| 2023 | 25 Jan 2023 |  Kronplatz, Italy |
Giant slalom | 10th |
| 2025 | 26 Oct 2024 | Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom | 7th |
World Championship results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21 | 34 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23 | DNF2 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | 6 |
| 2023 | 25 | DNF1 | 11 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 |
Olympic results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24 | — | DSQ2 | — | — | — |
References
edit- ^ a b "Nina O'Brien - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "American skier Nina O'Brien suffers multiple leg fractures in scary crash at Olympics". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
External links
edit- Nina O'Brien at FIS (alpine)
- Nina O'Brien at Olympedia
- Nina O'Brien at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Nina O'Brien at U.S. Ski Team
