Nina O'Brien
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 29, 1997 San Francisco, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| 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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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]
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] O’Brien rehabbed from this devastating injury, and has since found her way back into competition again, teaming up with Paula Moltzan, Tommy Ford and River Radamus to win gold at the team event in the 2023 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.[3]
World Cup results
[edit]Season 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 | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | 26 | |||||||
| 2025 | 27 | 17 | — | 7 | — | — | ||
- Standings through 2 December 2024
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.
- ^ Willemsen, Eric. "American skier Nina O'Brien ready for another comeback after breaking left leg twice". AP News. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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
