Nina O'Brien
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | San Francisco, California, United States | November 29, 1997
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 | 2 – (2019, 2021) |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 5 – (2018–2022) |
Podiums | 0 |
Overall titles | 0 – (43rd in 2021) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (17th in GS, 2021) |
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]
World Cup results
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
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2018 | 20 | Not awarded | ||||||
2019 | 21 | 110 | 52 | 53 | — | — | — | |
2020 | 22 | 74 | 50 | 37 | — | — | — | 19 |
2021 | 23 | 43 | 31 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 24 | 68 | 42 | 29 | — | — | — | 30 |
Top ten finishes
- 0 podiums; 2 top tens (1 SL, 1 GS)
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2021 | 29 Dec 2020 | ![]() |
Slalom | 9th |
2022 | 23 Oct 2021 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 9th |
World Championship results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 21 | 34 | 28 | — | — | — | ||
2021 | 23 | DNF2 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | 6 |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2022 | 24 | — | DSQ2 | — | — | — |
References
- ^ 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
- 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