Nina O'Brien

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]

Nina O'Brien
Alpine skier
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Slalom
ClubBurke Mountain Academy
Born (1997-11-29) November 29, 1997
San Francisco, California, United States
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup debutNovember 2016 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2019, 2021)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons5 – (20182022)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (43rd in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (17th in GS, 2021)

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

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
201820Not
awarded
2019211105253
20202274503719
202123433117
20222468422930

Top ten finishes

  • 0 podiums; 2 top tens (1 SL, 1 GS)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
202129 Dec 2020 Semmering, AustriaSlalom9th
202223 Oct 2021 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom9th

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallelTeam
event
2019213428
202123DNF210106

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
202224DSQ2

References

  1. "Nina O'Brien - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. "American skier Nina O'Brien suffers multiple leg fractures in scary crash at Olympics". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
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