Lauren Macuga

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Lauren Macuga
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At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2002-07-04) July 4, 2002 (age 22)
Occupation Alpine skier  ♀
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
World Cup debutDecember 3, 2021 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams0
World Championships
Teams0
World Cup
Wins1 – (1 SG)
Podiums1 – (1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (43rd in 2024)
Discipline titles0 – (13th in SG, 2024)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Panorama Downhill

Lauren Macuga (born July 4, 2002) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

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In 2019, she was just one of three women to be added to the U.S. national alpine ski team. [1] She is currently[ when? ] a student at Park City Winter Sports School and is coached by Jay Hey. [1] Macuga competed in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and made her World Cup debut in December 2021. [2]

Early life

Born and raised in Park City, Utah, [2] Macuga began competing in ski racing at seven years old.

Career

In 2011, Macuga joined the Park City Ski and Snowboard's club team at the age of 8. In the same year, she was invited to participate in NASTAR nationals and championed her age group. [1] Macuga attends Park City Winter Sports School and participates in the Park City Ski & Snowboard Club. [2] Macuga joined the Park City Ski & Snowboard FIS women's team for the first time in 2019, trained by Jay Hey. [1] Because she had no previous racing experience, Macuga had to work her way up from 990th place by participating and placing in various FIS events. [1] Macuga placed 3rd in the last race of the FIS season, giving her enough points to qualify to be a US Team nominee at 445th place. [1] Her place on the Team was confirmed a month later by U.S. Ski and Snowboard Alpine development director Chip Knight, [1] and she is one of two women from Utah on the team. [3]

On March 18, 2019, Macuga made her debut in the Nor-Am Cup in Downhill skiing at the Sugarloaf ski resort. [4]

She has been on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Alpine D Team for 3 years after first joining the team in 2020. [2] Alongside Zoe Zimmerman, Macuga was one of the first two mentees of Alice Merryweather. [5]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2023 20 122 — — — 49 —
2024 21 43 — — 13 33
2025 22 14 — — 3 7
Standings through January 12, 2025

Top ten results

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2024 January 14, 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Zauchensee, Austria Super-G 10th
March 2, 2024 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G7th
March 3, 2024Super-G5th
2025 December 14, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 4th
December 21, 2024  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G7th
January 11, 2025 Flag of Austria.svg St. Anton, AustriaDownhill9th
January 12, 2025Super-G1st

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ramsey, Ben. "Lauren Macuga, 16, makes US Alpine team". parkrecord.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lauren Macuga". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Steven Nyman, Ted Ligety headline Utahns named to U.S. Alpine Ski Team for 2020-21". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ↑ "MACUGA Lauren - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ Schwartznau, Karina (November 13, 2020). "Alice Merryweather embraces mentorship on U.S. Ski Team". Ski Racing Media. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
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