Nina O'Brien

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Nina O'Brien
Personal information
Born (1997-11-29) November 29, 1997 (age 27)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, Slalom
Club Burke Mountain Academy
World Cup debutNovember 2016 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (20192025)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons5 – (20182022)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (43rd in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (17th in GS, 2021)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Méribel Team event

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]

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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] O’Brien rehabbed from this devastating injury and returned to competition, teaming up with Paula Moltzan, Tommy Ford, and River Radamus to win gold in the team event at the 2023 World Championships. [3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
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 32 47 11
Standings through 24 February 2025

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2021 29 Dec 2020 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, Austria Slalom 9th
2022 23 Oct 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 9th
2023 25 Jan 2023 Flag of Italy.svg Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom10th
2025 26 Oct 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom7th
30 Nov 2024 Flag of the United States.svg Killington, USAGiant slalom6th
21 Jan 2025 Flag of Italy.svg Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom10th
21 Feb 2025 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom8th

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
Combined
ParallelTeam
 event 
2019 21 34 28
2021 23 DNF2 10 10 6
2023 25 DNF1 11 9 1
2025 27 19 4

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2022 24 DSQ2

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  3. Willemsen, Eric. "American skier Nina O'Brien ready for another comeback after breaking left leg twice". AP News. Retrieved 19 January 2025.