Patty Boydstun

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Patty Boydstun
Personal information
Born (1951-12-22) December 22, 1951 (age 72)
Council, Idaho, U.S.
Occupation Alpine skier
Height5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom
World Cup debutApril 1968 (age 16)
RetiredMarch 1974 (age 22)
Olympics
Teams1 – (1972)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams1 – (1972),
includes Olympics
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons5 – (1970 74)
Podiums0   (10 top tens)
Overall titles0 – (24th in 1972)
Discipline titles0 – (14th in SL, 1972)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
U.S. Alpine Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1970 Glen Ellen Slalom

Patricia "Patty" Boydstun (-Hovdey) (born December 22, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

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Born in Council, Idaho, she competed on the World Cup circuit in the early 1970s, and finished eighth in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics. She had ten top ten finishes in World Cup slaloms; the first came at age 16 in April 1968 at Heavenly Valley, California.

In March 1970, Boydstun won the U.S. national title in slalom in Vermont at Glen Ellen, [1] [2] which was later annexed by adjacent Sugarbush.

Raised in McCall, Boydstun learned to ski and race at the Little Ski Hill [3] and Brundage Mountain, where her father Johnny was its first employee and mountain manager for 27 years. [4] [5]

She married Dean Hovdey in the 1970s and they founded a sporting goods store in McCall in 1979 which they continue to own and operate. [6] [7]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Downhill
1968 165542
1970 183021
1971 192618
1972 202414
1973 21
1974 22

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Race top tens

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1968 6 Apr 1968 Flag of the United States.svg Heavenly Valley, USA Slalom 10th
1970 3 Jan 1970 Flag of Germany.svg Oberstaufen, West Germany Slalom7th
2 Feb 1970 Flag of Italy.svg Abetone, Italy Slalom9th
1971 16 Dec 1970 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, France Slalom8th
9 Jan 1971 Flag of Germany.svg Oberstaufen, West GermanySlalom5th
14 Jan 1971  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Grindelwald, Switzerland Slalom10th
24 Feb 1971 Flag of the United States.svg Heavenly Valley, USASlalom10th
1972 13 Jan 1972 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom7th
19 Jan 1972  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Grindelwald, SwitzerlandSlalom9th
3 Mar 1972 Flag of the United States.svg Heavenly Valley, USASlalom5th

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1972 20 8 not run not run

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References

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  2. "National alpine ski titles to Palmer, Patty Boydstun". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 3, sports.
  3. "Hometown Hills: Little Ski Hill". Idaho Public Television. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. Seeds, George. "The History of Brundage Mountain Resort" (PDF). McCall. pp. 90–101. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  5. "Former Lewiston girl will compete for U.S. ski team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 27, 1969. p. 18.
  6. "Home Town Sports". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 24, 1985. p. 4C.
  7. "About Us". (McCall, Idaho): Home Town Sports. Retrieved September 19, 2019.