![]() Moltzan in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Lakeville, Minnesota, U.S. | April 7, 1994||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | University of Vermont | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | November 25, 2012 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 – (2015, 2019–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 11 – (2013–2016, 2018–2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 3 – (2 SL, 1 PG) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (15th in 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (7th in SL, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paula Moltzan (born April 7, 1994) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom.
Born to Robyn and Mark Moltzan and from Minnesota, Moltzan began racing at Buck Hill, south of Minneapolis. She competed at the World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, finishing twentieth in the slalom. [1] A month later she won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships at Hafjell, Norway.
Moltzan raced collegiately for the University of Vermont in Burlington and won the NCAA title in slalom in 2017 at Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire. She rejoined the World Cup circuit for the 2018–19 season and finished eighteenth in slalom at the World Championships in 2019.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, [2] Moltzan was eighth in the slalom, twelfth in the giant slalom, and fourth in the team event.
Her biggest influences are her cousin Allen and her uncle Scott.
Season | ||||||||
Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
2015 | 20 | no World Cup points | ||||||
2016 | 21 | 118 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 22 | Collegiate racing | ||||||
2018 | 23 | |||||||
2019 | 24 | 70 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 25 | 102 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 27 | — | — | — | 2 |
2022 | 27 | 39 | 19 | 22 | — | — | — | |
2023 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — | |
2024 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 11 | — | — |
Season | ||||
Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
2021 | 26 Nov 2020 | ![]() | Parallel-G | 2nd |
13 Mar 2021 | ![]() | Slalom | 5th | |
2023 | 11 Dec 2022 | ![]() | Slalom | 5th |
29 Dec 2022 | ![]() | Slalom | 2nd | |
10 Jan 2023 | ![]() | Slalom | 5th | |
28 Jan 2023 | ![]() | Slalom | 5th | |
11 Mar 2023 | ![]() | Slalom | 4th | |
2024 | 21 Dec 2023 | ![]() | Slalom | 5th |
7 Jan 2024 | ![]() | Slalom | 5th | |
11 Feb 2024 | ![]() | Slalom | 3rd |
Year | ||||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event | |
2015 | 20 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 22 | |||||||
2019 | 24 | 18 | DNS2 | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 26 | DNF1 | DNF1 | — | — | — | 4 | 6 |
2023 | 28 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Year | |||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
2022 | 27 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | 4 |
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