Steven Nyman

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Steven Nyman
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Nyman at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born (1982-02-12) February 12, 1982 (age 42)
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Occupation Alpine skier
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
Club Park City Ski Education Foundation
World Cup debutMarch 9, 2002 (age 20)
Website nymansworld.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (2007, 2011–15, 2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons14 – (2006–19)
Wins3 – (3 DH)
Podiums11 – (11 DH)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2016)
Discipline titles0 – (6th in DH, 2015, 2016)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing the
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Tarvisio Slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2002 Tarvisio Combined

Steven Nyman (born February 12, 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team. Formerly a slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, with a main focus on downhill.

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Born in Provo, Utah, Nyman raced at Sundance as a junior until making a move to Park City in 1999. He was a discretionary pick for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, where he won the slalom and finished second in the combined. His slalom gold qualified him to compete in the World Cup Finals in Flachau, Austria, and finished a surprising 15th in his World Cup debut. He did not compete regularly on the World Cup until the 2006 season, during which he notched a pair of top-ten finishes and competed in his first Winter Olympics, finishing 19th in downhill, 29th in combined, and 43rd in super G.

Nyman made his first World Cup podium in December 2006, placing third in a downhill at the Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek, Colorado. Fifteen days later, he won his first World Cup race, a downhill in Val Gardena, Italy.

As the fastest racer at the 2010–2011 NASTAR National Championships, Nyman was the NASTAR National Pacesetter and represented the National Standard or Par Time for the 2010–2011 season. [1]

Nyman won his third World Cup downhill in December 2014, all at Val Gardena. [2] He injured his right knee (ACL) in late January 2018 at Garmisch and missed the rest of the season, including the 2018 Olympics; [3] he had finished third at the pre-Olympic downhill at Jeongseon two years earlier.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2002 2011950————
2003 21
2004 22
2005 23
2006 2446——332413
2007 2526——251021
2008 2649——3219—
2009 2778——4627—
2010 2889———32—
2011 2990——5232—
2012 30
2013 3159——4520—
2014 3283——4335—
2015 3326——406—
2016 3420——286—
2017 3556——3622—
2018 36119———41—
2019 3746——2716—
2020 3855——2620—
2021 39
2022 4085——4832—
Standings through 20 March 2022

Podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2007 1 Dec 2006 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USADownhill3rd
16 Dec 2006 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
2008 30 Nov 2007 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USADownhill2nd
2013 15 Dec 2012 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
2015 5 Dec 2014 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USADownhill3rd
19 Dec 2014 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
2016 6 Feb 2016 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeongseon, South KoreaDownhill3rd
20 Feb 2016 Flag of France.svg Chamonix, FranceDownhill2nd
12 Mar 2016 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill3rd
16 Mar 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd
2017 17 Dec 2016 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill3rd

World Championships results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 25 — — 12 21 9
2009 27Injured, did not compete. [4]
2011 29 — — — 13 —
2013 31 — — — 25 —
2015 33 — — 20 4 —
2017 35Injured, did not compete.
2019 37 — — 8 23 —

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 24 — — 43 19 29
2010 28 — — — 20 —
2014 32 — — — 27 —
2018 36Injured, did not compete. [3]

Sponsors

Nyman's sponsors are Fischer (skis, boots, bindings) POC (helmets, goggles), Spyder, VISA, Powerbar, Ski Salt Lake and Swix. In 2006 Nyman sold his helmet sponsor over eBay. The winning bidder was Ski Salt Lake.

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References

  1. ↑ "Pacesetting Rules". Nastar.com. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  2. ↑ Mintz, Geoff (December 19, 2014). "Nyman shows Saslong 'who's boss'". Ski Racing. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Kamrani, Christopher (January 29, 2018). "Utah's Steven Nyman suffers torn ACL, will miss 2018 Olympics". Salt Lake Tribune. (Utah). Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nyman's knees on the mend". Ski Racing. August 4, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
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